The Other Critics

Candlelit Ambience, Obscure Craft Beers and Game-Inspired Menu Help Make Fork & Barrel Favorable; Chifa’s Crab Empanadas Are ‘Strangely Flat’

• The candlelit “rustic ambience” at East Falls’ Fork & Barrel is “definitely unique,” and the game-inspired menu’s clove-brined roast pheasant “was reason in itself to come.” [Inquirer]

• At Garces’ Chifa the pisco sours area as “frothy as Pacific surf,” and the crab empanada was “strangely flat for a dish with Thai basil puree, sweet chili sauce and pickled cucumber-jicama slaw.” [Courier-Post]

• At Supper’s New Year’s Day “Hair o’the Dog” Brunch the Bloody Marys had “a nice bite and plenty of chewy horseradish,” and “no words could describe” the Supper Burger with “caramelized onions, smoked bacon, gruyere and roasted tomatoes with a side of duckfat fries and house made pickles.” [Row Home Eats]

Candlelit Ambience, Obscure Craft Beers and Game-Inspired Menu Help Make Fork &