December 14, 2012
Ring in the New Year at Philadelphia’s top restaurants with dinner specials, festive celebrations and champagne toasts. This year is extra-flexible with the return of two sets of (free!) fireworks shows on the Delaware River Waterfront, at 6 p.m. and midnight. Enjoy the 6 p.m. show with kids, or not, followed by dinner and a [...]
Read more»September 17, 2012
Dinner and a sky movie, anyone? Open Air begins September 20, which means that in just three days the night sky above the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will come to life with 24 powerful searchlights whose pattern is determined by crowd-sourced vocal recordings. It’s definitely not too early to begin planning your Open Air experience. And [...]
Read more»February 22, 2012
The 2012 James Beard Award Semifinalists have officially been announced, and Philadelphia is representing in a big way. Tashan, The Farm and Fisherman and Zeppoli are all in the running for Best New Restaurant. We have four nominees for Best Chef Midatlantic: Pierre Calmels of Bibou; David Gilberg of Koo Zee Doo; Konstantinos Pitsillides of [...]
Read more»February 6, 2012
As we mentioned last week, Sunday was a big day for the Philadelphia restaurant scene. Philadelphia Inquirer Restaurant Critic Craig LaBan yesterday unveiled the results of revisiting the Philadelphia region’s top restaurants for the first time in five years to see which restaurants deserve his coveted four-bell rating. A quick refresher: Craig LaBan employs a [...]
Read more»January 30, 2012
Philadelphia Inquirer Restaurant Critic Craig LaBan employs a bell system for reviewing restaurants, awarding a restaurant between zero and four bells. No bells is poor; one bell is hit-or-miss; two bells is very good; three bells is excellent; and four bells is superior. And rare. Right now, there are four restaurants in Philadelphia that LaBan [...]
Read more»December 13, 2011
You’ve spent the past few weeks preparing for the holidays by wrapping presents, hanging stockings and decorating the tree, so it’s time to take a break and let some of the region’s top chefs take care of your holiday meal. From extravagant brunches to fanciful feasts, restaurants throughout the Philadelphia area will make your Christmas [...]
Read more»August 18, 2011
Relatively speaking — meaning in comparison to the swankiest restaurants in Philly — the Fountain Restaurant of Four Seasons Philadelphia’s upcoming Monday Night Chef Series Dinners are inspiringly inexpensive. The three-course dinners, kicking off September 12 with a steak dinner from Fountain’s sous chef Joe Liberatore, will feature different staff chefs’ wildest, most delicious creations [...]
Read more»June 10, 2011
Philadelphia’s local food scene is more robust than ever. Our sibling site Philly Homegrown has all the details on local farmers, brewers, bakers, fishmongers and cheesemakers, plus Philadelphia’s locally sourced restaurants, the farmers’ markets frequented by both amateur and professional chefs and what’s in season and where you can pick it. While there are no [...]
Read more»June 9, 2011
What could be more refreshing in the spring and summer season than a meal made entirely from fresh-from-the-garden finds? Fountain Restaurant at The Four Seasons is celebrating the fresh spring produce season with a special local, sustainable edition of its ongoing Monday Night Chef Series, June 20 at 7 p.m. Using all locally sourced and [...]
Read more»April 7, 2011
This year, the Easter bunny is taking it up a notch with extra special chocolate treats: on Saturday, April 23 at 11 a.m., guest Master Chocolatier Christopher Curtin from Éclat Chocolate is teaming up with Executive Chef Rafael Gonzalez and Pastry Chef Eddie Hales of the Four Seasons to offer a chocolate-making class at the [...]
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