Michael Klein
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Exclusive: Phillyâs buzziest bar is expanding | Letâs Eat (opens the original)
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Good day, friends. Cocktail destination Almanac, which has picked up national and local accolades in its first two years, has a new location on the way, and weâll tell you about it. Soup for you: Black chefs gather for a summit to celebrate pepper pot, the Philadelphia delicacy. Senior moment: Some retired poker buddies are on a quest to find the best cheesesteak they can find. News: Read on for word of a new restaurant in West Chester and a chefâs homecoming in Cape May. If someone forwarde
One of Phillyâs elite cocktail bars is opening a bigger second act near Rittenhouse Square (opens the original)
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The team behind one of Philadelphiaâs most acclaimed new cocktail bars is preparing a larger second act in Rittenhouse. Almanac co-owners Vy To and Victor Ng and bar manager Rob Scott are building a two-level bar in the former Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. space at 112 S. 18th St. A name and opening date have not been announced. Much more work needs to be done, they said, as the space has been vacant since Franklin left in 2021. It later reopened behind the 1715 Rittenhouse Hotel. The new
Sorrentino Pasta closed its Ambler restaurant and shop to pivot to wholesale (opens the original)
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Sorrentino Pasta & Provisions may have closed its Ambler restaurant and market last month, but owner Rich Sorrentino is not getting out of the pasta business. He is concentrating on the wholesale operation that had grown alongside the storefront while developing a new shop nearby. Sorrentinoâs business, which opened in 2021 on Butler Avenue near Ridge, combined a dining room, pasta workshop, and Italian specialty market in a narrow storefront next to Alice Bakery. You could walk in and buy fre
Cheesecake Factoryâs Cajun salmon is having a TikTok moment. Itâs bringing local crowds â and headaches. (opens the original)
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Cheesecake Factoryâs Cajun salmon used to be a straightforward order: blackened salmon, Creole sauce, buttered corn, mashed potatoes. Now, in a social media-driven frenzy thatâs spread nationwide, Cheesecake customers are swapping in loaded mashed potatoes, adding shrimp, ordering extra sauce, and turning a single entrée â one of the roughly 250 dishes on the chainâs menu â into a build-your-own production. And in Philly, at least one local Cheesecake Factory is feeling the heat. The
Philadelphiaâs food-safety rules arenât new. Why does it seem like restaurant inspections have intensified lately? (opens the original)
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For the last eight years, Fridays at Stargazy on East Passyunk Avenue meant fish and chips, a weekly tribute to chef-owner Sam Jacobsonâs East London roots. That ended last month, when a city health inspection forced the English pie and mash shop to discontinue the special. Stargazy had been cited twice in 2024 for operating its electric double countertop fryer without proper mechanical ventilation. But on Aug. 14, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health went further, citing the fryers as
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