✍️ PlateWalk Stories
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 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
15 Best Restaurants in Fishtown Philadelphia (2026)
Frankford Avenue has more good food per block than most cities have downtown. That is not a Philadelphia thing to say — we do not do boosterism here — but walk…
📖 7 min read · Sep 4, 2026
The East Passyunk Food Trail: A Street-by-Street Guide
East Passyunk Avenue is the best restaurant corridor in Philadelphia. Here's how to walk it properly.
📖 5 min read · Aug 4, 2026
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