Emmett, the Levantine restaurant that opened in Olde Kensington in January, made Esquire's annual list of the best new dining spots in the country.

The lifestyle magazine included 33 restaurants on its 2025 list . Emmett , headed by c hef Evan Snyder and managing partner Julian van der Tak , is the only one from Pennsylvania. MORE: Amateur chefs vie to get their homemade dishes on the menu of Recipe Philly

Esquire called Emmett the "Philly flavor of now" and highlighted its rye tartlet with Wagyu tartare, sesame madeleines charred corn agnolotti.

"As the streetcars clang by, chef Evan Snyder harnesses the techniques and ingredients of the Middle East for a dinner that tingles with invention and big swings," Joshua David Stein wrote. "How else to describe an absolute ba

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