7 Major Restaurant Openings Around Philly, June 2025
Welcome to Eater Philly's guide to the notable restaurants, bars, and cafes that opened around the city in June 2025, from the expansion of a local Mexican favorite to a shop selling candy charcuterie boards. If there's an opening in your neighborhood that we've missed, let us know at philly@eater.com .
South Philly star El Chingón is ready to show off its highly anticipated Fishtown expansion. The year-round outdoor venue is open as of Wednesday, June 18, and is ready to start slinging the restaurant's sought-after cemitas, tacos cradled in sourdough tortillas, and more. Chef and owner Carlos Aparicio will also unveil a 'jardin de agave' in the new location, which will be his spin on a beer garden, according to the Inquirer . 1431 Frankford Avenue
New restaurant Leo debuted at Philly's Kimmel Center at the end of last month. Led by executive chef Chris Cryer, formerly of NYC restaurant Peak at Hudson Yards, the spot highlights 'coastal cuisines,' per the website, and dishes include coriander-cured hiramasa and clam campanelle. 1414 Spruce Street
A buzzy, vegan Puerto Rican restaurant is now open in East Kensington. The new spot, Casa Borinqueña, is an offshoot of the San Francisco restaurant of the same name. Don't miss the mofongo cups. 2557 Amber Street
There's a new BYOB omakase to try in town. Nakama Japanese Cuisine & Omakase, from Sushi by Bou and Sushi Suite alums Mitsutaka Harada and Haris Yohanes, features a $125, 17-course omakase that unfolds over 80 minutes, the Inquirer reports. Looking for less of a commitment? There's an a la carte menu, too, and the restaurant also does takeout and delivery. 45 North 13th Street
Pull back the soda vending machine door to gain access to Newsroom Philly, a trendy new cocktail bar and restaurant in Northern Liberties. The spot is an expansion of a similar bar and restaurant in New York, also called Newsroom, where diners enter through doors modeled after Coke and Snapple fridges installed in a newsstand. 1102 Germantown Avenue
Quesadillas, burritos, tortas, and tacos are all on the menu at Tu Rinconcito, a Mexican newcomer in Old City. Owner Eugene Guevara, his daughter Lorena, and wife Ernestina (with her recipes from San Luis Potosí) are behind the venture, the Inquirer reports. 17 North Third Street
Not a restaurant per se, but we're still excited about this one. An adorable candy shop called All Aboard Candy opened near Rittenhouse Square in mid-June, PhillyVoice reports. For co-founders Alyssa Bonventure and Emily Grossman, the shop is the culmination of what started as a pandemic project in which the pair sold colorful candy charcuterie boards online. The candy boards, and much more, are now available in the physical location. 233 South 20th Street See More:
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7 Major Restaurant Openings Around Philly, June 2025
Welcome to Eater Philly's guide to the notable restaurants, bars, and cafes that opened around the city in June 2025, from the expansion of a local Mexican favorite to a shop selling candy charcuterie boards. If there's an opening in your neighborhood that we've missed, let us know at philly@ . South Philly star El Chingón is ready to show off its highly anticipated Fishtown expansion. The year-round outdoor venue is open as of Wednesday, June 18, and is ready to start slinging the restaurant's sought-after cemitas, tacos cradled in sourdough tortillas, and more. Chef and owner Carlos Aparicio will also unveil a 'jardin de agave' in the new location, which will be his spin on a beer garden, according to the Inquirer . 1431 Frankford Avenue New restaurant Leo debuted at Philly's Kimmel Center at the end of last month. Led by executive chef Chris Cryer, formerly of NYC restaurant Peak at Hudson Yards, the spot highlights 'coastal cuisines,' per the website, and dishes include coriander-cured hiramasa and clam campanelle. 1414 Spruce Street A buzzy, vegan Puerto Rican restaurant is now open in East Kensington. The new spot, Casa Borinqueña, is an offshoot of the San Francisco restaurant of the same name. Don't miss the mofongo cups. 2557 Amber Street There's a new BYOB omakase to try in town. Nakama Japanese Cuisine & Omakase, from Sushi by Bou and Sushi Suite alums Mitsutaka Harada and Haris Yohanes, features a $125, 17-course omakase that unfolds over 80 minutes, the Inquirer reports. Looking for less of a commitment? There's an a la carte menu, too, and the restaurant also does takeout and delivery. 45 North 13th Street Pull back the soda vending machine door to gain access to Newsroom Philly, a trendy new cocktail bar and restaurant in Northern Liberties. The spot is an expansion of a similar bar and restaurant in New York, also called Newsroom, where diners enter through doors modeled after Coke and Snapple fridges installed in a newsstand. 1102 Germantown Avenue Quesadillas, burritos, tortas, and tacos are all on the menu at Tu Rinconcito, a Mexican newcomer in Old City. Owner Eugene Guevara, his daughter Lorena, and wife Ernestina (with her recipes from San Luis Potosí) are behind the venture, the Inquirer reports. 17 North Third Street Not a restaurant per se, but we're still excited about this one. An adorable candy shop called All Aboard Candy opened near Rittenhouse Square in mid-June, PhillyVoice reports. For co-founders Alyssa Bonventure and Emily Grossman, the shop is the culmination of what started as a pandemic project in which the pair sold colorful candy charcuterie boards online. The candy boards, and much more, are now available in the physical location. 233 South 20th Street See More:
Los Angeles Times
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- Los Angeles Times
Sabrina Claudio wants to evolve. She's starting by letting people in
Sabrina Claudio is not the same person she was a year ago — much less eight years ago when she first introduced herself with a shimmering neo-soul EP, titled 'Confidently Lost.' Now, having amassed millions of fans with sultry, golden-hour slow jams and trips down melancholy lane, she's presenting her most earnest songwriting yet in her newest album, 'Fall In Love With Her,' released June 9 on Atlantic Records. 'I think in the past couple years, people in my life that I love have helped me get out of my shell and shown me how important vulnerability is,' she says. 'Now I'm like, you know what? I'm gonna tell y'all everything, how about that?' For her fifth studio LP, Claudio steered her R&B sound into a less-traveled, alternative direction that showcases her deft pen and ethereal vocals in a novel guise. Her longtime producer, Ajay 'Stint' Bhattacharyya, cited shoegaze bands like Cocteau Twins and Slowdive as influences that came up during recording sessions. For Claudio, wading into those uncharted waters became part of a larger shift in her career. Until recently, the Cuban and Puerto Rican singer-songwriter — who in 2023, earned a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance as a songwriter on Beyoncé's slick 'Renaissance' cut, 'Plastic Off the Sofa' — preferred to toil in privacy, channeling her expression into songwriting more than social media. But this year, she's inviting the outside world to experience her personality with a new interview series on YouTube titled 'Fall In Love With…' To hear her tell it, she's eager for the effort to help fans and listeners see the person she is behind the music. 'I hope that people can listen to [the album] knowing that, yes, [I'm singing about what] I experienced, but I just pray that they are able to interpret it and relate it to their own life however they possibly can,' she says. Come July, she'll embark on a U.S. tour with rappers Russ and Big Sean; soon after, she'll make her acting debut in a short film directed by filmmaker and best friend Jazmin Garcia-Larracuente, who was inspired by early drafts of songs off 'Fall In Love With Her' to write a script. 'I'm very proud of myself,' Claudio says. 'I think I killed it, and I'm excited for everybody to see it.' In her latest interview with the Times, she speaks of the intimacy required in songwriting with others, the possibility of an all-Spanish EP and her approach to storytelling. This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity. After releasing your last album, 2022's 'Based On A Feeling,' you focused on writing for other artists. Is that usually how it goes between albums for you?Typically [after] I finish an album, I always go through the phase [when] I need to take a break because creatively I'm worn out. I wouldn't do anything, which actually only emphasized the lack of motivation to continue and make more music. But this time around, I wanted to remain creative, and the best way to do that was to get in rooms with other creatives to help them get into their world, rather than always having to focus on mine. I thought it was going to be difficult for me, because I'm not a natural collaborator. Before I was very anti-having songwriters in my room. It was a whole ego thing for me … but I loved it so much that I ended up doing it for much longer than I was anticipating. I find so much inspiration being in rooms with artists for other projects. On this album you worked on some of the tracks with a songwriter, Nasri Atweh. I'm curious if there was hesitation to share your own process with someone else?There was a time in my life when I [felt] obligated to have writers in my room. My guard was up. It's not because I don't think that these songwriters were amazing, because they were. Some of my favorite songs I wrote with another person, like 'Problem With You' off [my album] 'Truth Is.' But for some reason, my brain would say if I didn't do it 100 percent, then it's not mine. And that's so not the reality of making art. With Nasri, he's my manager's brother. I met Nasri 10 years ago. I'm glad that it happened when it did. Being the songwriter in the room for other people put things into perspective, because I realized how important collaboration was. Nasri was able to eject things from me that I didn't even know existed. I'm on a different wavelength now. Working with a songwriter is like an intimate therapy session.I'm an extremely private person. I think the past couple years, people in my life have helped me to get out of my shell and have shown me how important vulnerability is. I didn't even want to expose myself, which is why I tend to write from experiences that I technically didn't experience, or from conversations with others, or movies. It was a protective layer. But now I'm like, you know what? I'm gonna tell y'all everything, how about that? [laughs] And it's worked out! You've said that when it comes to songwriting, you usually let yourself be led by the music, then the lyrics. Can you tell me more about 'One Word' and how that track came to be? It's one of the most powerful songs on the album.I wrote that during a heartbreak. I wanted to talk about an experience I had with a person I felt very deeply for, [who] essentially didn't fight for me to stay. But it was the biggest act of love that he could have done for me. I worked with my producer Stint, [who] I work with all the time, and Heavy Mellow. He was heavy on this project, no pun intended. I was venting,; I was really heartbroken. I was finding comfort in these men that I've known and trying to get their perspective on things. Another song is 'Worse Than Me,' which sounds completely different from the rest of the tracks. It's a little more assertive and seductive, with trip-hop-inspired drums. How did that come to be?Before I discovered the new sound [of] the album, I still was gravitating towards my typical R&B, neo-soul-type vibes. I was just trying to get back in the groove of Sabrina Claudio, quote-unquote, because I was just coming out of writing for everybody else. I was trying to tap back into my own world. And I think I needed one sassy song. [laughs] That's kind of what I'm known for: the sass, the crying, or the sexy. And I just felt like if I didn't have the sexy, I at least needed to have the sassy. This is the first time you've really worked with a more alternative sound — did you find yourself accessing parts of yourself that the traditional R&B sound didn't?Oh, absolutely! I love working with Stint and all of my producers because they have such a wide palette when it comes to music. Genres I never grew up listening to — all these sounds are new. It pulls different things out of me that I wouldn't be able to get if it was my traditional R&B sound. And naturally, I'm always going to do that because that's just how I am, but it was interesting to hear where my R&B and soul brain goes over these more alternative rock/indie vibes. For example, 'Detoxing' — I wrote that song with Nasri, but we didn't have the outro. So I took it to Stint, and he pulled up all these references of bands [like Radiohead], and he was teaching me so much. And then he [said], 'You know what, at the end I want to do something really big and really rock. I want to break it down. But then I want people to be shocked. I want you to belt, and I want you to say something, and I want you to purge, and I want you to take the concept of the song and really just yell it like you're just trying to get rid of something.' I listened back, and I'm even shocked at some of the things that I was able to tap into. I don't belt! [laughs] I didn't even know I could do that! You have the song 'Mi Luz' on the album, which is the first time you've included a Spanish song in an LP. What made you feel this was the right time to finally do that?First of all, I don't understand why I've never added a Spanish record to any of my albums. I listen to a lot of Spanish music in my daily life, a lot of reggaetón. You'd be surprised, my music is so calm and emotional … and then I'm twerking in my car listening to reggaetón. [laughs] So I felt in the sense of wanting to evolve, I feel now's the time. And the process is really interesting, because my brain doesn't actually think in Spanish, especially when it comes to songwriting. Any Spanish record [of mine] you've heard, I've done with Alejandra Alberti, who is also Cuban. She's from Miami, she's a Virgo, so we connected on all those things. I tell her what I want to say, and she just computes it in her brain and she translates it in a way that has taught me. 'Mi Luz' [was] the first time I contributed lyrically in Spanish. And it was always something that I was afraid of doing, because I'm always afraid of sounding dumb. I don't know why, but I have that fear. But I felt very comfortable, very safe with Ale. Would you release an EP of Spanish tracks?I think I would! If I have Ale, I think we could probably knock out an EP very quickly. I'd be down. You said in your recent Genius video that you really want reciprocal love because there's only so much self-love you can give yourself. Is there any difference in your work depending on how your personal life is going, or do you manage to block out the noise?I get very consumed by whatever I'm most passionate about in the moment. When I'm talking to somebody or I'm dating somebody, I do have the tendency to revolve my world around whatever we're building. So when I'm dealing with that, I do find that I put my career second. Because I crave love very badly — which is toxic for me — I'm willing to nurture. I'm pretty confident in my career. It's the one thing I have control over. Everything's amazing, and I get to make music whenever I want. But I don't necessarily have control over the relationship that I'm trying to build, so I get very consumed and I put that first. But I'm hoping that if I get into something else that's much healthier and not destroying our mental health, then I can do both at the same time! I just have to find that person first. You've acknowledged that you're a private artist, but I really like what I've seen so far from your new interview series, 'Fall In Love With…' Can you tell me how the idea of doing that came about?I have to say I was anti-miniseries, but my manager, Alyce, told me in the beginning stages of [making] this album, 'The music, as vulnerable as it is — nobody's going to relate to it or feel the depth of it if they don't know who you are as a human.' She said, 'Nobody knows that you're funny; nobody knows that you're outgoing. You're not this mysterious person that you think you are, and you need to show people that.' So at first, it annoyed me, because I was like, ugh, not me having to do things online. [laughs] I think doing this type of content was uncomfortable for me. I said, 'If you guys want me to do this, I don't want to be doing 20 episodes. I want four episodes, and I want it to be with people I know and I love and I will be comfortable with.' And it turned into 'Fall In Love With…' and I just thought it was special. I love to give credit to the people who have loved me through every stage of my life. And in the midst of it, my fans are able to see who I am as a person and how deeply I love, how loyal I am. And that opened the door to just so many other things. I just became so much more open-minded.
New York Post
17 hours ago
- New York Post
Pedro Pascal look-alike's wife demands to meet the real actor after he wins contest
The Pedro Pascal look-alike winner has a plea for the real Pedro Pascal. Brooklyn dad George Gountas appeared on Tuesday's episode of 'The Daily Show,' where he works as a lighting designer, and spoke to host Jon Stewart about his big victory at the look-alike contest — including his wife Jenny Gania's reaction. 'Her position is, 'I'm cool with you getting all this attention, if I can meet Pedro Pascal,'' Gountas, 42, said. 9 George Gountas won the Pedro Pascal look-alike contest on Sunday in New York City. LP Media 9 Pedro Pascal at the 'Ballerina' film premiere in London on May 22. Alberto Pezzali/Invision/AP Gountas then looked directly at the camera and delivered a message to the 'Last Of Us' actor. 'Hey Pedro, this is Pedro #5 from New York,' Gountas said. 'It would be a great, great, great gift if you could meet my wife, Jenny. It would mean the world to her. We need to make this happen.' As the audience cheered, Stewart told Gountas, 'I don't see how Pedro #1 could turn down Pedro #5.' 9 George Gountas talking about winning the contest on 'The Daily Show.' TheDailyShow/YouTube 9 George Gountas beat out 30 people for the title, which came with $50 and a year's supply of burritos from the Son Del North Mexican restaurant. TheDailyShow/YouTube 9 On 'The Daily Show,' Gountas said he didn't expect to win the contest. TheDailyShow/YouTube On Father's Day, Gountas won the Pedro Pascal look-alike contest at the Lower East Side's Son Del North Mexican restaurant. He beat out 30 other people for the title, which came with $50 and a year's supply of burritos from the eatery. 9 George Gountas is announced the winner of the Pedro Pascal look-alike contest. LP Media 9 George Gountas had not even reserved a spot in the competition. LP Media Gountas' wife told The Post that he was first told about his resemblance to Pascal when 'Game of Thrones' came out. Pascal portrayed Oberyn Martell in the hit HBO series. 'Then some kids started noting it, too, so I was like, when we saw this [contest], I was like, 'It's Father's Day. You have to go. It's going to be your Father's Day treat,'' Gania recalled to The Post. 'It's funny,' she added, 'because he's not on social media at all. But now he's going to be everywhere.' 9 Pedro Pascal in a selfie posted on June 11. pascalipunk/Instagram On 'The Daily Show,' Gountas said he didn't expect to win the contest when he arrived without even having reserved a spot. 'I rolled up and I'm like, 'Yo, I'm here,'' he told Stewart. 'And they were like, 'You're going to win.'' 9 George Gountas at the contest in the Lower East Side on June 15. LP Media The Greenpoint resident also said that the attention he's gotten from winning the contest has been 'f—ing insane.' 'So, none of this bothers me,' Gountas added. 'I've been in the industry for many years. I've been around famous people.' 'But the thing that I was most, not scared of, the most uneasy about, was coming here today,' he admitted to Stewart, who said the staff of the Comedy Central show have been 'going bananas' about the contest.
