John Mueller, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)The Best Coffee in the Burbs
Best-of list 12 spots
Twelve counters across three counties, ranked on the word of the people who line up at them every morning.
The best-of lists
Our running field guide, one stubborn opinion at a time. New lists land as we work our way through more towns. Everything we've written sits together over here.
The guide so far
- The Best Coffee in the Burbs
- The Best Restaurants in Ambler
- The Best Restaurants in Ardmore
- The Best Restaurants in Bryn Mawr
- The Best Restaurants in Coatesville
- The Best Restaurants in Collegeville
- The Best Restaurants in Conshohocken
- The Best Restaurants in Downingtown
- The Best Restaurants in Doylestown
- The Best Restaurants in Exton
- The Best Restaurants in Glenside
- The Best Restaurants in Horsham
- The Best Restaurants in Jenkintown
- The Best Restaurants in Kennett Square
- The Best Restaurants in Lansdale
- The Best Restaurants in Malvern
- The Best Restaurants in Narberth
- The Best Restaurants in New Hope
- The Best Restaurants in Newtown
- The Best Restaurants in Perkasie
- The Best Restaurants in Phoenixville
- The Best Restaurants in Quakertown
- The Best Restaurants in Sellersville
- The Best Restaurants in Skippack
- The Best Restaurants in Souderton
- The Best Restaurants in West Chester
- The Best Restaurants in Yardley
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Montgomery County Planning Commission, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)The Best Restaurants in Ambler
Best-of list 10 spots
For a borough this size, Ambler eats remarkably well. Ranked, reasoning shown.
Ii2nmd, Wikimedia Commons (CC0)The Best Restaurants in Ardmore
Best-of list 10 spots
The ten we would actually send you to, ranked, plus the two big names we left off on purpose.
Ii2nmd, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)The Best Restaurants in Bryn Mawr
Best-of list 10 spots
Ten Bryn Mawr kitchens ranked on what the critics keep writing up, not on who has the most reviews.
Choess, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)The Best Restaurants in Coatesville
Best-of list 8 spots
Coatesville's list is basically Lincoln Highway with numbers on it. Eight kitchens, sorted end to end.
Joseph Elliott, Historic American Engineering Record / Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons (public domain)The Best Restaurants in Collegeville
Best-of list 10 spots
One small college, far more dinner than that implies. Every kitchen from East Main out to the 2nd Avenue plazas, in order.
Montgomery County Planning Commission, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)The Best Restaurants in Conshohocken
Best-of list 10 spots
The ten Conshy dining rooms worth planning a night around, ranked on staying power and what actually comes out of the kitchen.
Smallbones, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)The Best Restaurants in Downingtown
Best-of list 10 spots
Most of Downingtown's best dinners sit within a mile of Lancaster Avenue. We ranked the mile.
Dough4872, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)The Best Restaurants in Doylestown
Best-of list 10 spots
Picking a State Street dinner starts arguments. This is our side of the argument, ranked.
RowEpict, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)The Best Restaurants in Exton
Best-of list 10 spots
Everyone drives through Exton. Here's where we actually stop, ranked top to bottom.
Montgomery County Planning Commission, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)The Best Restaurants in Glenside
Best-of list 10 spots
Ranked on what the town votes for and what the critics wrote down, not on who has the most reviews.
Hshuvaeva, Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0 — public domain)The Best Restaurants in Horsham
Best-of list 9 spots
Two of Horsham's best kitchens share one Easton Road address. We put them in order anyway.
Shuvaev, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)The Best Restaurants in Jenkintown
Best-of list 9 spots
Jenkintown fits an unreasonable number of good kitchens into a few blocks of York Road. Here's the order we'd defend.
Kwiltedlady, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)The Best Restaurants in Kennett Square
Best-of list 9 spots
The No. 1 table in Kennett Square books out a year. The eight seats below it are the fight, and we're picking sides.
John Mueller, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)The Best Restaurants in Lansdale
Best-of list 10 spots
In Lansdale, the street map and the dinner map disagree. Trust the dinner map — ours goes ten deep.
Ii2nmd, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)The Best Restaurants in Malvern
Best-of list 7 spots
Almost every kitchen in Malvern crowds onto King Street, which makes ranking them a contact sport. Here's our order.
Mr. Matté, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)The Best Restaurants in Narberth
Best-of list 9 spots
None of these nine is more than a few minutes from the Narberth train station. The walk home is for arguing.
Teatro, Cinema e Cia, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)The Best Restaurants in New Hope
Best-of list 10 spots
Half of New Hope's dining rooms predate the country and the other half hang over the Delaware. We ranked both halves.
Dough4872, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)The Best Restaurants in Newtown
Best-of list 8 spots
Newtown eats on State Street, full stop. We went door to door and came back with an order.
Mr. Matté, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)The Best Restaurants in Perkasie
Best-of list 9 spots
Perkasie's dinner scene is quieter than it deserves — there's an eight-course tasting menu in here. Consider the secret out.
JJonahJackalope, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)The Best Restaurants in Phoenixville
Best-of list 10 spots
Bridge Street is more than brewery stools. The tables we actually book, ranked.
PattiParker, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)The Best Restaurants in Quakertown
Best-of list 10 spots
Quakertown dinner now stretches from a 1700s inn to a trolley barn full of kitchens. Somebody had to rank it.
Shuvaev, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)The Best Restaurants in Sellersville
Best-of list 7 spots
Sellersville put every one of our seven picks on Main Street. The order, it left to us.
Shuvaev, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)The Best Restaurants in Skippack
Best-of list 9 spots
Nine kitchens, all but one elbow to elbow on the Pike. This is the order we'd eat them in.
Montgomery County Planning Commission, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)The Best Restaurants in Souderton
Best-of list 10 spots
Broad and Main hold Souderton's whole dinner scene between them. The order is ours; the objections are yours.
Camerafiend, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)The Best Restaurants in West Chester
Best-of list 10 spots
Half this list lives on Gay Street alone. The other half is the reason to leave it.
LR.127, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)The Best Restaurants in Yardley
Best-of list 10 spots
Yardley crams its whole dinner argument into a few blocks of Main Street. Here's how we'd settle it, ranked.
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