Best of Philly

Best Suburban Restaurant

2019 Best Suburban Restaurant

Andiario

Clean lines. Warm colors. A pile of golden chanterelles or heirloom tomatoes sitting on the pass in the open kitchen. The first time you eat the pasta here, you’ll dream about it for weeks after and at subsequent meals will fall in love all over again. Read More »

106 West Gay Street, West Chester, PA | 484-887-1919 | Website

2014 Best Restaurant (Suburban)

Osteria Moorestown

No surprise here. With Marc Vetri and his team doing their thing (at that same city-quality level) on the other side of the bridge, the rest of South Jersey has a lot of catching up to do. Read More »

400 N.J. Route 38, Moorestown, NJ | 856-316-4427 | Website

2013 Best Restaurant (Suburbs)

Zeppoli

Chef Joey Baldinos love letter to jumped-up classic Italian is a wonder on many levels. The food is brilliant (particularly the antipasti, with flavors so vivid it should come with a passport stamp). The service is smooth; the Sicilian focus is smart. But whats most amazing is that in a city so dedicated to Italian food, you occasionally have to go across the bridge to find it done this well. Read More »

618 Collings Avenue, Collingswood, NJ | 856-854-2670 | Website

2012 Best Restaurant (Suburbs)

Birchrunville Store Cafe

There's something about going to a place so off the beaten path (in this case, northern Chester County) that your GPS won't recognize its existence, and so darling and rustic that you actually have to exit the restaurant and stroll across the wooden porch and into the adjacent (functioning) post office in order to use the restroom. These are the things that let you know you've found someplace special. Well, that and the fact that you'll have the best meal you've likely eaten in months. Just save room for the warm butterscotch cake. Read More »

1403 Hollow Road, Birchrunville, PA | 610-827-9002 | Website

2011 Best Suburban Restaurant (Part 2)

Mica

Chef Chip Roman has done more than just open a couple of restaurants Blackfish is extraordinary, and Mica shows great promise. What's more: he and Mica partner Jason Cichonski have brought culinary hope to the many diners living in areas overlooked by Starr, Garces, Vetri and Billy Penn. Read More »

8609 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA | 267-335-3912 | Website

2011 Best Suburban Restaurant (Part 1)

Blackfish

Chef Chip Roman has done more than just open a couple of restaurants Blackfish is extraordinary, and Mica shows great promise. What's more: he and Mica partner Jason Cichonski have brought culinary hope to the many diners living in areas overlooked by Starr, Garces, Vetri and Billy Penn. Read More »

119 Fayette Street, Conshohocken, PA | 610-397-0888 | Website