✍️ 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
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
Italian Market Philadelphia: A Complete Food Guide
South 9th Street does not care whether you are ready. The Italian Market in Philadelphia runs roughly from Fitzwater Street down to Wharton Street, and on a Sat…
📖 7 min read · Sep 4, 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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