If you’ve ever heard a familiar playlist and immediately relaxed, that’s the feeling of your cortisol decreasing and a positive mood state setting in. Serra Calvert, a 29-year-old bartender, had just ...

La Jefa in Rittenhouse is part-cafe and part-lounge, where every beverage, whether caffeinated, decaffeinated, fermented, or ...

Walk through the very same facade that’s existed since the 1930s if you want the bar menu rather than seated dinner. The ...

Forest & Main is a low-key hangout spot perfect for groups. Slide onto a bar stool and have a snack, or settle in for a larger meal at one of the tables. The food would also land well with kids, so ...

While there is straight-up sushi, we found the rice dense and overcooked. Better to stick with Uchi classics like the hama ...

Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme is a freelance food and travel journalist based in Philadelphia. She writes about all things restaurants, and loves giving readers the inside scoop. There were 34 restaurants ...

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. Philadelphia’s debut in the new Michelin Guide ...

Philly’s best living room is a free-flowing space in North Philadelphia, along a corridor of repurposed warehouses and churches. There are comfy cognac-colored couches coaxing people to chill and chat ...