Parc is a french brasserie restaurant in Center City, Philadelphia.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 45 minutes
Explore the Reading Terminal Market of Philadelphia on a walking tour. Learn about the market's history, hear stories of some of the family-owned merchants, and choose...
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Discover Philly's most popular food favorites on a guided foodie walking tour. Get a taste of the city's history and culture as you chow down on favorite local dishes.
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Celebrate the holiday season with a Christmas Eve or Christmas Day dinner cruise on the Delaware River. Enjoy a festive dinner with a live DJ and games.
Address: 227 S 18th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Barbuzzo in Philadelphia is Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran's 13th Street Mediterranean kitchen, open since 2010, anchored by wood-fired pizzas.
OrderThe wood-fired pizza of the week; salted caramel budino for dessert, the dish that built its reputation.
TipThe bar counter overlooking the open kitchen takes walk-ups. It is the room's quietest table on a Friday.
Han Dynasty in Philadelphia is Han Chiang's Sichuan room on Chestnut in Old City, the kitchen that ranked the city's spice scale 1 to 10 and made the dan dan.
OrderDan dan noodles, dry-pot rabbit at heat 7, three-pepper chicken, mapo tofu.
TipOrder one dish below the heat level you think you can handle. The 10-spice scale is honest.
Pizzeria Beddia in Philadelphia is Joe Beddia's Fishtown reincarnation of the Bon Appetit America's Best Pizza of 2015, with a hoagie room behind the dining.
OrderThe margherita with sungold cherry tomatoes; a salad of every herb in the kitchen.
TipThe hoagie room books separately. Reserve it for groups of four to six who want lunch sandwiches.
Dim Sum Garden in Philadelphia is chef Shizhou Da's Shanghai dumpling room, reopened January 2025 on Race Street in Chinatown with a doubled soup-dumpling.
OrderXiao long bao by the basket; hand-pulled scallion-pancake noodles; the XL straw soup dumpling.
TipSit at the front window seats to watch the pleating. Cash works but cards land too.
Barbuzzo in Philadelphia is Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran's 13th Street Mediterranean kitchen, open since 2010, anchored by wood-fired pizzas.
OrderThe wood-fired pizza of the week; salted caramel budino for dessert, the dish that built its reputation.
TipThe bar counter overlooking the open kitchen takes walk-ups. It is the room's quietest table on a Friday.
Forsythia in Philadelphia is Christopher Kearse's modern French bistro on Chestnut Street in Old City, a 2025 Michelin Guide selection with rabbit porchetta.
OrderThe escargot with parsley and shallots; the duck if it appears on that night's tasting menu.
TipHappy hour from 16:30 weekdays runs half-price oysters and a French 75. Walk in for it.
Ambra in Philadelphia is Chris D'Ambro and Marina de Oliveira's 16-seat Italian tasting menu on South 4th in Queen Village, the city's most personal.
OrderThe full nine-course tasting; the four-seat kitchen counter rather than the main table when available.
TipBook at exactly 30 days out at 10am on the venue's site. Saturday seatings fill in the first 90 seconds.
