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3 Bells for A.kitchen

Craig LaBan is reminded of just how good a chef Bryan Sikora can be during three outstanding meals at a.kitchen. It’s the fish dishes, always […]

Restaurants

Twisted Tail Held to the Coals

Adam Erace isn’t very pleased with the food at Twisted Tail though the Primal Chili is a notable exception. But it is his description of […]

Restaurants

Of Poutine and Young Britney

Brian Freedman damns the Blind Pig to mediocrity but does have an interesting way of praising the poutine. Poutine came a lot closer to hitting […]

Restaurants

LaBan Blasts Serafina

It probably doesn’t bode well for your restaurant when a customer threatens to knock out a member of Craig LaBan’s dining party, commonplace Italian food […]

Restaurants

Not Packing the Heat at Sawatdee

Adam Erace won’t be among the throngs waiting for a table at Sawatdee. He finds the 15th and South Thai BYOB lacking in heat and […]

Restaurants

Left Wanting at Twisted Tail

Brian Freedman reviews Twisted Tail and has a word of advice to the kitchen, loosen up and break free. Special house-cured pork belly arrived as […]

Restaurants

Cuba Libre Inspires Ten Years Later

Trey Popp revisits ten-year old Cuba Libre and finds that the kitchen has been reinvigorated as chef Guillermo Pernot has unleashed 25 new menu items. […]

Restaurants

Two Stars for The Farmers’ Cabinet

The food is an open question at The Farmers’ Cabinet but as for the drinks, Trey Popp finds the beers and cocktails to be among […]

Restaurants

About the Food at A.Kitchen

It isn’t about the farm to table concept at a.kitchen, though there is some of that. It isn’t about the Rittenhouse scene, though there’s certainly […]

Restaurants

Maryland’s Fair Hill Inn Gets Three Bells

Once in a long while, Craig LaBan makes a trip down to Maryland for a review. Yesterday he reviewed Elkton Maryland’s Fair Hill Inn where […]

Restaurants

Around the Web: Recent Openings Edition

The lamb shank is the star at an early dinner at Tashan. [The Feeding Tube] Philly Phoodie enjoys the well executed chicken shawarma sandwich from […]

Restaurants

More Than Just Pizza at Santucci’s, But It’s Still About the Pizza

Steaming pizza pie from Santucci’s We agree with Adam Erace that the rest of the menu at Santucci’s deserves investigation and praise. But it still […]

City Life

Restaurant Review: The Farmers’ Cabinet

Pounding out stride intervals on a refurbished player piano, singing into a Western Electric broadcast microphone from the Coolidge era, and surrounded by revelers drinking […]

City Life

Restaurant Review: A.Kitchen

It’s the season of plenty. The pulse of the city runs up 18th Street from Rittenhouse Square. Half a block from the chessboard sharps, Bryan […]

Restaurants

Xilantro Disappoints

It was too loud, the flavors muted, the margaritas unbalanced and the prices too steep. Craig LaBan is not impressed with Wayne’s Mexican spot, Xilantro. […]