BZMaestro Eats: My Dining Adventures in the Philly region and on the road
Three Slice Shops – One Philly Neighborhood
Philadelphia’s pizza scene was not great during my youth and early adult years. Thankfully, it’s improved significantly over the first quarter of the 21st century, especially in the past few years. With that growth in good options for both slices and whole pies, the city’s pizza hub has moved north. For most of my life,…
Lunch in Chinatown and Sunday Gravy
My wife and I ate a whole lot of Chinese food when we lived in Philadelphia’s Chinatown between 2004 and 2012. One restaurant that opened perhaps a couple years before we moved to the suburbs and quickly fell into our dining rotation was M Kee, which specializes in both Hong Kong style barbecued meats and…
Overdue Return to a Favorite Cheesesteak Shop
On both lists of the best cheesesteaks in the Philly region that I’ve posted, the top three steak shops were the same. Two of them – Angelo’s Pizzeria and John’s Roast Pork – are located in South Philadelphia. The third is Goomba’s Pizzaria* in the far northern suburb of Colmar in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. I’ve…
New England Road-Trip 2026: Part Three
As detailed in Part Two of this report, we were eager to leave Montpelier, Vermont, and head for the New Haven, Connecticut area Wednesday morning. Our route took us past more beautiful scenery, including some trees with leaves that had changed color early. We were also going by Norwich, Vermont, which is where one can…
New England Road-Trip 2026: Part Two
Those of you who have read my past trip reports know that my wife and I have been visiting state capitol buildings during our travels for many years – even longer than we’ve been married. A pair in New England that we hadn’t yet hit before this trip were those in New Hampshire and Vermont.…
New England Road-Trip 2026: Part One
With the exception of the peak pandemic years, my wife and I have taken a roughly week-long vacation that included a heavy dose of roadfood stops annually for as long as we’ve been married. The majority of those trips have been to the Midwest. But we’ve also mixed in other parts of the country, with…
Go for the Smoked Meat – Stay for the Sides
While Philadelphia is home to a thriving food scene and excels at an array of cuisines, it’s not a barbecue hotbed. The region’s smoked meat options have improved somewhat over the past decade, but there is still a lot of room for growth. Sweet Lucy’s Smokehouse, which is just off I-95 in Northeast Philly, is…
Feasting at the Reading Terminal Market
The Reading Terminal Market has been one of Philadelphia’s premier food-themed destinations since the late 19th century. It started out as a place to buy fresh foods, like produce and meat, but eventually evolved into what it is today – a combination food court and farmers’ market. When my wife and I lived within a…
Legendary Philly Pizzeria Hasn’t Lost a Step
As alluded to in a recent post, my food cravings meter has lately been veering more in the direction of pizza than cheesesteaks. One reason for that is the increasing amount of time I spent watching Dave Portnoy’s pizza review videos on YouTube during my blogging hiatus. The other is the mini-explosion of new Philly…
The Early Bird Gets the Good Bread
While some of the meals I post about here were scheduled and would have taken place regardless of my blogging intentions, there have been plenty of weeks when I had nothing planned and had to decide on a blog-worthy place to eat. I keep a list of potential eateries for those occasions, and some of…
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