G o o d B u r b s

Everything we've written

48 pieces so far: 27 best-of lists, 16 field notes, and 5 newsletter editions. The lists keep, the notes land most days, and the editions are exactly what went out that morning.

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The Best Coffee in the Burbs

Best-of list

Twelve counters across three counties, ranked on the word of the people who line up at them every morning.

12 places across 12 towns

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The Best Restaurants in Ambler

Best-of list

For a borough this size, Ambler eats remarkably well. Ranked, reasoning shown.

10 places in Ambler

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The Best Restaurants in Ardmore

Best-of list

The ten we would actually send you to, ranked, plus the two big names we left off on purpose.

10 places in Ardmore

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The Best Restaurants in Bryn Mawr

Best-of list

Ten Bryn Mawr kitchens ranked on what the critics keep writing up, not on who has the most reviews.

10 places in Bryn Mawr

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The Best Restaurants in Coatesville

Best-of list

Coatesville's list is basically Lincoln Highway with numbers on it. Eight kitchens, sorted end to end.

8 places in Coatesville

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The Best Restaurants in Collegeville

Best-of list

One small college, far more dinner than that implies. Every kitchen from East Main out to the 2nd Avenue plazas, in order.

10 places in Collegeville

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The Best Restaurants in Conshohocken

Best-of list

The ten Conshy dining rooms worth planning a night around, ranked on staying power and what actually comes out of the kitchen.

10 places in Conshohocken

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The Best Restaurants in Downingtown

Best-of list

Most of Downingtown's best dinners sit within a mile of Lancaster Avenue. We ranked the mile.

10 places in Downingtown

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The Best Restaurants in Doylestown

Best-of list

Picking a State Street dinner starts arguments. This is our side of the argument, ranked.

10 places in Doylestown

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The Best Restaurants in Exton

Best-of list

Everyone drives through Exton. Here's where we actually stop, ranked top to bottom.

10 places in Exton

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The Best Restaurants in Glenside

Best-of list

Ranked on what the town votes for and what the critics wrote down, not on who has the most reviews.

10 places in Glenside

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The Best Restaurants in Horsham

Best-of list

Two of Horsham's best kitchens share one Easton Road address. We put them in order anyway.

9 places in Horsham

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The Best Restaurants in Jenkintown

Best-of list

Jenkintown fits an unreasonable number of good kitchens into a few blocks of York Road. Here's the order we'd defend.

9 places in Jenkintown

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The Best Restaurants in Kennett Square

Best-of list

The No. 1 table in Kennett Square books out a year. The eight seats below it are the fight, and we're picking sides.

9 places in Kennett Square

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The Best Restaurants in Lansdale

Best-of list

In Lansdale, the street map and the dinner map disagree. Trust the dinner map — ours goes ten deep.

10 places in Lansdale

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The Best Restaurants in Malvern

Best-of list

Almost every kitchen in Malvern crowds onto King Street, which makes ranking them a contact sport. Here's our order.

7 places in Malvern

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The Best Restaurants in Narberth

Best-of list

None of these nine is more than a few minutes from the Narberth train station. The walk home is for arguing.

9 places in Narberth

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The Best Restaurants in New Hope

Best-of list

Half of New Hope's dining rooms predate the country and the other half hang over the Delaware. We ranked both halves.

10 places in New Hope

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The Best Restaurants in Newtown

Best-of list

Newtown eats on State Street, full stop. We went door to door and came back with an order.

8 places in Newtown

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The Best Restaurants in Perkasie

Best-of list

Perkasie's dinner scene is quieter than it deserves — there's an eight-course tasting menu in here. Consider the secret out.

9 places in Perkasie

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The Best Restaurants in Phoenixville

Best-of list

Bridge Street is more than brewery stools. The tables we actually book, ranked.

10 places in Phoenixville

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The Best Restaurants in Quakertown

Best-of list

Quakertown dinner now stretches from a 1700s inn to a trolley barn full of kitchens. Somebody had to rank it.

10 places in Quakertown

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The Best Restaurants in Sellersville

Best-of list

Sellersville put every one of our seven picks on Main Street. The order, it left to us.

7 places in Sellersville

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The Best Restaurants in Skippack

Best-of list

Nine kitchens, all but one elbow to elbow on the Pike. This is the order we'd eat them in.

9 places in Skippack

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The Best Restaurants in Souderton

Best-of list

Broad and Main hold Souderton's whole dinner scene between them. The order is ours; the objections are yours.

10 places in Souderton

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The Best Restaurants in West Chester

Best-of list

Half this list lives on Gay Street alone. The other half is the reason to leave it.

10 places in West Chester

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The Best Restaurants in Yardley

Best-of list

Yardley crams its whole dinner argument into a few blocks of Main Street. Here's how we'd settle it, ranked.

10 places in Yardley