Reviews
The Revisit: Zavino
A server who gets her customers laughing has them right where she wants them, but the bartender at Zavino had an unfair advantage on a […]
Where We’re Eating: Kanella, Still Compelling
Kanella, the endearingly small, five-year-old Cyprian BYO sits at the corner of 10th and Spruce, containing wicker chairs, wooden tables, and exposed brick walls graced […]
Where We’re Eating: The Pub, a Bona Fide Classic
The phrase “They don’t make them like they used to” was pretty much invented for places like the Pub, the quirky Tudor-style restaurant that sits […]
Red Owl Tavern Stumbles Out of the Gate
Red Owl Tavern couldn’t put it all together for Trey Popp as the restaurant in the Hotel Monaco was the definition of hit-or-miss. Such was […]
With Sophia’s, Christopher Lee Has Returned to Philly. Kinda
Trey Popp reviews Sophia’s, the East Passyunk restaurant of Philadelphia’s prodigal son, Christopher Lee. What he finds is that Lee is only kind of involved. […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Culinary Fumbles at Red Owl Tavern
“No matter where you go, there you are.” A review typically requires more than one sentence, but when it comes to describing most hotel restaurants, […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Phoning It In at Sophia’s
In a city where some people track the comings and goings of chefs as obsessively as others do center fielders, nothing stirs more hope than […]
Adam Erace Reviews Bufad
City Paper’s Adam Erace reviews Bufad, the BYOB pizza joint a stone’s throw away from Prohibition Taproom. Erace apparently experienced a different Bufad than what […]
Where We’re Eating: Resurrection Ale House
It’s always a nervous time when a longtime chef leaves a neighborhood favorite. That was the situation at Resurrection Ale House when original chef Joe […]
Where We’re Eating: Mango Tree Bistro
Philly is a desert when it comes to decent Thai food, but compared to the suburbs, the city comes off like Thai-food Nirvana. Which is […]
Where We’re Eating: Goat Hollow
Goat Hollow is the bar you want, in the neighborhood you want. Mount Airy is known for its diversity, with black, white, young, old, rich […]
Where We’re Eating: El Vez May Be the Most Fun Restaurant in Town
Because I was tired of hearing overeducated food types in Philadelphia talk a ton of smack about Stephen Starr’s always-packed Mexican joint El Vez, I […]
More Than Just Hype at Pizza Brain and Little Baby’s Ice Cream
Trey Popp gives us two reviews in one as he visits the “weirdos” behind Pizza Brain and Little Baby’s Ice Cream. I’ve got a severe […]
The Old-School Excellence of Fork
Trey Popp reviews Fork, the 15-year old dining institution in Old City that, thanks to New York import, Eli Kulp, is suddenly as fresh as […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: The Old-School Excellence of Fork
Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason anybody opens a restaurant nowadays is to work it for a year, or maybe six […]