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Nick Elmi’s Laurel Called “Stellar”

Brian Freedman reviews Nick Elmi’s Laurel for Philadelphia Weekly. Freedman calls the East Passyunk BYOB “stellar.” Berkshire pork lavished in its triumvirate of treatments, and each one, […]

Restaurants

Where the Web Is Eating

Two Eat Philly sit down and order much of the menu at Kevin Sbraga’s The Fat Ham and finds lots of highlights including the oyster sliders and hot […]

Restaurants

One of Adam Erace’s Best Meals of 2013

Adam Erace recognizes that the talent at High Street on Market goes behind Fork frontman Eli Kulp. Baker Alexandre Bois has turned High Street into the […]

Restaurants

Grilled Cheese That’s as Good as It Gets

Brian Freedman reviews Meltkraft, the grilled cheese stand that’s part of the Valley Shephard Creamery in the Reading Terminal. The grilled cheeses are of course […]

Restaurants

Cheap Eats: Wishbone

Wishbone is a curious name for a chicken shop that can go weeks without serving any sort of bone at all.  Alan Segel and Dave […]

Restaurants

The Revisit: Southwark

The easiest way to tell a bar from a restaurant is by the smell of the men’s room. I couldn’t keep that thought away from […]

Restaurants

Where We’re Eating: Han Dynasty

Han Chiang has graduated, shutting down his beloved (if small) Han Dynasty in Old City and moving the Szechuan restaurant across the street into the enormous, […]

Restaurants

Where We’re Eating: SoWe in Graduate Hospital

I’ve gotten better service at the DIY froyo place off South Street than I did at SoWe. One Saturday night, I made a reservation for […]

Restaurants

Where We’re Eating: Cerise in Bryn Mawr

Chef Ben Thomas and his wife, Elena, have taken a big risk opening Cerise, a BYOB in Bryn Mawr. If you want to have dinner […]

Restaurants

Great Expectations: Pizzeria Vetri Reviewed

Trey Popp comes to Pizzeria Vetri with great expectations but too many of the pizzas literally flopped. The further away I got from the pizza menu, […]

Restaurants

Little Nonna’s Takes Comfort Food To the Next Level

Trey Popp finds that Marcie Turney has breathed new life into red-gravy Italian at Little Nonna’s. Just to be safe, though, order the polenta and […]

City Life

Restaurant Review: Next-Level Comfort Food at Little Nonna’s

On the first day, there were white tablecloths. People dressed for restaurants the way they did for Pan Am Stratocruisers, and entrées arrived beneath silver […]

City Life

Restaurant Review: The Best Food at Pizzeria Vetri Isn’t the Pizza

I was wrapping up lunch at Pizzeria Vetri when a gentleman approached my table. He was skinny and stooped-over and appeared to be in dire straits. […]

Restaurants

The Revisit: A Second Chance For The Twisted Tail

The Grit Invasion of Philadelphia may be long in the tooth by this point, but that hasn’t kept new armadas from lashing the city with […]

Restaurants

Mistral in Princeton Gets Two “Very Good” Reviews

Mistral in Princeton lands reviews in the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer this week. Scott Anderson and business partner, Stephen Distler who also on Elements in Princeton, […]