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New Favorite Smokehouse

Trey Popp is a Southerner and doesn’t bestow BBQ praise lightly but Bebe’s Barbecue has him singing. The pork is moist yet deeply smoky, dressed […]

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Varga Off To A Good Start

David Snyder visits Varga Bar and finds the beer and starters to be the best stuff on the menu. Indeed, the dishes that seem at […]

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Win Some, Lose Some In Atlantic City

Adam Erace’s review of Teplitzky’s at the Chelsea in Atlantic City reads like a prototypical one-bell, hit-or-miss review of another reviewer in town. But that’s […]

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Around The Web

Lunch at Kanella isn’t just good, it’s cheap. [I’ll Eat You] Femme Fermental accidentally has brunch. Lucky for her it was at Supper where the […]

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Second Bite: Butcher & Singer

It’s been months since my last review visit to Stephen Starr’s second steakery, Butcher & Singer, and after hearing reports that the restaurant had worked […]

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Best Tastes At The Shore

Craig LaBan does his annual down the shore report this weekend looking at five fine-dining restaurants at the Jersey Shore. The Ebbitt Room (Cape May) […]

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Papal Brunch

Adam Erace takes in chef Peter Miller’s brunch at the P.O.P.E. and has plenty of praise. They should be talking about his vegan French toast, […]

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Around the Web: Beer & Bar Edition

When Slate opened it was classified as a gastropub. But with praise from Craig LaBan and here by Philly Food and Drink, maybe neighborhood bistro […]

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VendrTV Goes For Magic Carpet Ride

Daniel Delaney and VendrTV comes back to Philadelphia and checks out the vegetarian Magic Carpet on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. The Magic […]

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Novita Bistro’s Moroccan Dishes The Real Treat

“> Craig LaBan takes on Novita Bistro, an Italian BYOB that thankfully comes with a Morrocan twist. [I]t is [Chef Hassan] Zanzoul’s increasing willingness to cook […]

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Mixed Results At Ladder 15

Adam Erace takes a different approach in his review of Ladder 15, comparing and contrasting his visits there. In the end though, it’s still a […]

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Young Chef Impresses

David Snyder praises chef Chris D’Ambro’s Mediterranean tapas at Bocca in Old City.  Take the timeless beef tartare. D’Ambro updates this standard by using hanger […]

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Umai Umai

The inventive sushi served at Umai Umai makes the Fairmount spot a worthy destination for Craig LaBan and you but the cooked food dissapoints. But […]

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Authentic BBQ In Italian Market

Adam Erace steps into Bebe’s Barbecue in the Italian Market and finds some of the city’s most authentic barbecue amid the Italian butchers and Mexican […]

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First Bites: Three New Spots at The Piazza at Schmidts

Developer Bart Blatstein’s ginormous retail/residential project The Piazza at Schmidts is up and running on 2nd Street a block south of Girard, right across from […]