Imagine for a minute the perfect neighborhood Chinese restaurant. The one you dream about. The one that was down the street from your first home […]
It’s a Friday night at Amma’s, and I know right away that I’ve ordered wrong. Let me start by saying that the samosa chaat looked […]
Sitting inside the Art Deco-and-brickwork dining room at Bar Tacconelli in Maple Shade, it’s hard to believe you’re drinking in a New Jersey strip mall. […]
Editor’s note: This story went to press before the 100-layer lasagna was removed from Borromini’s menu. First, we have to talk about the lasagna at […]
It was the plastic covers on the tables in the back room at Joey Baldino’s new/old Bomb Bomb Bar that sold me on the beauty […]
There are very few hard-and-fast rules in the restaurant industry, but one of them — a kind of primal law on which success can truly […]
The bar at Kinto is empty on a Thursday night, but that’s not strange. It’s a BYO — no liquor license, no cocktails or glasses […]
Listen to the audio edition here: Jesse Ito thought up the name dancerobot in the shower. Yes, all one word. Yes, with a little d. […]
2025 was Philly’s year. In terms of dining, anyway. In professional kitchens and dining rooms, at barstools and banquettes, 2025 was the year that Philly […]
Behind the counter at Char, owner and pizza savant Viraj Thomas is cutting pies. He’s working the peel inside the small, wood-fired stone oven, making […]
We’d been walking a while before we found our way to La Jefa. We had no reservations. No plans. When we ducked in off Latimer […]
At Griddle & Rice in South Philly, personal real estate is limited. In the dining room there are only three tables and a handful of […]
It was, I think, the best bread course I’ve ever had, and there was barely any bread on the plate. As a matter of fact, […]
The guy working behind the counter at Baby’s ducks into the kitchen to grab a plate, spins on his heel, and jogs it back out […]
I get what they’re trying to do at Percy. I step inside the new restaurant from the Forîn crew, and I know exactly the vibe […]
