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Bold Tastes At Chifa

Trey Popp dines at Chifa and finds the flavors outweigh any complaints about price or a few misses. [I]t is a mouth-watering ride from first […]

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Chicken & Waffles at Merl’s

Trey Popp rolls into Merl’s, a 20-seat diner at 16th and Dickinson.  The meat-heavy menu loads the bases with bacon — pork, beef, turkey — and […]

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Slate Nails The Gastro

Trey Popp rats out who’s to blame for the term “gastropub” in his review this week. And as much as we were thrilled to find […]

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Best. Sausage. Ever.

Trey Popp checks heads out to Manayunk to check out the new MangoMoon from Moon Krapugthong who brought us Chabaa Thai. He likes what he […]

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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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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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A Perfect Wine Bar

Trey Popp is impressed with Rittenhouse Square’s Di Vino Wine Bar & Restaurant, from the wine selection, right down to the price. Considering the number of […]

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Beer, Pizza & Character

Trey Popp has been eagerly waiting for the arrival of Earth Bread + Brewery for a year now. And unlike most things with such a […]

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Strong Start, Finish At La Minette

Trey Popp finds that two out of three ain’t bad when it comes to dinner at Bistrot La Minette. In restaurants as in theater, the […]

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Simply Splendid Pub & Kitchen

Trey Popp finds plenty to celebrate in the upscale makeover of Pub & Kitchen. [Chef Jonathan] McDonald has shelved a lot of the hypercreative impulses […]

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Life Left In Old City?

Trey Popp hits up Privé in Old City and finds a place that is breathing life into what has been a stale dining scene. There’s […]

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Hummus Satisfies

Trey Popp checks out the newish Hummus on the western edge of Penn’s campus and it sounds good. Hummus’ marinated thighs are so succulent I […]

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Uneven Blue

Trey Popp vists Azul Cantina on Spruce Street and finds it to be uneven but with some potential. The best dishes at Azul suggest that […]

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Zahav

Trey Popp didn’t dislike his food at Zahav but that doesn’t mean he didn’t have some issues with the modern Israeli restaurant. What disappointed me […]