Reviews
Revisited And Reviewed: Chip Roman’s Blackfish Is Better than Ever
You’ve heard the story before: Young chef opens shoebox-size BYO. Cooks for a few dozen people every night. The critics fall in love. He keeps […]
Tapestry Brings Queen Village the Neighbor It Always Wanted
Brian Freedman reviews Tapestry at 5th and Bainbridge in Queen Village. He finds this neighborhood pub might have the right stuff to succeed where Coquette and […]
Vivid Italian at Ulivo
Craig LaBan visits Ulivo, the Queen Village BYOB that Joseph Scarpone has opened after closing Sovalo in 2008. But if ever there was a bright […]
A Different Perspective on Sammy Chon’s
Adam Erace has a very different take on Sammy Chon’s KTown BBQ than Philadelphia Weekly’s Brian Freedman. The kitchen kept pace, except for the steamed […]
Mica Makes GQ’s List of Ten Best New Restaurants
Alan Richman and GQ come up with their 2012 list of the Ten Best New Restaurants in America and Chestnut Hill’s Mica makes the list. […]
Sammy Chon’s Disappoints
The warning signs were right there in the opening banchan. Sammy Chon’s K-Town BBQ let down Brian Freedman in dish after dish. [T]he characterless dolsot bibimbap, […]
Ramen Boy Stumbles Out of the Gate
Ramen Boy opened last Friday and is getting blasted on the blogs, Yelp and our comments. Jamie from Midtown Lunch found the pork both fatty and bland, […]
Route 6 Is Summer Dining by the Ocean
Adam Erace is reminded of summer in New Jersey during his meals at Stephen Starr’s Route 6 on North Broad Street. Us, we want the […]
Craig LaBan Adds More Favorites
As if Craig LaBan’s Four Bell mania wasn’t enough, today he highlights a number of his favorite restaurants in different categories. New American (Full Service) […]
LaBan Lambasts Le Bec
This weekend Craig LaBan reset his Bell system with three new Four Bell restaurants and by demoting two. Lacroix went from four to three bells […]
Pizzas Star at In Riva in East Falls
Adam Erace visits the banks of the Schuylkill River to try out In Riva, the new restaurant from chef Arthur Cavaliere. The meatballs, though praiseworthy, aren’t […]
Beer and Food Working Together at American Sardine Bar
Brian Freedman finds that the food at American Sardine Bar works just fine as an accompaniment to the bar’s beer program. It’s with the simpler […]
Post Kitchen Nightmares Chiarella’s
The decidedly old-school Chiarella’s on East Passyunk recently survived a visit from Gordon Ramsay and his Kitchen Nightmares crew. How does that sort of thing […]
Three Stars for Il Pittore
Trey Popp’s second review in this months Philadelphia magazine has praise for Chris Painter, who lays it on the line at Il Pittore. Painter’s slow-cooked […]
Sbraga in the Real World
Trey Popp finds that Kevin Sbraga can really shine at his eponymous restaurant on Broad Street. Over-cute missteps and fast-corrected blunders aside, Sbraga more often […]