Visitors and newbies might be surprised at the sheer number of all-year-round ice cream options in Philadelphia. But, once known as the nation’s ice cream capital, you can sample a wide variety of ...

Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme is a freelance food and travel journalist based in Philadelphia. She writes about all things restaurants, and loves giving readers the inside scoop. Notable new restaurants open ...

What’s changed in this update: We’ve added Dear Daphni, Lacroix, and Little Water; and for now, we’ve removed Harp & Crown, K’Far, and A.kitchen ...

Where to find the best dining in the pleasant Philly suburb with grand steakhouses, outstanding vegan cuisine, tasty burgers, and dazzling seafood ...

It’s called happy hour for a reason. The portions are generous, the discounts are great, and the community is out mingling. Whether you want an upscale restaurant cocktail, a hip boutique, or a fun ...

When it comes to steak, Philadelphia has a penchant for slicing it and piling it on a long roll with melted cheese. But cheesesteaks aside, if the situation calls for a thick cut of beef served in a ...

Matt Cahn is in a pickle. No, wait. Matt Cahn has a pickle. A giant plastic one, the size of a small child, lying flat on a pool table in the center of his new 120-seat restaurant in Fishtown. It’s ...

The burgeoning dining scene didn’t happen organically, but strategically — thanks to one committed real estate developer and a local government that wants to compete with bigger cities to the north ...

Jon’s Bar & Grille, the big corner spot with a patio and roof deck at 3rd and South streets, has closed. It served the neighborhood for 37 years, hanging a sign that proclaimed it as the birthplace of ...

Spicy Thai curry paste, warming masala, or Burmese sweet curry? Thanks to Philadelphia’s diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, you can make dishes with all three. Go beyond ...

For once, Sonam Parikh would like to be written about for being the best. “Not just the gay best,” Parikh says, sitting on the curb in the backyard of Mina’s World, the coffee shop that Parikh runs ...

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. For the first time, Philly is finally getting a ...