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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 […]

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Erawan Thai Cuisine in Chinatown

Adam Erace checks out the new Chinatown location of Erawan Thai Cuisine, the Thai restaurant whose Center City location has been feeding hungry devotees since […]

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Go Authentic at Emei

Brian Freedman tries out Emei in Chinatown and finds that it works best when you stick with most authentic dishes. Emei, as expected, is at […]

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Help! I’m Going to the Flower Show!

So, you’re going to the Philadelphia Flower Show. Even if you don’t know the difference between a lily and a lilac, you’re going to have […]

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Rolling in Dough at Dim Sum Garden

Many have exalted the soup dumplings at Dim Sum Garden but Brian Freedman finds that all the dough based menu items are worthy of praise. […]

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Ting Wong Gets Two Bells

Craig LaBan finds great value and great tastes at Ting Wong in Chinatown. In true Hong Kong duck house fashion, the hanging roasted meats are […]

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Slurping Through Nan Zhou

Brian Freedman heads to Nan Zhou Hand Dawn Noodle House in Chinatown and happily gnaws his way through his appetizers as he prepares for the […]

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Night Market for Chinatown

Photo by J. Smith for GPTMC The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corp. is looking to bring a traditional Asian night market to Philadelphia’s Chinatown. The idea […]

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The Trocodero Through the Years

Perusing the PhillyHistory web site as we’re prone to do we discovered these photos from the Trocadero’s colorful past. First up is this 1978 photo […]

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Restaurant Weeks Out the Wazoo

Center City’s Restaurant Week is into the second day of its 12-day run but it is far from the only Restaurant Week that’s coming up. […]

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Lunching!

New York’s Midtown Lunch has launched in  Philadelphia. Its mission will be the same as its New York counterpart, find good lunches for under $10 […]

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Hate Restaurant Week? We’ve Got the Place for You

BY JUSTIN PAHL Square 1682 is taking the best part of RW (the three-for-$35 price tag) and ditching the worst (the “choose between this or […]

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Opening Today: Tazia

After just four days of renovations Ly Michael’s is being reborn Tazia today. It will be a  “dim sum meets tapas” kind of a menu […]

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Can’t Get Enough Of Restaurant Weeks?

Chinatown has a restaurant week going on now through September 25th. South Jersey’s independent restaurants are hosting their own restaurant week from Sunday, October 18th […]

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Late Night At David’s

A favorite of hospitality pros and late-night revelers, the Daily News’ Lari Robling calls David’s Mai Lai Wah the “best restaurant in town open at […]