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Here Are Philly’s 14 James Beard Award Semifinalists For 2025

Philly is named in 10 categories for the 2025 James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant and Chef Awards.

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Sonny’s Is Back! Beloved Cocktail Joint Reopens on South Street

Plus: Where to celebrate Ice Cream for Breakfast Day, Monday nights at Yanaga Kappo Izakaya, and Sisterly Love Collective’s cookie sale raises money for L.A. wildfire victims.

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Celebrate Soup Month in the Most Dangerous Way Imaginable

Paffuto’s soup panzerotti puts the warm essence of soup inside deep-fried hot pockets in a way that seems kinda reckless. And we’re here for it.

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Emmett, Kensington’s Newest Restaurant, Set to Open (and in Record Time!)

Plus: What to do for Lunar New Year, details on the Kimmel Center’s new restaurant, and Tröegs’s Nugget Nectar celebrates its 21st birthday.

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Is Philly Ready for Some Texas Sushi?

Plus: The team from EMei opens a new Chinatown cafe, we say goodbye to Grace Tavern, and Bardea continues its quest to dominate Wilmington with a new food hall.

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7 New Restaurants To Watch in 2025

Our New Year’s resolutions? Have an ’80s-inspired Japanese breakfast, eat smash burgers at a space-themed restaurant in the Italian market, and go to Eataly for the hell of it.

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7 Restaurant Reviews That Explain Philly Dining in 2024

Philly’s food scene in 2024? Let’s just say we fell in love with a salad and had the best swordfish of our lives.

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Where To Drink In Philly On New Year’s Eve

An all-goth celebration at an Old City pub. A disco with go-go dancing. A New Year’s Eve extravaganza with SNACKTIME. Here’s where you want to raise a glass when the clock strikes midnight.

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Where to Eat and Drink In (and Around) the King of Prussia Mall

Doing some last-minute holiday shopping this weekend? You’re gonna want to carb up — and maybe have a few drinks in you.

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Cheesesteak? Roast Pork? Hoagie? This Calzone Has Them All (Plus a Tomato Pie!)

Plus: A loss of a landmark in Chinatown, Scampi’s after-hours New Year’s Eve bash, and a space-themed burger and taco joint comes to the Italian Market.

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Dear Daphni Opens This Week With Za’atar Cocktails and Sun-Drenched Vibes

Plus: Oyster House celebrates the holidays with 12 Days of Caviar, a hot chocolate crawl down East Passyunk Avenue, and two soft openings in Headhouse Square.

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Provenance Is Philly’s Most Ambitious Restaurant — If It Can Survive

Chef Nich Bazik has ruffled feathers — and spent a ton of cash — in his audacious quest to build a Michelin-grade restaurant more or less from scratch.

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Black Dragon Takeout: A Bold Experiment in Flavor Fusion

Don’t come to Black Dragon Takeout hoping for Chinese takeout or quintessential soul food — come in expecting the unexpected.

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LMNO’s Ex-Chef Frankie Ramirez Unveils Ambitious New Project: Amá

Plus: Dear Daphni’s opening date, Little Walter’s new pierogi-fueled tasting menu, and Fishtown Pickle Project’s “Feast of Seven Pickles” is back.

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Brewerytown Gets a Sweet Addition: New June Bakery

Noelle Blizzard has finally found a brick-and-mortar home for her nationally celebrated vintage cakes.