Best of Philly

2014 French Restaurant

Le Cheri

Pierre Calmels executes French dishes only seen on culinary-school exams (rabbit ballotine, pike quenelles) so delicately and artfully that they suddenly seem totally fresh and new. This kind of French cooking never gets old.

251 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103; 215-546-7700; lecheriphilly.com/