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South Philly red-sauce bar that has been around forever, bought and quietly restored by Joey Baldino, who has a gift for making a room feel like it never changed. The bones are exactly what you'd expect: dim, neighborhood, no-nonsense. The food is where things get interesting, with stuffed calamari and lobster Francesca that make the whole retro room suddenly feel like a serious argument. The New York Times put it on their 2026 Restaurant List, and that tracks.
The awards strongest first
- The New York Times 2026 · The Restaurant List
- The Infatuation #12 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Philadelphia
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
One number, weighted & current 83
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Stuffed calamari
“That is until you dig into the stuffed calamari, mussels fra diavolo and lobster Francesca, each as poetically reverent as a heartfelt eulogy.”
The New York Times, 2026 -
Mussels fra diavolo
“That is until you dig into the stuffed calamari, mussels fra diavolo and lobster Francesca, each as poetically reverent as a heartfelt eulogy.”
The New York Times, 2026 -
Lobster francesca
“That is until you dig into the stuffed calamari, mussels fra diavolo and lobster Francesca, each as poetically reverent as a heartfelt eulogy.”
The New York Times, 2026 -
Dungeness crab
“if you add on the Dungeness crab (which you should), the staff will teasingly help you tie on the provided bibs.”
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