October 12, 2012
This is the fifth in a series of posts that rounds up our top picks for “Bring Your Own Bottle” restaurants, or BYOBs, in Philadelphia, categorized by neighborhood. Our fifth, and final, installment in the 2012 Uwishunu Guide To Philadelphia BYOBs sheds some light on three of the northern neighborhoods of the city: Fairmount, Northern [...]
Read more»August 20, 2012
With the world’s first pizza museum and shop, Pizza Brain, opening in Fishtown later this summer, pizza lovers will finally have a place to explore the crispy, charred inner recesses of America’s favorite food. With more than 550 artifacts in rotation, Pizza Brain will educate eaters about the cultural impact of the famed Italian import [...]
Read more»April 24, 2012
It’s no surprise that Philadelphia, a city with such a rich Italian heritage, is a haven for delicious gourmet pizza. And in recent years, the pizza offerings around town have only gotten better as a new class of Philadelphia restaurants have entered the fray, specializing in pies that have turned pizza into a meal worth [...]
Read more»February 25, 2011
Food & Wine Magazine recently released its ranking of 25 best pizza spots in the U.S., and two Philadelphia pizzerias made the list: Marc Vetri’s Osteria and Tacconelli’s Pizzeria. The article names Osteria’s signature item as the oak-burning stone oven-baked Lombarda pie (with baked egg, Cotechino sausage, mozzarella and bitto cheese, made from a blend [...]
Read more»November 11, 2009
For the third installment of our Thanksgiving series, the spotlight’s on: Food, glorious food! Thanksgiving isn’t just about what’s on the dinner table — but boy, are we thankful for it. And we thank our lucky stars that Philadelphia is sheer gustatory paradise. Dear Foodies, Two words. Come hungry. 1. The James Beard Foundation has awarded [...]
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