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Guides, debates, and neighborhood deep-dives from the PlateWalk team.
The 16 Best BYOB Restaurants in Philadelphia (2026)
The best thing about eating in Philadelphia is a side effect of a liquor law nobody likes. Pennsylvania makes restaurant liquor licenses expensive and hard to g…
📖 8 min read · Sep 10, 2026
The 16 Best Coffee Shops in Philadelphia (2026)
Philadelphia is a roaster town, and that is the thing most guides get wrong about it. The question here is not which café has the nicest tile. It is who is buyi…
📖 8 min read · Sep 10, 2026
The 16 Best Italian Restaurants in Philadelphia (2026)
Philadelphia has two Italian food scenes and they barely acknowledge each other. One is red gravy, veal parm, Formica, and a family that has run the same room s…
📖 9 min read · Sep 10, 2026
The 15 Best Pizza Places in Philadelphia (2026)
Philadelphia is a cheesesteak town that quietly makes better pizza. Nobody flies here for it, which is exactly why it stayed interesting. While New York was def…
📖 8 min read · Sep 9, 2026
Every Michelin Star Restaurant in Philadelphia (2026 Guide)
Michelin came to Philadelphia in November 2025, and the first thing the city did was argue about it. Three stars. Ten Bib Gourmands. One Green Star. A recommend…
📖 8 min read · Sep 9, 2026
The 12 Best Cheesesteaks in Philadelphia (Verified Rankings)
Ask a Philadelphian where to get the best cheesesteak and watch what happens to their face. There is no neutral answer. There is only *their* answer, defended w…
📖 7 min read · Sep 4, 2026
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