In recent months the city’s dining scene has racked up an impressive collection of mentions in national media, but at the risk of looking the proverbial gift horse in its proverbial mouth, it seems most of these pieces have one thing in common: Presenting a pretty myopic view of Philly, it’s restaurants and bars. New YorkTimesdid a glowing two-part piece about the local craft beer movement and some of the places that have helped it flourish. The only problem was, it only focused onNorthern LibertiesandFishtown. And whenDetailsgot all gushy over Midtown Village,它给了一个餐厅,在cl的边缘osing and another that still hasn’t opened as reasons to visit. Using the release of hisRustic Italian Foodas a jumping off point,GQhits up Marc Vetrifor a little more accurate assessment. With nary a cheesesteak mention and a holistic overview of the area’s food and drink offerings, finally someone’s gotten itright!
Vetri’s tour begins with a breakfastHank’s Placein Chadds Ford (yeah, we’ve never been either), and circumnavigates the city with stop-offs that include ceviches at Jose Garces’Distrito, coffee at La Colombe, “awesome beers” and “really good soup” atSilk City, and finally a visit to one time protege Michael Solomonov’s modern Israeli gem,Zahav.
