Better Than Best in PW
Philadelphia Weekly released their “Better Than Best” issue today and there are tons of food and drink related winners.
Among the most interesing in food:
- Best Looking Wait Staff: Parc
- Best Homemade Soda: Mike Stollenwerk’s house-made ginger ale
- Best Back-From-the-Dead Baked Good: Buttermilk biscuits at Koo Zee Doo
- Best Way to Spend $33: Modo Mio
- Best Place to Eat Pork Scraps: Cafe Estelle
- Best Milkshake Since Nifty Fifty’s Left South Philly: Ants Pants Cafe
- Best Variation on the Cheesesteak: Ethiopian cheesesteak at Gojjo
- Best Place That’s Not in the Italian Market to Get Authentic Mexican Food: Savoy Cafe
- Best Place to Hear Opera While Eating Pasta: Victor Cafe
- Best Purveyors of Hangover Destroying, Soul-Purifying Noodle Soup This Side of Saigon: Pho 75
And some of the Better than Best: Beer Highlights
- Unpretentious Beer Geek Award: Adam Ritter at Sidecar Bar & Grille
- Unlikeliest Bar To Find A Great Beer List: Mad Mex
- Best Night Out in the Northeast: Three Monkey’s Cafe
- Best Bar To Pretend You’re Not In Old City: Sassafras
- Best Music In A Bar: 700 Club
- Best Place That Still Allows Smoking and Also Has Fin Du Monde For Under $7: 12 Steps Down
Food and Drink related Best People and Places
- Best Person to Talk to When Entertaining the Idea Of Becoming a Beer Expert In Your Next Life: Felicia D’Ambrosio
- Best Person to Talk to About Must Eats: Jennie Hatton
And we’d be remiss if we didn’t point out that sister site iSportacus didn’t get Better Than Best for Phillies coverage.
Better Than Best: Food [Philadelphia Weekly]
Better Than Best: Philly Bars [Philadelphia Weekly]
Better Than Best: People and Places [Philadelphia Weekly]
