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Flush of Optimism at Erawan’s New Outpost

Brian Freedman heads to Chinatown’s Erawan with cautious optimism, he’s rewarded with pleasant enough Thai food at a reasonable price. Green curry built from scratch—no […]

Restaurants

Happy Rooster Sings a Solid Tune

Adam Erace came for the honey butter gnocchi at the Happy Rooster but it is the fish and crustaceans that have Erace crowing. [T]he finessed, […]

Restaurants

Around the Web: On and Near South Street

Veggicurious checks out the vegetarian options on the new happy hour menu at Adsum. [Veggicurious] Foodzings tries out the the Doner Kabob at Brauhaus Schmitz. […]

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Morning to Night, Things to Bite at a.kitchen

From the ethereal pancakes at breakfast to the grilled Spanish rock octopus at Dinner, Adam Erace finds a.kitchen to be A-OK. My favorite dinner dish […]

Restaurants

Vegans and Meat Eaters Living Together!

In Trey Popp’s monthly revisit, he returns to three year-old Sketch on Girard Avenue where he finds an “ebullient mash-up of sermon-free veganism and sloppy-good […]

Restaurants

Monkey Bar Sounds Like a Fine Place to Drink

Monkey Bar at the Society Hill Hotel isn’t setting the world on fire with gastro-innovation but as Brian Freedman finds out, that’s ok. Especially when […]

Restaurants

Opa Brings the Noise

Opa has potential but Trey Popp feels there needs to be better execution. Zucchini chips, individually battered and fried, were an oregano-kissed wonder—executed with the […]

Restaurants

Fare Is Just Fair

Trey Popp reviews the good-for-you Fare in Fairmount. Unfortunately, Popp doesn’t find much of the food to be better than fair. But even the most […]

Restaurants

Food of the Republic of Georgia? Absolutely

Craig LaBan heads to Lower Bucks County for flavors of the former Soviet Union. At Restaurant Absolute LaBan finds owner and chef Teimurazi Kikvidze turning […]

Restaurants

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 […]

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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 […]

Restaurants

“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 […]