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Pub Food Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

Pub & KitchenRittenhouse Square | Pub Food | Entrées: $13-$20Ranking: 23 • Last Year’s Ranking: New to the ListOvernight, it seemed, Chaucer’s vanished and this […]

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Latin Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

AmadaOld City | Spanish | Entrée: Under $13–$21Ranking: 8 • Last Year’s Ranking: 4Nearly four years after its debut, Jose ­Garces’s flagship is still one […]

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Italian Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

Birchrunville Store CafeBirchrunville | French-Italian | Entrées: $13-$20Ranking: 27 • Last Year’s Ranking: 13To say this Chester County BYO has a loyal following is an […]

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International Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

Alison TwoFort Washington | International | Entrées: $13-$20Ranking: 28 • Last Year’s Ranking: New to the ListGood things are happening at Alison Barshak’s second eatery […]

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Indian Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

BindiCenter City | Indian | Entrée: $18—$24Ranking: 11 • Last Year’s Ranking: New to the ListWhen chef Marcie Turney and partner Valerie Safran opened their […]

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French Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

Birchrunville Store CafeBirchrunville | French-Italian | Entrées: $13-$20Ranking: 27 • Last Year’s Ranking: 13To say this Chester County BYO has a loyal following is an […]

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Asian Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

MorimotoWashington Square | Japanese | Entrée: $21—$30Ranking: 13 • Last Year’s Ranking: 10It’s neither the newest nor the flashiest of ­Stephen Starr’s restaurants, but ­Morimoto […]

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American Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

AnsillQueen Village | Continental | Entrées: $13-$20Ranking: 20 • Last Year’s Ranking: 17While Ansill may not be as tightly focused as some of our other […]

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West Philadelphia Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

DistritoUniversity City | Mexican | Entrée: Under $12Ranking: 7 • Last Year’s Ranking: New to the ListThe mango margaritas flow, the neon-pink walls glow, and […]

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South Philly/Queen Village Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

AnsillQueen Village | Continental | Entrées: $13-$20Ranking: 20 • Last Year’s Ranking: 17While Ansill may not be as tightly focused as some of our other […]

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South Jersey Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

SagamiCollingswood | Sushi | Entrées: $21-$30Ranking: 38 • Last Year’s Ranking: 38It’s not a slick atmosphere that makes this South Jersey sushi spot stand out—the […]

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Pennsylvania Suburbs Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

Alison TwoFort Washington | International | Entrées: $13-$20Ranking: 28 • Last Year’s Ranking: New to the ListGood things are happening at Alison Barshak’s second eatery […]

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Northern Liberties Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

Bar FerdinandNorthern Liberties | Spanish | Entrées: Less than $12Ranking: 49 • Last Year’s Ranking: 45This hip restaurant doesn’t try to play the look-at-me, I’m-so-cool […]

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Center City West Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

Barclay PrimeRittenhouse Square | Steakhouse | Entrées: More than $30Ranking: 17 • Last Year’s Ranking: 16As more steakhouses set up camp around the city, it […]

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Center City East Restaurants: The 2009 Philly Mag 50

AmadaOld City | Spanish | Entrée: Under $13–$21Ranking: 8 • Last Year’s Ranking: 4Nearly four years after its debut, Jose ­Garces’s flagship is still one […]