The Top 100 Places to Eat Near The Red-eyed crab

1. NJ.com #19 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. The New York Times The Restaurant List
2. Esquire #38 · The Best New Restaurants in America
3. NJ.com #74 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. NJ.com #46 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. NJ.com #59 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. NJ.com #79 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. NJ.com #40 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. USA Today Restaurants of the Year

1. James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality

1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. NJ.com #86 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked
2. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. NJ.com #7 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. NJ.com #3 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

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1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. USA Today Restaurants of the Year
2. James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Antimo DiMeo
3. James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Antimo DiMeo

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Windowless, walk-in only, and usually packed, this South Philly izakaya earned a James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic and a Michelin Bib Gourmand without ever taking a reservation. The menu roams confidently from raw to fried to grilled, cod skin crisped to a chip, chirashi bowls stacked with caviar and ikura. Regulars who know the right people find their way to the omakase counter tucked in the back, which is its own argument for becoming a regular.

1. James Beard Awards 2026 · Winner · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Jesse Ito
2. James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Jesse Ito
3. James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Jesse Ito

1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. NJ.com #88 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Emerging Chef · Phila Lorn
2. Food & Wine Phila Lorn · Best New Chefs
3. The New York Times Banh Chow Salad · The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S.

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1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. James Beard Awards 2022 · Winner · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Cristina Martinez
2. Eater The All-Time Eater 38
3. The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia Right Now

1. NJ.com #15 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

The cemitas, Puebla-style sandwiches on sesame-seeded buns baked in-house, are what anchor this colorful South Philly Mexican restaurant. Bring friends and a strategy, because the menu rewards sharing, and skipping the lacy griddled flour tortillas would be a regrettable act of self-sabotage. The chef earned a James Beard semifinalist nod and a Michelin Bib Gourmand, plus a spot on the New York Times restaurant list, which is a lot of hardware for a tight little room.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
2. The New York Times The Restaurant List
3. The Philadelphia Inquirer Top 10

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2. Philadelphia Magazine Talami · Most Memorable Bites

The small tables at this modern New American restaurant come fitted with little drawers for your cutlery, which tells you something about how seriously things are taken here. Chef Randy Rucker runs a monthly multicourse tasting menu with a seafood lean and a French-Japanese sensibility, all from local ingredients. Counter seats face the kitchen. A James Beard semifinalist, and the floor-to-ceiling corner windows make the room feel like a decent consolation prize.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia Right Now
3. Philadelphia Magazine #22 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

1. Eater The Essential Restaurants of Atlantic City

1. USA Today Restaurants of the Year

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2. Philadelphia Magazine #34 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
3. Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

A corner spot on East Passyunk with awnings, a few sidewalk tables, and a spare interior that somehow feels warmer than it looks. Mish Mish is a vegetable-forward Mediterranean small-plates restaurant run by a former food writer who traded criticism for a kitchen, which tracks. The menu leans shareable, smoke and char doing most of the talking. The New York Times named it among Philadelphia's 25 best restaurants right now.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia Right Now
3. Philadelphia Magazine #33 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

One communal table, four kitchen seats, and a tasting menu that runs three hours minimum, because the team is not in a hurry and neither should you be. Ambra is high-end Italian tasting, with house-made pasta, warm focaccia, and a beverage pairing that isn't optional. The New York Times named it among Philly's 25 best, and Philadelphia Magazine put it at number four on their annual list.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Philadelphia Magazine #4 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
3. The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia Right Now

1. The New York Times The Restaurant List
2. The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia Right Now
3. Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

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2. James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Russ Cowan

1. Philadelphia Magazine #38 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
2. Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
3. James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality

1. Philadelphia Magazine #20 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
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3. James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Dane DeMarco

The dirty pasta water martini has its own Esquire listing, which tells you something about how Fiorella operates. This South Philly pasta spot, a Michelin Bib Gourmand, runs a short, handmade menu out of what used to be a three-generation butcher shop. Marc Vetri's name is on it, the room is small, and the cacio e pepe is the kind that makes you stop talking mid-sentence.

1. Esquire Dirty Pasta Water Martini · The Best Martinis in America
2. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
3. The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia Right Now

The line wraps around the corner off Palumbo Park at any hour, which tells you what you need to know before you even smell the place. Angelo's is a cash-only, no-seating slice shop and cheesesteak counter in South Philly, meaning you'll be eating on a bench or a curb like everyone else. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, which the sesame-seed hoagies loaded with Cooper Sharp do nothing to contradict.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
2. The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia Right Now

1. NJ.com #72 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked
2. Philadelphia Magazine #24 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
3. James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Joey Baldino

1. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Shigeru Fukuyoshi
2. NJ.com #61 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. NJ.com #93 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
2. Esquire #11 · The Best New Restaurants in America
3. Philadelphia Magazine #26 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

1. NJ.com #54 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked
2. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Dwain Kalup

The corned beef and pastrami sandwiches here are the kind that require a game plan before you pick them up. This old-school Jewish deli in Queen Village has been feeding Philadelphia for as long as anyone can remember, with a menu that runs from Reubens and smoked fish to cheesesteaks and a full breakfast. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks. Come hungry and do not make afternoon plans.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand

Purple walls, tatami tables on one side, and a menu that has no interest in what everyone else is doing right now. Roxanne is a small creative restaurant in South Philly where the chef named the place after her mother and mostly just wants to cook. The dishes are few and the seasoning is confident, duck arriving with a wedge of Stilton as if that were always the plan. It probably was.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. NJ.com #51 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

Botanical prints on pale walls, a red brick patio out back, and an Italian Mediterranean restaurant that treats a seasonal wine list as seriously as the kitchen treats pasta. The bucatini and the clams suggest the Mediterranean mindset is more than decorative. Queen Village locals who know their way around a wine list fill the bar up front while the dining room stays unhurried.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Philadelphia Magazine 2025 · Best Sommelier · Best of Philly · Jamie Harrison Rubin

1. Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Philadelphia

The coal-fired oven sits at the center of the room like the point it's trying to make, and the point is a New York-style pie with deep Italian roots cooked the way early immigrants did it, because wood was too expensive. This is a comfortable, full-service pizza spot with appetizers, a solid wine list, and a menu that ranges well past margherita territory. Ranked 31st on 50 Top Pizza USA.

1. 50 Top Pizza #31 · 50 Top Pizza USA

1. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
2. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76
3. Philadelphia Magazine Asparagus-Fennel Danish · Most Memorable Bites

Six days a week it's a neighborhood bakery slinging coffee and doughnuts in South Philly. On Friday nights, The Bakery quietly pivots to "secret dinners," turning out a short, rotating menu of tall, square pizzas on soft, airy dough with a crackery undercarriage. Seats are few, the menu changes, and the whole operation feels more like eating at a friend's place than a restaurant. Arrive early, or just arrive flexible.

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1. Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
2. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76
3. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant

1. NJ.com #42 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. NJ.com #81 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. NJ.com #94 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia Right Now

1. NJ.com #99 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked

1. Philadelphia Magazine Spicy Crab Orecchiette · Most Memorable Bites

1. James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery

1. World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · United States' Best Hotel Restaurant

1. Philadelphia Magazine #32 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
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1. Philadelphia Magazine #35 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

1. Philadelphia Magazine The Philly 15
2. Philadelphia Magazine 2025 · Best New Wine Bar · Best of Philly
3. The Infatuation #7 · Philadelphia’s Best New Restaurants

1. Philadelphia Magazine The Philly 15

1. Philadelphia Magazine #41 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

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2. Philadelphia Magazine #8 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
3. James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best New Bar

1. James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Baker · Rhonda Saltzman and Mercedes Brooks

1. Philadelphia Magazine #36 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

1. Philadelphia Magazine #39 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

1. Philadelphia Magazine #30 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. Philadelphia Magazine #43 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

1. Philadelphia Magazine #29 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

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1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76

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