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Craig LaBan Reviews Paramour in Wayne

Craig LaBan gets to reviewing Paramour in the Wayne Hotel and finds the Main Line restaurant mainly missing the mark. The savory kitchen, though, just […]

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Grill Fish Cafe Comes Up Timid

Adam Erace was excited to try Benny Lai’s Grill Fish Cafe in West Philadelphia but he found the whole experience to be just too tame. The […]

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First Bite: Arugula Taco Salad at HipCityVeg

HipCityVeg opened today on 18th Street and the curious lined out the door onto the sidewalk to check out the Vegan quick serve spot from […]

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LaBan Review Finds Flaws at Birra

Craig LaBan likes the concept of East Passyunk pizzeria and beer bar Birra, but his review highlights problems with poor execution and flawed recipes. The […]

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Highlights and Missteps at Pickled Heron

Leah Blewett does experience some excellent dishes at Fishtown’s BYOB, Pickled Heron. Unfortunately there are also some stumbles. Seared scallops are tender clouds drifting on […]

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Two Bells for Pickled Heron on Frankford Avenue

Craig LaBan finds enough to like from do-it-yourselfers Daniela D’Ambrosio and Todd Braley  in his review of Pickled Heron on Frankford Avenue. Both trained at […]

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Federal Donuts and Art In The Age: Super Friends of the Donut World

  Okay, so yesterday we got the best kind of delivery to Foobooz World Headquarters: A nice box of donuts. But these were no ordinary […]

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La Calaca Feliz Is Working for Fairmount

Adam Erace reviews Fairmount Avenue’s La Calaca Feliz, the Mexican bar from Cantina Feliz/Distrito vets, Tim Spinner and Brian Sirhal. What Erace finds is a […]

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Vedge Bridges Gap Between Omnivores and Vegans

Brian Freedman is the latest critic to heap praise on Rich Landau’s vegan restaurant, Vedge. Richard Landau’s and Kate Jacoby’s Vedge, which resides in the […]

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Beer, Hog’s Knuckles And Wieners By The Meter at Brauhaus Schmitz

It might have taken awhile for the critic to get to Brauhaus Schmitz. Now the only question is how we’re going to get him to […]

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Heirloom Faces Some Challenges in Farm-to-Table Market

Heirloom faces some challenges defining itself and being true to its farm-to-table descriptor. But Trey Popp finds that you can have a good meal at […]

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High Praise for Vedge

Trey Popp piles on the praise for Rich Landau’s Vedge, the vegan restaurant that thrills vegans, omnivores and oenophiles alike. In my first meal—one of […]

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Lemon Hill Upgrades the Corner Pub

Adam Erace enjoys the precise cooking of Mitch Prensky at Lemon Hill but he also has praise for another hand in the kitchen of the […]

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Restaurant Review: Vedge

  Vedge 1221 Locust Street 215-320-7500   Three and a half stars.   Cuisine: Deceptively vegan. Small Plates: $6 to $16.   Consider the radish. […]