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Le Bec Fin Reviewed in Top-10 Style

Brian Freedman provides his take on Le Bec Fin in top-10 format. And number ten on his list sums up his experience at Nicolas Fanucci’s […]

Restaurants

Around the Web: Early Report from Fette Sau

Philly Phoodie provides us with this early report from Fette Sau where it seems like he and his friend ordered the whole menu. This is […]

Restaurants

The Cambridge Is Almost There

Adam Erace reviews the Cambridge on South Street West and finds it to be a work in progress. Beers took long. Food took longer. A […]

Restaurants

Third Time the Charm for Time

Adam Erace revisits Time on Sansom Street after a less than stellar first impression. Now he’s back to see how the restaurant has changed under […]

Restaurants

Now Open: 15th Street’s Tietra, Not Titra

Way back in November 2011, Michael Klein told us that restaurateur Victor Fellus was hoping to open Mediterranean spot Titra in the base of 15th […]

Restaurants

NoBL Brings Some Heat to Lansdowne

Trey Popp urges you to see him in Lansdowne, the dry borough just west of Philadelphia where Sam Jacobson is turning out “banging” plates at […]

Restaurants

The Industry Caters To More Than the Industy

Trey Popp reviews The Industry, the restaurant business friendly restaurant in Pennsport where the service is friendly and much of the cooking is good. Of […]

Restaurants

Checking in on Local 215

“Come to 33rd and Arch tomorrow for some lunch from @Local215 !!” urged one of Philly’s newest food trucks in a tweet Wednesday evening. “Pork […]

City Life

Philadelphia Restaurant Review: NoBL

It was Saturday night in Lansdowne, and Sam Jacobson was fighting fire with fire. The chef’s wide-open kitchen at NoBL had been blistering burrata-and-guanciale flatbreads […]

City Life

Philadelphia Restaurant Review: The Industry

One Christmas, without having read it first, I gave my mother Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential. When I mentioned the gift to a friend who had […]

Restaurants

Spencer’s Burgers Are All About the Toppings

Brian Freedman took a trip on over to Drexel‘s campus to check out Spencer ETA Burger, brought to campus by the team behind Sabrina’s (the […]

Restaurants

Erace Reviews Blue Belly BBQ

Over at Meal Ticket Adam Erace has taken a look at Blue Belly BBQ and likes (some of) what he sees. It seems Gene Giuffi’s […]

Restaurants

Erace Reviews Le Bec Fin

It wasn’t a perfect meal at Le Bec Fin as Adam Erace found grit in his scallops, a bone in his rabbit merguez and felt a […]

Restaurants

The Revisit: Han Dynasty Goes West – University City Sichuan Outpost Reviewed

Photo by Holly, via the Foobooz Flickr Pool Remember all that nonsense a few years back about water sommeliers? How there were thousands of brands […]

Restaurants

Urban Enoteca Compared to a Dead Fish

Brian Freedman does not enjoy his wine or dinner at the Latham Hotel’s new Urban Enoteca. And that’s putting it mildly. Worst of all was […]