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.