Best Middle Eastern Pastries Majdal Bakery . Kenan Rabah grew up in the Golan Heights, the disputed region between Syria and Israel. (The name of his bakery reflects his home ...

Best Return of Something We Thought We’d Never See Again Philadelphia Folk Festival . After a spectacular and controversial collapse, the legendary folk fest, which started ...

Best Eventual Righting of a Wrong City Funding of University City Townhome Redevelopment . When, in 2021, the owners of the University City Townhomes complex declined to rene ...

Best Designer Launch Program Philadelphia Fashion Incubator . Seventy percent of the brands run by former designers-in-residence at this program are still in business, with n ...

Best Incentive to Get Your Library Card Video Games . Many public libraries offer all sorts of things to check out other than books, like musical instruments (Parkway Central ...

Best N/A Bottle Shop Wallace Dry Goods . Robin Cummiskey has created more than just a bottle shop — it’s a community hub redefining how we socialize. Whether you’re sob ...

Best Place to Get Coffee And Dumplings Ray’s Cafe & Tea House . Coffee has more than 1,000 volatile flavor compounds, making it just as complex a drink as wine, and Ray’s ...

Best Classical Music Outing Orchestra After 5 . Show up at the Kimmel Center at 5 p.m. for drinks and surprises like acrobat performances and scavenger hunts. At 6:30 p.m., p ...

These are more than just ice cream cakes. These are ice cream sculptures. The classic cakes are available anytime, but we recommend keeping an eye out for the seasonal specials like the ...

Left: Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro in the February 2024 issue of Philadelphia magazine, accompanied by the headline “Shapiro for ...

A look back at some of the original — and still-standing — winners and categories that continue to ring true today.

Gap denim dominates in the ’90s, and we get swept up in the craze too, even naming the brand’s store at 5th and South the ...