The appetizer plates were 45 minutes gone from our table when the manager of the Saint James restaurant leaned over our banquette. His gray suit […]
Before he met Michael Solomonov, the James Beard award-winning chef of Zahav, David Magerman wanted to open a kosher Subway franchise. The hedge-fund software developer and […]
For last month’s issue of Philly Mag I reviewed Fette Sau. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would—but that surprise wasn’t […]
If you still think Manayunk is a culinary wasteland, you’re wrong. Oh, there’s plenty of bad. But there’s also Clark Gilbert’s fine Italian destination Gemelli […]
When 1 Tippling Pl. made the 2012 Foobooz Top 50 Bars list, even I, curator of that list, raised an eyebrow. But the panel had […]
Brian Freedman really enjoys his brunch at Hawthornes. He even enjoys the 90-minute wait to be seated. French toast—really more of a thrice-cooked bread pudding—is […]
I was more than a little shocked when I heard that longtime Fork chef Terence Feury was headed to Swedesboro, New Jersey, to open Tavro […]
Michael Santoro’s cooking at the Mildred might seem like a departure from what he did at Talula’s Garden but rest assured, Trey Popp finds lots […]
Trey Popp falls for Joe Carroll’s Fette Sau. Anointing the Brooklyn transplant as the best thing that’s happened to Philadelphia’s barbecue scene. The first beef short rib […]
Stephen Starr is an ideas man. Thing is, sometimes they’re other people’s ideas. That’s been the rap on Philly’s foremost restaurateur for longer than is […]
It may not generally be wise to judge a restaurant by its logo, but it works for the Mildred. There it hangs, above the quiet […]
Mahari Bailey hopes her coffee-and-crepes spot, Rue 52 can aid in the revitalization of 52nd Street in West Philadelphia. Adam Erace stops in to check out the […]
Jamie Shenker of Midtown Lunch heads to Amada for a Restaurant Week lunch, where she recommends the croquettes, blackened chicken over salad, the chorizo and most […]
Adam Erace visited Eatalia and found it to be a charming neighborhood spot with some well executed classics. In the end, though, under-seasoning and under-achieving seemed […]
Bridges, Burgers and Beers has been lunching at Reading Terminal’s Wursthaus Schmitz. He likes the Hungarian sausage sandwich just fine but calls the Bavarian one of the […]
