Craig LaBan

Every year, food critic Craig LaBan spends two weeks down the Shore, fanning out to find the best new restaurants, hidden gems, and mainstays from Long Beach Island all the way down to the tip of Cape May.

The Maddie J at the Biscuit Lady T wo great new moves by Tara Finder at the Biscuit Lady's Plymouth Meeting location : later hours on

The developers of the Piazza Alta hope this $6 million American grill from chef Laurent Tourondel can bring a Center City-esque polish to this fast-evolving corner of Northern Liberties.

W hen Porcini opened in 1996, few people expected the brothers Steven and David Sansone to do much business, with only 30 seats stuffed into a dining

The Detroit-style gluten-free pies are so good at this Cherry Hill pizzeria, even those who don't need to avoid gluten love it. “There's a market need for a pizzeria that was truly inclusive.”

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This newcomer from the Dougherty family is a date-night destination sparked by wood-fired pizzas, fresh pastas, and crab cakes in a rehabbed building that feels like a vintage South Philly tavern.

As one of the very few chef-owners in the neighborhood, there's an exceptional consistency to Chuien Liu's Cantonese cooking — plus some hard-to-find specialties from his native Fujian Province.

Summer may be nearing its end, but hot dogs aren’t going anywhere.

A soaring $10 million space in the historic Bellevue, including a Ferris wheel for high-end liquor, brings retro grandeur to Walnut and Broad. If only the food lived up to the ambition.