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Both measures were championed by advocates for the restaurant industry, who lobbied lawmakers to ease burdens on the tourism and hospitality industry ahead of several large-scale events in the city next year.
Philly expands outdoor dining and cracks down on ‘reservation scalpers’ ahead of expected 2026 tourism
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December 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Both measures were championed by advocates for the restaurant industry, who lobbied lawmakers to ease burdens on the tourism and hospitality industry ahead of several large-scale events in the city next year.
Cafe Michelangelo’s management chose to explain, point by point, the issues that led the city to close it temporarily. The restaurant also has vowed to improve its sanitation practices.
A Philly restaurant came clean about its Health Department shutdown. Was that the right call?
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December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Cafe Michelangelo’s management chose to explain, point by point, the issues that led the city to close it temporarily. The restaurant also has vowed to improve its sanitation practices.
The founders of Cheu and Bing Bing Dim Sum are backing two protégés at Banshee, a cozy bistro at 16th and South Streets.
At South Street’s new Banshee, Cheu alums find they’re ‘all grown up’
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December 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The founders of Cheu and Bing Bing Dim Sum are backing two protégés at Banshee, a cozy bistro at 16th and South Streets.
Beyond the state store, the Philly region has plenty of retailers selling affordable, interesting wines (with good customer service, to boot).
The best wine shops in Philly and the suburbs
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December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Beyond the state store, the Philly region has plenty of retailers selling affordable, interesting wines (with good customer service, to boot).
Once again, Mawn has garnered national attention, months after chef-owner Phila Lorn earned the James Beard Foundation’s Emerging Chef award and Food & Wine’s Best New Chef designation.
Mawn makes the New York Times’ best restaurant dishes list
The lunch lines just got even longer.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Once again, Mawn has garnered national attention, months after chef-owner Phila Lorn earned the James Beard Foundation’s Emerging Chef award and Food & Wine’s Best New Chef designation.
While her Bella Vista restaurant Kampar remains closed, chef Ange Branca is serving jacket potatoes from South Philly's Comfort & Floyd.
Mod Spuds, a monthlong jacket potato pop-up in South Philly, is the latest from chef Ange Branca
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December 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
While her Bella Vista restaurant Kampar remains closed, chef Ange Branca is serving jacket potatoes from South Philly's Comfort & Floyd.
At the heart of the concept, expected to open next spring, is a Champagne list that is expected to read more like a collector’s catalog than a bar menu: 50 selections in total, with 15 by the glass.
Center City’s newest bar plans to serve caviar and $600 glasses of Champagne
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December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
At the heart of the concept, expected to open next spring, is a Champagne list that is expected to read more like a collector’s catalog than a bar menu: 50 selections in total, with 15 by the glass.
The 5,000-square-foot Washington Avenue cafe spans two stories and roof deck where customers can order Vietnamese egg coffees and bespoke pour-overs.
Trung Nguyên, the Starbucks of Vietnamese coffee, opens its largest U.S. location in South Philly
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December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The 5,000-square-foot Washington Avenue cafe spans two stories and roof deck where customers can order Vietnamese egg coffees and bespoke pour-overs.
The second restaurant from the couple behind Mawn is just as tiny, but with fun cocktails, vibrant Southeast Asian crudos and a nostalgia for South Philly that infuses the food and intimate space, writes restaurant critic Craig LaBan.
Sao brings Mawn’s ‘no rules’ energy to the oyster bar, with intriguing and delicious results
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December 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The second restaurant from the couple behind Mawn is just as tiny, but with fun cocktails, vibrant Southeast Asian crudos and a nostalgia for South Philly that infuses the food and intimate space, writes restaurant critic Craig LaBan.
As some of Philly’s most enduring dives disappear, we want to celebrate the ones that have stuck around. What are your favorite dives?
Tell us your favorite dive bars in Philly
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December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
As some of Philly’s most enduring dives disappear, we want to celebrate the ones that have stuck around. What are your favorite dives?
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Between budget cuts, the government shutdown, and delayed SNAP benefits, the number of families seeking food from Share Food Program has increased 12-fold.
It’s daunting.
It’s daunting.
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Between budget cuts, the government shutdown, and delayed SNAP benefits, the number of families seeking food from Share Food Program has increased 12-fold.
It’s daunting.
It’s daunting.
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The investigation covers a set of complaints union Unite Here Local 25 filed on behalf of St. Anselm workers, who alleged Starr himself made promises and threats that muddied that organizing efforts.
Stephen Starr to face union-busting charges brought by the National Labor Relations Board
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December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The investigation covers a set of complaints union Unite Here Local 25 filed on behalf of St. Anselm workers, who alleged Starr himself made promises and threats that muddied that organizing efforts.
Fairmount will soon get an interpretation of Outback Steakhouse— that is, if the chain restaurant existed in a Filipino alternate universe.
Chance Anies’ Manong, a word that means “elder brother” in Ilocano, the Filipino dialect of Anies’ paternal family, opens to the public on December 5.
Chance Anies’ Manong, a word that means “elder brother” in Ilocano, the Filipino dialect of Anies’ paternal family, opens to the public on December 5.
Manong, a Filipino-American steakhouse from Tabachoy owner Chance Anies, opens in Fairmount
Manong, a Filipino interpretation of Chance Anies' Outback Steakhouse, rooted in his nineties upbringing, opens in Fairmount.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Fairmount will soon get an interpretation of Outback Steakhouse— that is, if the chain restaurant existed in a Filipino alternate universe.
Chance Anies’ Manong, a word that means “elder brother” in Ilocano, the Filipino dialect of Anies’ paternal family, opens to the public on December 5.
Chance Anies’ Manong, a word that means “elder brother” in Ilocano, the Filipino dialect of Anies’ paternal family, opens to the public on December 5.
🍕 Philadelphia’s oldest pizzeria closed its doors on Sunday. It had been on East Passyunk Avenue for 98 years.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🍕 Philadelphia’s oldest pizzeria closed its doors on Sunday. It had been on East Passyunk Avenue for 98 years.
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We asked chef Amanda Shulman to pick her favorite recipes of the 40-plus cookie entries included in last year’s sold-out Cookies 4 Coats box.
8 Amanda Shulman-approved cookie recipes to bake this holiday season
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November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We asked chef Amanda Shulman to pick her favorite recipes of the 40-plus cookie entries included in last year’s sold-out Cookies 4 Coats box.
Sebastian Besiso has much more on his plate than the terrific, ultra-thin-crust pizza at Apizzeria888 by Sebastian, his one-man hole-in-the-wall in Montgomery County.
I’m obsessed with the pizza at this one-man shop in Elkins Park
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November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Sebastian Besiso has much more on his plate than the terrific, ultra-thin-crust pizza at Apizzeria888 by Sebastian, his one-man hole-in-the-wall in Montgomery County.
Static!, the followup bar from the owners of Fishtown cocktail lounge Next of Kin, has taken over the former Tria space in Washington Square West.
Center City has a new cutting-edge cocktail bar
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November 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Static!, the followup bar from the owners of Fishtown cocktail lounge Next of Kin, has taken over the former Tria space in Washington Square West.
Do not drop the restaurant gift card into a junk drawer or coat pocket. Use it right away. Save it for a special occasion? Isn't getting a free meal special enough?
For the love of God, use your restaurant gift cards
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November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Do not drop the restaurant gift card into a junk drawer or coat pocket. Use it right away. Save it for a special occasion? Isn't getting a free meal special enough?
Static!, the followup bar from the owners of Fishtown cocktail lounge Next of Kin, has taken over the former Tria space in Washington Square West.
Center City has a new cutting-edge cocktail bar
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November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Static!, the followup bar from the owners of Fishtown cocktail lounge Next of Kin, has taken over the former Tria space in Washington Square West.
Sillman was a beloved community figure in the scene since he started working at Joseph's Pizza in the 1970s.
Steve Sillman, beloved Joseph’s Pizza Parlor manager and a fixture of the Northeast Philly restaurant scene, dies at 70
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November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sillman was a beloved community figure in the scene since he started working at Joseph's Pizza in the 1970s.
It’s almost Thanksgiving and maybe you’re not the cooking type. Or maybe you just have too much on your … plate.
Is it rude to bring a store-bought Thanksgiving dish when everyone else is cooking from scratch?
And if you buy a pie, do you pretend you made it?
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It’s almost Thanksgiving and maybe you’re not the cooking type. Or maybe you just have too much on your … plate.
In late July, Tova Du Plessis told The Inquirer that she and her husband, Brad, were “navigating deeply personal challenges” and hoped to reopen in September. Meanwhile, former employees and investors had been left in the dark.
One of Philly’s most acclaimed bakeries has permanently closed
Tova Du Plessis, whose Essen Bakery shops shut down last spring, said it took a long while before she realized that reopening was not an option. She said the decision has saved her marriage.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In late July, Tova Du Plessis told The Inquirer that she and her husband, Brad, were “navigating deeply personal challenges” and hoped to reopen in September. Meanwhile, former employees and investors had been left in the dark.
The "Michelin effect" is in full effect at Philly’s honored restaurants. Since last week’s awards, recipients are reporting "an outpouring of positivity."
Fully booked: The ‘Michelin effect’ is being felt at Philly’s honored restaurants
Michelin Guide awards have already boosted business and morale in Philadelphia’s restaurant scene. There's been "an outpouring of positivity," one restaurateur says.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The "Michelin effect" is in full effect at Philly’s honored restaurants. Since last week’s awards, recipients are reporting "an outpouring of positivity."
How does Royal Sushi & Izakaya — where a seat at the omakase counter clocks in at $355 — qualify for a Bib Gourmand?
The answer, most logically, is that Royal has always been two restaurants under a single name and roof. The Bib applies to the more casual one.
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The answer, most logically, is that Royal has always been two restaurants under a single name and roof. The Bib applies to the more casual one.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
How does Royal Sushi & Izakaya — where a seat at the omakase counter clocks in at $355 — qualify for a Bib Gourmand?
The answer, most logically, is that Royal has always been two restaurants under a single name and roof. The Bib applies to the more casual one.
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The answer, most logically, is that Royal has always been two restaurants under a single name and roof. The Bib applies to the more casual one.
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Philadelphia's biggest restaurant opening in recent memory is a massive, glitzy Italian destination on Rittenhouse Square. The vibes are immaculate. The food...not so much, according to Inquirer restaurant critic Craig LaBan.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Philadelphia's biggest restaurant opening in recent memory is a massive, glitzy Italian destination on Rittenhouse Square. The vibes are immaculate. The food...not so much, according to Inquirer restaurant critic Craig LaBan.
Read his full review: www.inquirer.com/food/craig-l...
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