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Overlooking the award-winning Wyncote Golf Club and surrounding Brandywine Valley countryside, this modern American restaurant (featuring locally sourced ingredients — think Kennett mushroom soup and Green Meadow Farms pork chops) is way above par. Pro tip: Keep your eyes peeled for the stellar beverage-themed dinners every month.

This historic Bucks County establishment (founded in 1818) is great for a sunny afternoon on the patio, an intimate night in the dining room, or, really, any time in between. You’ll love it for its friendly charm and wide-ranging menu, with everything from clams casino to Caesar salad, and blackened salmon Florentine.

For vibrant West African fare, head to this East Landsdowne specialist. Jammies goes deep on savory classics like pepper soup, jollof rice, and cassava-based attiéké (with chicken, lamb, or fish and plantains on the side, of course).

Anyone fond (heh) of the original East Passyunk restaurant should high-tail it to the burbs for the silky chicken liver mousse, endive salad, and that really terrific French onion soup. The digs are understated and friendly, which fits the Wallingford vibe. 

No need to decide if you want pad see ew or sushi at this popular Ardmore BYOB. Literally breaking down walls (it was once two restaurants that fused into one), Mikado boasts everything from poke bowls and pad Thai to nigiri, packed rolls, and more.  

Live jazz, whiskey bar, absinthe tastings — at Time, you can choose the vibe for whatever you’re feeling. When it’s time to eat, shrimp and grits, pulled pork sandwiches and fries, and pancetta-packed rigatoni make excellent dinner options at this nightlife stable. 

Uzbek cuisine is rife with Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and Russian influences, and the expansive menu at Asia Mix brings it all to the table. To get to the heart of it all, try the impeccable plov — Uzbekistan’s national dish — made here with chickpeas, carrots, and supremely tender spiced beef.

It’s roughly 4,500 miles from here to Italy’s fabled Amalfi Coast, but this rustic-yet-elegant BYOB sure evokes that corner of paradise. Think a Southern Italian-accented menu full of specialties, like grilled langoustines with lemon juice and olive oil, or the capellini Amalfi with lump crabmeat. 

If you’re looking for a classic English pub experience in Chester County, you go to The Whip. Classics like Welsh rarebit, shepherd’s pie, and fish and chips shine bright on a menu that also offers impeccable all-American wings, wedge salad, and shrimp and grits. 

The owners behind this Wayne institution met when both were cooking in Nantucket, and they bring a hint of coastal style here. Oysters are big at Cornerstone, and you shouldn’t miss the Nantucket-style bluefish pâté to share, but the menu also sails from caviar and rigatoni to braised short ribs, and all of it is superb. 

Because it’s iconic for a reason. The South Philly institution is still family-run, has lifetime staffers who don’t skip a beat, and has hosted myriad famous faces in its over 100-year existence. You’ll go back for anything smothered in that house red sauce (veal parm, manicotti, lasagna), mussels, sausage and peppers, and cannoli. 

This sliver of a spot is a charmer. The bright and sunny colors, mosaic tables, and artful touches bring the French-Moroccan theme together. It’s exactly where you want to be for a cozy brunch over Moroccan eggs, quiche Lorraine, and flaky pastries, or weekend lamb tagine at night. 

Some days, all it takes is a plate of tacos, an icy margarita, and a plate of churros to make everything better. The airy space with vibrant pops of color has all of that and more. Beef birria tacos (with the requisite side of consommé) and a bowl of pineapple guacamole have locals on repeat. 

Self-taught sushi master Hiroyuki “Zama” Tanaka is a genuine star on the Philadelphia restaurant scene, and his talents shine brightly here, with fresh seafood sourced from around the world, inventive cross-cultural rolls you won’t find anywhere else, a wealth of savory kitchen bites, and a list of hard-to-find sakes to seal the deal.

Every neighborhood would be lucky to have Jezabel Careaga’s charming bakery and café filled to the brim with Argentinian specialties like gorgeous golden empanadas, medialunas, alfajores, and other treats. It’s ideal for a bite, a pot of tea, or a quick lunch.

Unstoppable Chicago-based chef-restaurateur Fabio Viviani, who’s launched more than 50 restaurants in a dozen-plus states, collaborated with developer John O’Connell to install a big-city elegant steakhouse with a world-class wine list in a onetime bank building from the 19th-century, and you will definitely want to claim a table here.

Come with friends or a date (though you’ll be welcome even if you’re alone) to this casually comfortable Jewelers’ Row sushi and hibachi spot, where the endless menu offers almost any Japanese specialty you might crave and the intricately garnished multi-ingredient signature rolls are almost (almost) too pretty to eat.

A beautiful three-level Rittenhouse establishment, Wilder is the place for wood-fired pizzas and crudo constructed right before your eyes, plus a perfect array of raw bar offerings, pastas, and one excellent cheeseburger.

You might’ve heard of chef Diana Widjojo from Hardena, her Indonesian gem of a restaurant in South Philly, or when she properly wowed the city with her “mini-rijsttafel” pop-up at Dankbaar. Well, the pop-up is now an ongoing Thursday-through-Saturday residency, it still features brilliantly flavored Indonesian fare (with both regular and vegan prix-fixes), and it’s truly something else.

Following its success in West Chester, Fellini has expanded to the other side of Philadelphia with this Delaware County BYOB, serving just the kind of Italian fare you love, from fried calamari and homemade lasagna to veal piccata. Pro tip: Come with a group and choose from the family-style dinner options for a proper feast.

Be like everyone else who comes to this neighborhood staple, sit upstairs or down, and get the blueberry pie. Ok, before that, get everything else — the steak tartare or blue crab toast, scallops with charred cabbage, halibut with brown butter mushrooms, and the roast chicken. Nothing disappoints.