2010 Philly's Best

My Philadelphia's Philly Best of 2010

Best After Work Bar
Bamba, HotLibrarian - Mixto Resturant

Best Asian/Sushi/Japanese

Bamba – Hikaru

HotLibrarian – Pod

Best Barbecue
Bamba – Sweet Lucy's Smokehouse
HotLibrarian - Dwight's Southern Bar-B-Que and Warmdaddy's

Best Beer Selection
Bamba – Monk's Cafe
HotLibrarian – Black Sheep and Dark Horse Pub

Best Boutiques Women's Clothes
HotLibrarian - Charlie's Jeans

Best Break-Up Places
Bamba, HotLibrarian - Dirty Frank's Bar

Best Brunch/Breakfast
Bamba, HotLibrarian – FARMiCiA and Jones

Best Burgers
Bamba, HotLibrarian – Silk City Dinner Bar & Lounge

Best BYOB Spot

Bamba, HotLibrarian - Audrey Claire (their Octupus Salad is the best), and La Locanda del Ghiottone.

Best Cheap Eats

Bamba, HotLibrarian - IKEA ( I am serious)

Best Chicken Cheesesteak

Hotlibrarian – Apollo's Pizza

Best Chinese Restaurant
Bamba, HotLibrarian - Buddakan

Best Cocktails
Bamba, HotLibrarian - Alma de Cuba

Best Spanish Tapas

Bamba - Bar Ferdinand (try their Paella)

HotLibrarian - Amanda ( on Wednesday and Friday night they have live flamenco dancing)

Best Chicken Sandwich
Bamba – Tony Luke's
HotLibrarian - PYT

Best Day Drinking
Bamba, HotLibrarian - Manayunk Brewery and Resturant and Sapphire

Best Desserts

Bamba- The Franklin Fountain

HotLibrarian – More Than Just Ice Cream

  

Best Dive Bar
Bamba, HotLibrarian - Tattooed Mom

Best Family Friendly 

Bamba – Dave & Buster's
HotLibrarian - Nifty Fifty's (try their Ice Creamies), and I would say The Spaghetti Warehouse but the closed down after many years.

Best Farm Fresh Resturant

Bamba – Talula's Table

HotLibrarian - White Dog Cafe

Best Hook-Up Spots

Bamba – Finnigan's Wake

HotLibrarian - Cavanaught's River Deck, Mad River, Marbar, The Plough & the Stars

Best Hotel

Bamba - Hyatt at the Bellevue (if you stay here you must eat at XIX Nineteen)

HotLibrarian - Sofitel Philadelphia Hotel

Best Irish Pub

Bamba – The Bards and Black Sheep

HotLibrarian - Finnigan's Wake and McGillin's Olde Ale House

Best Italian

Bamba, HotLibrarian - La Locanda del Ghiottone

Best Kid's Clothing

HotLibrarian - Born Yesterday

Best Live Music

Bamba – World Cafe Live

HotLibrarian - Chris' Jazz Cafe

Best Mexican Resturant

Bamba - Distrito

HotLibrarian - El Vez

Best Movie Theater

Bamba – United Artists Main Street 6

HotLibrarian - Ritz East

Best Museums

Bamba, HotLibrarian - Barnes Foundation, Mutter Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Rodin Museum.

Best Night Club

Bamba, HotLibrarian - The 700 Club (can be little crowded), Cuba Libre (be ready to dance), and Silk City Dinner Bar & Lounge (the crowd can be young but it's lots of fun, plus afterwards you grab some good eats)

Best Philly Cheesesteaks (this was tough)

Bamba - Abners

HotLibrarian - Jim's Steaks, Ishkabibble's Eatery 

  

Best Pizza

Bamba, HotLibrarian - Lorenzo and Sons Pizza (big slices).

Best Romantic Spots
Bamba, HotLibrarian - LongWood Gardens, Rittenhouse Square Park, XIX (Nineteen) at the Bellevue, and Water Works Restaurant and Lounge.

Best Sports Bar

Bamba - Chickie's & Pete's

HotLibrarian - Fox and Hound and New Deck Tavern ( best Shepherd's Pie I have ever had)

Best Seafood

HotLibrarian – McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Resturant (for dessert try the Bread Pubbing, it's the best), and Positano Coast (Good date place, very romatic).

Best Steak House

Bamba - The Capital Grille

Best Thrift Store

HotLibrarian - Buffalo Exchange

Best Wings

HotLibrarian - Moriarty's Resturant