Royal Sushi and Izakaya

Inquirer restaurant critic Craig LaBan's annual top 10 captures the special energy in Philly restaurants right now, and a list of places to visit in 2026.

The Michelin Guide provided some shocks on Tuesday night. Here's how accurate our readers were.

Friday Saturday Sunday, Her Place Supper Club, and Provenance each were awarded a Michelin star, capping a brilliant showing. Thirty-one other Philadelphia restaurants also brought home glory.

The arrival of the Michelin Guide will change Philly's dining scene. These are the restaurants with the best shot at winning Michelin stars for the 2025 Michelin Guide.

John Donohue, a former New Yorker editor, started off sketching his dish rack. He has moved on to restaurant facades.

Every year, Inquirer critic Craig LaBan produces a list of his 10 favorite restaurants in the Philadelphia region. Here they are, mapped.

Here are more than 30 special dishes that defined Philly’s food story in 2024.

From a sushi counter doling out sublime slices of dry-aged toro to a rogue noodle shop producing only-in-South-Philly fusions, here are restaurant critic Craig LaBan's Top 10 for the year.

Rare fish, presented with classic style, is the draw at the luxe omakase at Ogawa Sushi & Kappo, which will soon open a second-floor izakaya with cocktails by Slow Drinks' Danny Childs.

There's no name yet, and the opening is penciled in for mid-2025. Chef Justin Bacharach, now at the Queen Village restaurant, will oversee the kitchen.

Scoring a seat at Philly's premier sushi counter has become virtually impossible. But that doesn't make it any less extraordinary: Jesse Ito's omakase continues to become even more astounding.

In a year when only chef Jesse Ito made the finals, Philadelphians represented in the foundation's media and book awards. Two food figures also received honors.