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Says Craig LaBan: There’s an admittedly amorphous, on-trend quality to Lauren Biederman’s Tesiny — the [raw bar](https://www.inquirer/food/oyster-bar-openings-aquaculture-sao-tesiny-fleurs-little-water-20250918.html), craft cocktails, and a chef’s-counter grill turning out shareable plates that resist easy classification as appetizers or entrees — that could just have easily landed in a buzzier restaurant district like [Fishtown](https://www.inquirer/topic/fishtown) or Rittenhouse Square. But there’s an extra pulse of intimacy in finding this polished 50-seat oasis in the heart of residential Dickinson Narrows, [a hotly debated neighborhood within a neighborhood](https://www.inquirer/real-estate/inq2/philadelphia-neighborhood-newbold-lomo-name-results-20250218.html) just east of [East Passyunk](https://www.inquirer/topic/east-passyunk). It’s upscale, averaging $80 per person for food and drinks, but already resonating as a destination, with up to 100 diners on busy nights.

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Nanee (or nani) is “grandmother,” and Sabina and Donish Ahmad cook homey South Asian dishes inspired by his maternal grandmother, Hamida (who was born to wealth in India but moved to Pakistan after the Partition). The stand caters particularly to vegans, vegetarians, the gluten-free crowd, and those who eat halal meat. Top sellers are chicken tikka masala and salmon curry, and there’s a new kofta made with Impossible burger.

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This Korean gastropub just south of Rittenhouse Square offers indoor/outdoor dining and a menu filled with Korean flavors and favorites: bao buns, mandoo, bulgogi burger, Seoul hot chicken and more. Gluten-free Korean food is hard to come by; SouthGate is one of the few local spots that mixes its own gluten-free gochujang, making 30% of its menu available GF, with modified versions of its bibimbap, bossam, galbi jjim, and bulgogi ssam lettuce wraps.

The 22-year-old South Korean Lim's Carnegie Hall concerts are consistent sellouts. In Philadelphia, he was conducted by Marin Alsop, who also conducted his Van Cliburn Competition win.

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When she first tried the sport at age 10, she was the only girl on the team. Now, she's flying across the Atlantic to Senegal to represent the U.S. And soon, she'll be taking her talents to Harvard.