Pennsylvania Has One of the 50 Best New Restaurants in America
Pennsylvania has a collection of fantastic locally-owned restaurants throughout the state, and those restaurants are always growing. It’s exciting when a new, local establishment pops up, and even better when the local community embraces it.
The staff at national food publication Bon Appétit has put together a study to determine the 50 best new restaurants in America, and one local spot is on the list. “You’d think that after practically living in new restaurants while putting this list together, the last place the BA staff would want to be right now is another restaurant. But as we crisscrossed the country in search of the 50 best new restaurants of 2022, we were overwhelmed by how thrilling restaurant culture is at this moment,” Elazar Sontag, restaurant editor, states in the article.
Sontag continues, “The industry has been through a lot in the last few years, but these new restaurants point to a hopeful next chapter. Dishes and foodways that were previously hard to find in a lot of US cities are taking center stage, which means more Guyanese and South Indian and Palestinian and Indigenous Mexican food for all of us.”
So, what’s the new restaurant in Pennsylvania that made the cut? Her Place located at 1740 Sansom Street in Philadelphia. “With just two seatings of 24 diners per night and an “open sometimes” set of hours, a seat at Amanda Shulman’s dinner party–style restaurant is hard to come by. Reservations open every other Sunday at 6 p.m., and sell out in minutes. But the meal is completely, unquestionably worth the trouble. Shulman, a veteran of Marc Vetri’s empire, serves up whimsical, complex yet comforting set menus that feel as deeply personal as they are expertly executed, with strong Italian, French, and Jewish influences. Snagging a reservation may be a struggle, but a meal here is pure, unbridled joy.” Find the full tally here.
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