Food & Drink
Drink Of The Week: Spiked Hot Chocolate
Classic Hot Chocolate Ingredients: 1/2 bar of chooclate (simple Hershey’s will do) 1 mug whole milk Sugar Directions: Melt half a bar of chocolate over low heat in a small saucepan.
Flavorhood: Chinatown
Amongst Chinatown’s karaoke bars and massage parlors are some of the best Asian dives in Philly.
Flavorhood: That's Amore
South Philly’s Italian Market is filled with secret nooks and crannies where fish heads and blocks of cheese pop out.
Review: JG Domestic
Jose Garces’ new restaurant, J.G. Domestic, is located under an escalator. Other than that, it’s really quite good.
Interview: Moral Voices
Moral Voices, a campus–wide awareness initiative based at Hillel, is spending this year focusing on our favorite topic, FOOD!
Review: Almaz Cafe
Almaz Café, now open in Rittenhouse square, offers exciting and fun–to–eat options. The small cafe is only a step up in size from a mere hole in the wall.
Review: Fat Salmon
Fat Salmon takes Philadelphia’s tired sushi scene head–on, serving up inventive rolls in a creative atmosphere.
Review: Taquería El Jarocho
Having grown up on the West Coast, it’s a daily struggle for me to survive without authentic Mexican food.
Review: Bar Ferdinand
Tapas are perfect — they are delicious, non–committal, Spanish and allow you to dine with raging ADD.
Review: Cochon
“Really, order anything pork.” Our waiter's recommendation, as unpretentious yet as enticing as the restaurant’s food itself, perfectly sums up South Philly’s Cochon.
Review: Desi Chaat House
Desi Chaat House provides some much–needed diversity to the campus Indian food scene. All too often, your average Indian buffet leaves you feeling stuffed to the brim — so much so that the samosa you forced down might cause you to burst.
Review: Dim Sum Garden
Buried beneath an underpass on the edge of Chinatown, Dim Sum Garden initially looks like a restaurant that promises food poisoning.
Review: Creperie Beau Monde
Standing two floors tall on the corner of 6th and Bainbridge streets, just one block off South, Creperie Beau Monde offers tasty, French–inspired fare in a cozy, country garden atmosphere. Despite the name, it’s not just another crepe place.
Review: Twenty Manning Grill
Twenty Manning long posited itself as the Philadelphia bastion of casual, all–American dining. The strength of its menu lay in its ability to provide hearty classics with the vital facelift needed to supersede previous expectations.
Review: Hoof + Fin
Sandwiched between the quaint shops and quiet residences of Third Street lies Hoof + Fin, an Argentinean–inspired BYO from famed New Jersey chef Lucas Manteca.
Review: Landmark Americana
Penn students don’t often venture to Drexel’s campus, but there’s at least one destination that is worth checking out.
Review: James
Most people who venture several blocks off of South Street are usually lost on their way to a kinky costume shop, anarchist bookstore, or Jim’s cheesesteaks.
Review: Honest Tom's Taco Truck
Honest Tom’s Taco Shop is just far enough from the center of campus for it to be off most students’ radars.
Review Triumph Brewery
In a city that’s practically synonymous with craft beer, Triumph Brewing Company raises the bar with inventive and hearty fare in an atmosphere worthy of classy beer aficionados.
