Four Things In Philadelphia Not to Miss This Month

  • Family Meal: It’s September, so let’s go back to school with some family-friendly favorites. Consider these spots for weeknight dinners to help ease back into your old routine: Corio is new, with plenty of crowd-pleasing pizzas and pasta; or find chill Italian vibes at Pizzeria Stella, a long-running Starr restaurant. Alternatively, you can quiet your end-of-summer blues by having dessert for dinner. We’ve got a guide for that. Kids should especially dig the cannoli at Ralph’s, baked pineapple at Meetinghouse, and tehina-date ice cream sandwich at Dizengoff.
  • Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15 is the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, giving us another reason to enjoy some of Philly’s terrific Central and South American restaurants. You’ll never go wrong splitting a giant quesadilla, aka Señor Machete, with a visit to one of Dionicio Jiménez’s three restaurants: Cantina La Martina in Kensington or Jenkintown or La Baja in Ambler. We also recommend stopping by a Jezabel’s pop-up at Independence Seaport Museum’s Drink the Delaware festival on Sunday, September 7 from 4-9 p.m. or the Making Time Music Festival at Fort Mifflin September 19-21. At Tamaliza at Sor Ynéz on September 27, local chefs will serve tamals using the restaurant’s homemade masa, with some proceeds benefiting the Mexican Cultural Center. Find more ideas (Tequilas, La Jefa, Amá, and Casa Mexico) below in this month’s Hit List.
  • Now Open: Yeah, yeah, summer was so hectic and you spent half of it down the shore. Well, back here in Philly, we’re been eating well, thanks to these new hot spots that have recently graced the Hit List (including a couple of new additions this month!). A few that you may have missed over the summer: Leo, La Jefa, Amá, and Kissho House. Add them to your list and then try to snag one of the last tomato sandwiches at River Twice before the season wraps.
  • Plan Ahead: Special event fans should mark September 13 down because we’ve got three ideas for that afternoon. Tiny Table Tours’ Women in Wine tour will make its way through Fishtown with stops at Pizzeria Beddia, Pray Tell Winery, Kalaya, and Mural City Cellars. It sold out last year, so this time around, you’d better book early. Or you could head to South Philly to sip five wines from Italy’s Abruzzo region at Le Virtù’s Abruzzo 101 Dinner or book Bloomsday’s monthly high tea event that’s getting the ultimate Philly treatment with snacks from Pretzel Day Pretzels. The following weekend, on September 20, My Loup’s “On Meat” cookbook dinner features a collab between Los Angeles chef Jeremy Fox, known for Birdie G’s, and Philly’s own Alex Kemp.

New to the Hit List (Sept. 2025)
Casa Mexico, Kissho House, Sonny’s Cocktail Joint, Sergeantsville Inn, Tequilas Restaurant and La Jefa.

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