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Crawfish the Draw at My Tho

Crawfish in a Vietnamese restaurant? That’s the attraction at My Tho next to Pho 75 in South Philadelphia. Adam Erace gleefully sucks ’em down. I […]

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Fun With Funions at Revolution House

Brian Freedman finds that sometimes fried onions are just what you need and sometimes one story above the bustle of Old City at Revolution House […]

Restaurants

One Bell for Frankford Hall

Craig LaBan gives the pretzels, sausage and the three entrees at Frankford Hall the once over. He doesn’t come away impressed. He does however use […]

City Life

Restaurant Review: Opa

When it comes to digital first impressions (like the one just mentioned in the Fare review), Opa goes for sheer volume. A cartoon folk dancer […]

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Around the Web: New Spots

We’re going to try and make our Around the Web feature a more reliable feature that will run every Friday. Today we focus on some […]

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“Le Fooding,” Food+Feeling

Recent addition to the Daily News, Jason Wilson writes today about Le Fooding, “high-quality-but-casual eating and drinking that falls outside of all established genres.” His […]

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Serafina Bombs on the Square

Brian Freedman sees a lot of New York in the Rittenhouse Square outpost of Serafina. And he doesn’t mean that in a good way but […]

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The Bird is the Word at Rotisseur

Adam Erace goes through all the sides (well almost all of them) at Rotisseur but it is the bird that is at center stage. At […]

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A Thorough Boo for Thai Kuu

Craig LaBan lambasts Thai Kuu in Sunday’s Inquirer crushing the food, cost and service enroute to a stinging zero-bell review. A food-runner was positively flummoxed […]

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Positives and Negatives at Frankford Hall

Adam Erace visits Stephen Starr’s Frankford Hall and goes over the limited menu.

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Revisiting Pub & Kitchen

Brian Freedman aimed to check out Wednesday barbecue dinner at Pub & Kitchen. But with that sold out for the evening he was reminded that […]

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Talula’s Garden – A Love Letter

Trey Popp pens a love letter to Aimee Olexy’s new restaurant, Talula’s Garden. [F]rom the most exquisitely curated cheese plates in town to the rustic […]

Restaurants

Village Whiskey Shakes

Several weeks ago I was at Village Whiskey for something to eat (and drink) after a rather informative cruise down the Schuylkill River (which is […]

City Life

Restaurant Review: M Restaurant

YOU ENTER A WROUGHT-IRON GATE on 8th Street, follow a brick path past a blaze of pink azaleas, duck under the low-hanging boughs of a […]

City Life

Restaurant Review: Talula’s Garden

A FILMMAKER WOULD OPEN with a bird’s-eye shot of the mushroom pâté en croûte. The camera would linger for a moment on the centerpiece—a broad […]