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Sauced in TranslationKaizan's menu is both polished and perplexing.
by Trey PoppIf every menu tells a story, Kaizan's is of a piece with the splintered and contradictory narratives of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon.
Feeding FrenzyRestaurants opening, closing and pending
by Drew Lazor>> Now Seating: Cafe Coláo >> Waiting List: WineO >> Little Vittles: Purchases up by La Salle University
Belly of the FeastCasablanca offers big meals and bigger spectacle
by Elisa LudwigCasablanca is a North African fantasyland, replete with beaded curtains, embroidered pillows, engraved brass tables, hanging lanterns and, as a companion noted, a casino-style lack of windows that will have you losing track of time and place even if you don't drink the white Zinfandel.
Witout BordersHow the world sees (and butchers) Philly's alpha sandwich.
by Neal UngerleiderA brief guide to some of the stranger "cheesesteaks" the civilized world has to offer.
The Week In EatsGet Out!
by Dena MerlinoVirginia is for Lovers Menu | Matches Made in Heaven at Ansill | Saturday Cooking Demonstrations at Foster's Homeware | Valentine's Day at Rouge | Heart-Shaped Pizza from Bella Luna
Books to Read While Dining AloneSpine Tinglers
by Felicia D'Ambrosio1 The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe | 2 Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel | 3 In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust | 4 Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez | 5 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Small BitesLittle Vittles
Carrot Cake Cupcakes at Tartes | Handpresso | Crazy Sista Cooking | Strawberry Custard at Las Bugambilias
FOOD . Blog Posts
by Laurel Rose Purdy
807 days ago

This weekend, Feast Your Eyes Catering (1750 N. Front St.) is holding a true-blue Fishtown gathering, as local restaurants and chili aficionados
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by A.D. Amorosi
807 days ago
It's Friday afternoon, and the Jose Garces empire is gearing up for a big weekend. As we speak, the Guapos Tacos truck that we’ve written about
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»»by Drew Lazor
807 days ago

On Tuesday we had some veryveryvery preliminary details on Hop Sing Laundromat, a cocktail bar operation coming to 1029 Race Street. Now
»»by Adrian Pelliccia
807 days ago

Today is Friday, but the good people at Heinz and Chick-fil-A want to change things up a bit. Enter Fry Day, a promotion to welcome the arrival of Heinz's
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Valley Shepherd Creamery/MeltKraft
Reading Terminal Market
12th and Arch streets
267-639-3309
Also new at Reading Terminal is this top-notch cheese shop from the Long Valley, N.J., sheep farm and creamery. They’re making some of the cheeses on-site, including clothbound cheddar, Stilton-style blue and fresh mozzarella they’re hand-stretching every day to provide a good show ... more »
KeVen Parker Soul Food Café
Reading Terminal Market
12th and Arch streets.
After longtime Reading Terminal soul-food stop Delilah’s closed up shop, news that KeVen Parker (Ms. Tootsie’s) would be taking over the spot was met with sighs of relief. Parker is renowned for soul classics like fried chicken, slow-cooked collards with smoked turkey and sweet-pot ... more »
Bufad Pizza
1240 Spring Garden St.
215-238-9311
The new pizzeria from Michael and Jeniphur Pasquarello (Prohibition Taproom, Café Lift) entered the soft-opening phase last week, mere hours after passing its final inspection. The cozy 30-seater is serving up Neapolitan-style pies in just six iterations as well as scissor-snipped ... more »
Toast
1201 Spruce St.
215-821-1080
This section of Spruce has seen a confusing array of short-lived coffee shops over the past year or so, but here’s hoping that Toast sticks where previous tenant YOLO could not. The new spot offers breakfast and lunch plus brews for a ... more »
Fitler Dining Room
2201 Spruce St.
215-732-3331
Few empty restaurant spaces have been watched as closely as the one that once housed Mémé and, before that, Melograno. Its latest occupant is this French-accented, homey-chic spot from the owners of Pub & Kitchen and the Diving Horse. Highlights of chef Rob Marzinsky’s deft ope ... more »
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