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Wednesday, That’s My Good Mood Day

On Wednesdays, Mazag Cafe serves koshary, an Egyptian dish worthy of praise. David Snyder also finds plenty to praise on the rest of the menu. […]

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Authenticity At El Camino Real

Adam Erace enjoys the ‘cue at El Camino Real. The better half of El Camino’s menu pays tribute to pit-style West Texas barbecue, with Zavala […]

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Tiedhouse Reviewed in City Paper

In this week’s review of self-proclaimed cozy gastropub The Tiedhouse, the City Paper’s David Snyder first tries to define the difficult-to-define word itself: It may […]

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No Reason To Resist

Adam Erace finds the “BAR” sign in front of Prohibition Taproom is just the beginning of the story. There’s darn good food in there too. […]

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3 Bells For Butcher & Singer

Craig LaBan visits Stephen Starr’s Butcher & Singer and finds plenty to sing about at the red meat mecca. Butcher doesn’t mess around with its […]

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Bánh Mi In Chinatown

David Snyder discovers a faithful version of the Vietnamese bánh mi at Q. T. Vietnamese Sandwich in Chinatown. Bánh mi enjoys a mini-cult following based […]

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Popp Guns Down El Camino

El Camino Real may not serve anything on skewers but City Paper’s Trey Popp brought his own. Margaritas are so sickly sweet they’d embarrass the […]

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Melograno’s Still Got It

Adam Erace checks out Melograno’s new digs and finds that the space may be bigger but the food is as good as ever. Double Your […]

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Little Fish Gets Two Bells

Little Fish gets two bells from Craig LaBan, perhaps the corner eatery is just too small to fit a third bell within its tiny confines. […]

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Oh Snap, Popp Cracks WineO

Trey Popp goes off on WineO with several skewering quotes including: WineO’s burger was drier (but not sweeter) than a ball of raisins. “The thing […]

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Izumi Diversifies E Passyunk

East Passyunk gets a spot that is neither red gravy Italian nor Mexican and that’s reason enough to celebrate. That David Snyder finds Izumi delivers […]

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Inconsistent Witch

Adam Erace visits The Witch American Bistro in Pennsport and finds a spot cursed by its own inconsistencies but not without potential.  Be-Witched and Bewildered [Philadelphia Weekly] The […]

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Two Bells For Mémé

Craig LaBan hands out one of his gaudier two-bell reviews to David Katz’s Mémé and even promises to revisit by the end of the year. […]

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Irie Grill Is Going Places

Adam Erace’s review today doesn’t come with an address. It doesn’t even come with tables or chairs. That’s because today Erace reviews Irie Caribbean Grill, […]

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Philly Mag Reviews Alison two

Joy Manning reviews Alison two and has a very different take than Craig LaBan. It’s the food that sets Alison Two so far ahead of […]