Jesse Ito thought up the name dancerobot in the shower. Yes, all one word. Yes, with a little d. The name doesn’t mean anything, but […]
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 […]
On one of the hottest days of summer, we went out to eat vada and masala dosa smeared with curry-spiked potatoes and blazing red chili […]
If I were ever going to eat a whole octopus anywhere, it would be at Amá. It’s a Friday night. We’re sitting under the smooth, […]
On the floor at Emmett, the servers seem to float from table to table. The evening sun spills through venetian blinds into the dim room. […]
It was a gorgeous day on East Passyunk — bright and warm, the air full of cherry blossom petals — and the traffic in and […]
At the bar, the smiling tender pours me the best version of a Last Word I’ve had in years — gin and green Chartreuse, Midori […]
The bar fills up fast at Little Water. People roll in, sit down, group and ungroup, slip away. The crowd moves like the tide. On […]
Step into Rooster’s — the new Stove & Co. restaurant that opened in the former home of the beloved Keswick Tavern — and the first […]
