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»December 3, 2012
Master chef Anthony Bourdain heeded the calls of thousands of Philadelphia fans and finally booked a trip to the 215 to be featured on his Travel Channel show The Layover. We shared a blow-by-blow guide to Tony’s trip to Philadelphia, but tonight is the real deal. The Philadelphia episode of The Layover is set to [...]
Read more»August 10, 2012
Philadelphia has a solid place on the national radar when it comes to food and drink. Just this week, Saveur Magazine declared Philly to be the East Coast’s most exciting emerging food town. And, as we told you yesterday, Esquire just crowned Philadelphia The Late Night Capital of the United States. Pretty awesome. Not only [...]
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Meet Jeff Benjamin, partner of the Vetri Family of Restaurants, which includes Vetri (where we filmed him), Osteria, Amis and Alla Spina, all of impeccable standards and extremely well reviewed.
See inside Vetri if you’ve never had the pleasure of dining there, and learn what Mr. Benjamin wishes more people knew about in Philadelphia. Hint: it’s very fitting for this week… AND you get to meet the man of the house as well.
Vetri
1312 Spruce Street
www.vetriristorante.com
Yards Brewing Company
901 N. Delaware Avenue
www.yardsbrewing.com
Meet Jeff Benjamin, partner of the Vetri Family of Restaurants, which includes Vetri (where we filmed him), Osteria, Amis and Alla Spina, all of impeccable standards and extremely well reviewed. See inside Vetri if you’ve never had the pleasure of dining there, and learn what Mr. Benjamin wishes more people knew about in Philadelphia. Hint: [...]
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»October 24, 2011
As seen on the “Last Supper” episode of the Food Network’s The Best Thing I Ever Ate, a show that asks top chefs around the county to pick their absolute favorite food for a specific theme. This episode’s theme was “Last Supper,” where the featured chefs had to pick what they would want to [...]
Read more»August 3, 2011
FEASTIVAL is a fundraiser for the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe. Co-hosted by Stephen Starr, Michael Solomonov, and Audrey Claire Taichman, it marries dynamic performance with food from some of the city’s most acclaimed restaurants. Returning for a second year on Wednesday, September 14, FEASTIVAL 2011 will be held at Pier 9 on [...]
Read more»April 15, 2011
In its recent undertaking of hunting down the 101 Best Pasta Dishes in the entire country, New York Magazine’s food blog Grub Street included no fewer than 10 Philadelphia restaurants on its list. The article claims that “What you’ll find are 101 dishes that we can honestly say represent the best of everything we see [...]
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