The two women became friends, and last year, they started a small catering business, drawing on their respective experiences. Word of their distinctive dishes spread, though. After seeing a string of disappointing spaces, they found one in the Italian Market, and immediately saw the potential for a restaurant. Everything just happened for a reason. In a city already known for its vibrant and diverse food scene, the restaurant still feels like something entirely new.
The seasonally-changing menu includes beautifully steamed whole branzino made with Thai chili, swimming in a fragrant lime sauce, and chewy peanut- and mushroom-filled tapioca dumplings in a vivid purple hue thanks to butterfly pea flowers. Suntaranon makes the sauce from scratch just like the curry paste and the rest of her sauces and stocks and uses turmeric rice in place of the white rice, like her great grandmother did.
Most of the menu, in fact, is unique for Philadelphia. Check out these restaurants for some of the best Italian food around. An Italian restaurant based on generations of family recipes, now shared with hungry diners in and around Rittenhouse Square.
For five decades, Saloon has been serving up Italian-Ameri When looking for the best Italian in Philadelphia, diners want experience, heritage and above all, superb food. La Famiglia delivers all this and more. The corner entrance and bowl porch makes this venue stand out from the outside, whi A closely guarded family recipe combined with coal ovens is the secret to their success. A startlingly bright and airy environment awaits diners at Positano Coast. Inspired by the Italian Amalfi region, white sofas contrast with bright fruit motifs on the wall for a truly summery feel all Part of one of the most dynamic waterfront areas in Philadelphia, this Broad Street branch of the Amis brand boasts an extensive outdoor dining area.
Inside, white tiled walls and basic wooden chairs The outside eating area embraces a feeling of urban decay, with delibera Wooden chairs, red checkered tablecloths, and operatic memorabilia across the walls make the atmosphere of The Victor feel very traditional and homey.
Just a few miles out of Philadelphia, this Cherry Hill Italian has a classic exterior with yellow parasols adorning the outdoor area. Really, it was the bars that made the difference — both raw and cocktail.
Really, not much has changed since then — except that Blue Corn has gotten a bunch more competition in the neighborhood. This is the place that South Philly goes to for their Easter bread, their cannoli, their wedding cakes and cookies and pretty much anything else. During Christmas, they have to set up tents to cover the lines of people waiting to get in. We are open with delicous tacos and consome, come eat by yourself or bring the whole family.
Three days a week, this is the place in Philly to score delicious tacos and equally delicious horchata , and it sports the lines to prove it. Go early. Bring cash. And prepare for one of those rare moments where a place actually lives up to all the hype surrounding it. The beer-battered chicken fingers are awesome, by the way.
Have an espresso and some biscotti, or splurge on any of the pastries, have some gelato when its hot out, some cannoli any time. You can thank me later. The cart in the middle of the room is staffed by a constantly-rotating list of some of the biggest names in the Philly food scene, and a few geniuses you may never have heard of. And yeah, I get it. These are two different places.
But then again, are they really? I mean, they essentially exist have existed, will continue to exist as the defining restaurants for people who know nothing about Philly — two competing cheesesteak operations, playing out their assigned roles down in Cheesesteak Vegas. They are the binary star around which our city revolves, smelling of onions and Axe body spray, dripping with neon. They serve a lot of cheesesteaks, and they do it at all hours of the day and night. Everyone has to do it once.
Cheese away! Call us at or e-mail us at 9thstreet [at] dibruno [dot] com to book.
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