As someone who travels to Philly fairly often (but not often enough), I’m always curious to hear about local favorites for the many different cuisines available? I’ll start off with a few off the top of my head, but can’t guarantee I can even come up with 3 in each category.
Also, please feel free to add more categories
(New) American:
Vernick
Beer
Brauhaus Schmitz
Nodding Head
Burgers
Standard Tap
Village Whiskey
Cocktails
Franklin Mortgage
Ranstead Room
Hop Sing, tho I find their speakeasy shtick insufferable
Dim Sum:
Dim Sum Garden
Bing Bing Dim Sum
Greek
The now defunct (?) Kanella
Italian:
Used to be Porcini, but no longer. I’ve liked Paradiso, but that was more than 5 years ago…Osteria has always been a good experience, too. Others I’ve tried that were “no need to return” places are Le Virtu & Monsu.
Lobster Rolls
Luke’s Lobster
Mussels
Devil’s Den
Oysters
Sansom Oyster House
Anastasi Seafood for their buck a shuck happy hour
Pizza???
Portuguese
I loved the now closed Koo Zee Doo. Shame. Any good Portuguese elsewhere?
Ramen
CheU Noodle Bar (I admit I have not been to other ramen places in town)
Wine Bars
Tria - also great for late night small plates, cheeses, etc.
I don’t know philly at all, but I do remember an amazing meal at Vetri a few years ago. Is there no love for Vetri? Maybe now that they no longer offer a la carte, they aren’t as popular anymore
Just a comment - I can obviously google everyone’s suggestions (or in most cases figure out which category they fit in), however, it would be glorious if you would stick to my proposed format. If it’s not too much to ask, that is '-)
Would it make more sense if you split this thread into one thread per type of food? I can imagine its going to be messy once enough people replies to this one thread.
Beer
Brauhaus Schmitz
Khyber Pass
South Philly Tap Room
(Side note… Nodding Head is no more… they should be resurfacing sometime… and they are brewing somewhere as I saw their beer at a Bar in Mont Co this week… )