Restaurant Reviews
Pera Brings an Easy Room and Turkish Standards to Northern Liberties
Step into Pera and you can feel your blood pressure drop. It’s the sun through the corner windows, maybe, or the high ceilings and the […]
El Mezcal Cantina Takes Every Advantage of Fire — and It Pays Off
Chef Eladio Soto’s El Mezcal Cantina may have opened in January of 2022, but the space has history. Those of you who know Point Breeze […]
At Mish Mish, a Breezy Mediterranean Menu and Happy Hospitality Make You Stay a While
On a warm but not too warm early evening in May, East Passyunk celebrated the fleeting Philadelphia spring at the Singing Fountain, its tiers a […]
Nigerian Street Food Meets a Fast-Casual Model at Suya Suya
When you walk into Suya Suya, the place smells like onion and paprika charring on the grill; the guy behind the counter in the black […]
True Blue Bakery’s Aussie Pies Are Well Worth the Trip to the ’Burbs
When I was done with my order at True Blue Bakery — the newish Australian pie shop on Main Street in Royersford — the woman […]
Now in Its Fullest Form, Eeva Is the Restaurant It Was Always Destined to Be
Have you been to Eeva yet? It’s fine if you haven’t. The world and everything in it has made going out to a restaurant like […]
Audrey Claire Is No More. Charley Dove Might Become Its Indispensable Replacement.
For those of you who don’t follow the shifting tides of sway and power in the restaurant scene, let’s start here: Forever ago, restaurateur and […]
Seeing Red: Nunu Reviewed
Red, mostly. That’s what you notice first about Nunu, the new izakaya from Ben Puchowitz and Shawn Darragh. Red lights. Red neon. A fat rainstorm […]
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 […]