Trey Popp
Skip the Gimmicks, Enjoy the Pizza at Birra
Trey Popp urges you to skip the Birra Bowl but don’t ignore the East Passyunk gastro-bar with the “red-sauce soul.” Birra’s normal pizzas, anchored by […]
Three Stars for Jason Cichonski and Ela
Trey Popp takes a trip inside the mind of Ela’s head chef, Jason Cichonski. What he discovers is a young chef who’s delivering a “radical […]
Revisited And Reviewed: Chip Roman’s Blackfish Is Better than Ever
You’ve heard the story before: Young chef opens shoebox-size BYO. Cooks for a few dozen people every night. The critics fall in love. He keeps […]
Post Kitchen Nightmares Chiarella’s
The decidedly old-school Chiarella’s on East Passyunk recently survived a visit from Gordon Ramsay and his Kitchen Nightmares crew. How does that sort of thing […]
Three Stars for Il Pittore
Trey Popp’s second review in this months Philadelphia magazine has praise for Chris Painter, who lays it on the line at Il Pittore. Painter’s slow-cooked […]
Sbraga in the Real World
Trey Popp finds that Kevin Sbraga can really shine at his eponymous restaurant on Broad Street. Over-cute missteps and fast-corrected blunders aside, Sbraga more often […]
Tashan Is Excellent
Sylva Senat and Sanjay Shende have combined to turn Munish Narula’s Tashan into a kitchen that successfully charts a course between India and France. You […]
Can You Justify Vetri?
Trey Popp is taken back to a simple farmer’s potato patch in Tuscany, even as he drops $650 on dinner at Vetri. Nantucket Bay scallops […]
Amuses and Dinosaur Soup at Marigold Kitchen
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to give an old favorite a new chance. That was the case with Trey Popp and Marigold Kitchen. […]
Fishtown’s Soup Kitchen Provides Lunchtime Thrills
Trey Popp calls Fishtown’s Soup Kitchen the best thing to happen to lunch all year. Soup Kitchen’s sandwiches are two- and three-day productions. The pulled […]
Twisted Tail Needs To Straighten Out the Food
Trey Popp enjoys the good music and the great drinks at The Twisted Tail, the food, well not as much. The kitchen’s emphasis is on […]
How Many Stars for the Twisted Tail?
In the November issue of Philadelphia magazine Trey Popp pays a visit to the Twisted Tail. How will the Southern cuisine restaurant fare? [poll id=”151″]
Cuba Libre Inspires Ten Years Later
Trey Popp revisits ten-year old Cuba Libre and finds that the kitchen has been reinvigorated as chef Guillermo Pernot has unleashed 25 new menu items. […]
Two Stars for The Farmers’ Cabinet
The food is an open question at The Farmers’ Cabinet but as for the drinks, Trey Popp finds the beers and cocktails to be among […]
About the Food at A.Kitchen
It isn’t about the farm to table concept at a.kitchen, though there is some of that. It isn’t about the Rittenhouse scene, though there’s certainly […]