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 PhillyContinue reading “Legendary Philly Pizzeria Hasn’t Lost a Step”
Category Archives: Food
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 ofContinue reading “The Early Bird Gets the Good Bread”
Scratching My Old-School Chinese Itch
During my recent blogging hiatus, I had plenty of time to plan what to eat when I was again free to feast on whatever suits my fancy. In addition to figuring out where to go for my first pizza, cheesesteak and burger in what felt like an eternity, I was eager to once again gorgeContinue reading “Scratching My Old-School Chinese Itch”
Heading Home for My Return to Cheesesteaks
Although I gradually ate more freely in the weeks after my spring oral surgery, some favorite food items remained off limits until fairly recently. Cheesesteaks, with their crusty seeded rolls and sometimes chewy meat, were among those. When it came time to return to eating steaks, I had a huge array of options between revisitingContinue reading “Heading Home for My Return to Cheesesteaks”
A Pizza Quest Finally Realized in Bryn Mawr
There are plenty of restaurants and takeout shops in the Philly region that serve outstanding cheesesteaks or pizza. But only a handful have gained stellar reputations for both. One of those is unquestionably Johnny’s Pizza, which has opened a second location in Wayne, Pennsylvania, in addition to their original spot in Bryn Mawr. Both areContinue reading “A Pizza Quest Finally Realized in Bryn Mawr”
Weekend Jaunt for Reunion – and Food
Although it didn’t take long for it to evolve into something else, my initial purpose for starting this blog in 2021 was to write about what my wife and I eat during our travels. In line with that, my return to blogging following a forced hiatus for a few months to deal with a dentalContinue reading “Weekend Jaunt for Reunion – and Food”
Returning to South Jersey for Another Steak and Pie
One of my most common cheesesteak-related assertions on this blog has been that proportion and moderation are preferable to a more-is-better approach to meat and cheese. That preference led me to leave several very popular steak shops – each of which is known for using a huge amount of meat and cheese – off ofContinue reading “Returning to South Jersey for Another Steak and Pie”
My Favorite Philly Pizzeria Tinkers With Their Crust
It was in the fall of 2024 that I proclaimed the New York cheese pizza at Pizzeria Salvy to be my favorite pie in Philadelphia. I’ve been back there a couple times since then and that judgement has held firm. So it was a bit of a jolt to check out Salvy’s current menu andContinue reading “My Favorite Philly Pizzeria Tinkers With Their Crust”
Reevaluating a South Philly Steak Shop
Nearly a year ago I visited the then new Skinny Joey’s Cheesesteaks on Broad Street in South Philadelphia and concluded that the only thing preventing their steaks from being elite was the chopped ribeye being underseasoned and lacking in flavor. Everything else – most notably the roll and meat and cheese proportions and distribution –Continue reading “Reevaluating a South Philly Steak Shop”
Back to Radin’s for More Jewish Deli
It was only a couple weeks ago that I posted about my first Jewish deli meal in about six months – at Philadelphia’s Famous 4th Street Deli. In that post I mentioned that Russ Cowan, the former owner of Famous, now plies his trade at Radin’s Delicatessen in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The two delisContinue reading “Back to Radin’s for More Jewish Deli”
BZ Maestro Eats 