In the same way Marcie Turney and partner Valerie Safran dominate 13th Street, Michael and Jeniphur Pasquarello seem poised to take over Spring Garden. The pair already own Cafe Lift and the always-busting-at-the-seams Prohibition Taproom and, now, along comes their newest venture--a pizza spot ca... Read more...
There's nothing better than the opening of a suburban restaurant whose menu could very well rival those of its city-dwelling counterparts. When NoBL (an acronym that nods to its geographic North of Baltimore & Lansdowne location; pronounced "noble") arrived on the scene, it signaled a much-nee... Read more...
Finally, the trek to Center City is over--Han Dynasty has arrived in Manayunk. OK, truthfully it's been open for a couple of months now but I've been preoccupied with other things, so I just recently decided to forgo the traffic-riddled trip to the original location and try this outpost instea... Read more...
Federal Donuts picture (right): Courtesy of foobooz First it was cake pops, then came the cupcake craze followed by that wretched phase of turning perfectly good food into lollipops. (Hey chefs, I'm sick of seeing lamb "lollipops" and tiny, precious little chicken drumsticks frenched to Hell o... Read more...
Throw a stone in Philadelphia and you're likely to hit a Stephen Starr eatery--the man's set up shop everywhere. In 2011 alone, he debuted Talula's Garden (Washington Square), Frankford Hall (Fishtown) and Il Pittore (Rittenhouse Square). Love him or hate him (the jury's still out for some), he'... Read more...