![]() Grilled quail, coco bread and lamb ribs at Friday Saturday Sunday / Photograph by Ted Nghiem 1. Whether you want to relive a dining experience from your own travels, dine at a James Beard Award-winning restaurant, impress your friends with a menu that makes a bold statement, or see what flavors emerge when a chef’s creativity is unleashed, you can dine at the restaurants on this list knowing they’ll meet and likely exceed your expectations. Jason Sheehan, Hannah Albertine, Regan Fletcher Stephens and Maddy Sweitzer-Lammé have done an outstanding job highlighting the best dining experiences our city and region have to offer. I’ve only been Philadelphia magazine’s food editor for a few days, and editing this summer update to our 50 Best list was my very first order of business. Thanks to our culinary stars bringing home more James Beard Awards than any other city this year, including two national awards (Friday Saturday Sunday for Outstanding Restaurant, and Ellen Yin of High Street Hospitality Group for Outstanding Restaurateur), we’ve officially been thrust onto the national stage as a world-class dining destination. We’re no longer seen as a cheesesteak pit stop between New York City and Washington, D.C. But in recent years, the rest of the country has finally caught on. Philadelphia has always known that Philadelphia is an incredible food city. And whenever my tastebuds want to return to Mexico, I know the nopales topped barbacoa tacos at South Philly Barbacoa will take me there. Kalaya brings me back to my honeymoon in Thailand, where my husband and I first fell in love with crab curry at Raya Restaurant in Phuket City. Zahav reminds me of my travels in Israel, where the tahini-forward hummus is as creamy as what you’d find in Abu Ghosh’s Lebanese Restaurant. What I love most about the Philadelphia food scene is how the communities who come here from around the world keep their nuanced cuisines intact - an inspiring act of resilience and perseverance when you consider that so many restaurants in Philadelphia (many of which are featured on this 50 Best list) have been able to maintain their culinary traditions over generations and thousands of miles. Over the years, I’ve had a lot of people ask me why I stayed in the Philadelphia region - why didn’t I just move to a bigger city or a remote island beach, or live a nomadic lifestyle? Aside from my emotional attachments to this place, my response was (and still is) that I feel so spoiled to live here, because no matter what meal I eat in various corners of the planet, chances are, I can find it in Philly. Chef Todd Winer’s Neapolitan-style pies are rounded out by a bit more wood-fired cookery-from fresh-baked seasoned breads to antipasti and salads with fire-roasted croutons.ģ45 Congress St., Boston, 61, Sushi & Izakaya / Photograph by Jesse ItoĪs a food and travel writer, I’ve researched culinary traditions across four continents, from following spice trade routes through Israel and Europe to fishing with the Māori in New Zealand. Pastoralīesides being one of the best places for pizza in Boston, Pastoral is simply one of the most consistent dining options when you’re in the Fort Point area. ![]() Ah, the sound of the Ocean: clink!ġ40 Seaport Blvd., 61,. They all scratch a certain power-dining itch, to one degree or another-but Ocean Prime might be the most reliable exemplar of the genre, thanks to all that excellent turf (prime filets enhanced with Béarnaise or black truffle butter) and surf (say, butter poached lobster tails with red pepper cream). ![]() There are quite a few seafood-and-steakhouse joints packed into the relatively small footprint of the Seaport, offering (not exactly dissimilar) high-end chain experiences. Cocktails at Ocean Prime / Courtesy photo Ocean Prime
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