Restaurant Reviews
For the Love of the Game: Andiario Reviewed
I’m so excited the day after I eat at Andiario, I tell everyone I know about it. I make phone calls. I write emails. I […]
Soul Food: L’Anima Reviewed
At the hostess stand, they’re waiting for me when I walk in. Not because I have reservations. Not because anyone recognizes me coming. Just because […]
The Expectation Trap: Suraya Reviewed
One of the joys of this gig is being proven wrong, or at least too quick to judge. And at Suraya, I wasn’t expecting much. […]
2017 Year In Reviews, Part One
With the end of the year fast approaching, we’re wrapping things up with a 3-part look back at the restaurants that moved us, disappointed us […]
Not Built For Love: 24 Reviewed
On the floor at 24, the servers moved like they were on rails, following paths just a couple months old but already worn into the […]
Aiming For The Middle: Cinder Reviewed
I go to Cinder on a gray afternoon, looking for comfort and distraction, and find it at the bar—two giant TVs showing football on one […]
Dinner At The Fish Riot: Royal Sushi And Izakaya Reviewed
There are restaurants you go to because you’re hungry, and restaurants you go to because they’re cool. There are restaurant you go to because they’re […]
Looking Back: The Best (And Worst) Restaurants Of 2016, Part 2
With 2016 coming to a close, we’re taking this week to look back at the year in restaurants. And while things didn’t start off great […]
Looking Back: The Best (and Worst) Restaurants of 2016, Part 1
2016 was a big year in Philly’s restaurant community. We saw the openings of some of the best restaurants in the city–and a couple of […]
The Leftovers: Double Knot
Stray thoughts, random musings and extraneous details from this week’s review of Michael Schulson‘s new izakaya/cafe, Double Knot. “This is one of the best restaurants […]
The Star System is Stupid and Broken
At the conclusion of last week’s 3-star Stargazy review, a reader asked a very difficult question: So what about this doesn’t say four stars? The […]
REVIEW: Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Why is it that when the world learned of Steve Jobs’ death in 2011, complete strangers who never even knew him were overcome with tears? […]
A Review of Girard’s Actual Food
Girard, the restaurant made famous for its no-tipping policy, rarely gets press for the food it serves up. Adam Erace rectified this oversight in a review […]
PHOTOS: The Disco Biscuits and Giorgio Mordorer at City Bisco 2014
“We’re the Disco Biscuits. We came all the way from a couple blocks away.” That was the opening statement from tDB bassist Marc Brownstein at Saturday’s […]
PHOTOS: Aziz Ansari Pans the Digital Age, Reads Audience Texts at the Wells Fargo Center Friday Night
Friday night, Aziz Ansari’s “Aziz Ansari Live” tour made a stop at the Wells Fargo Center. And after opener Hannibal Buress warmed up the crowd […]