Best of the Best 2025

Our Best of the Best roundup of local dining spots is a labor of love each year. And this year, that love had a different focus.

Yes, we recognize the truly stellar restaurants we’re lucky enough to have nearby. And, as always, we share the recent additions to our local dining scene — New Places to Try, Wine & Spirits to Sample, Sweet Treats to Enjoy, New Concepts to Revisit — along with new locations of old favorites and news of restaurants that are coming soon.

But for 2025, we focused on those places that have stood the test of time. In an area with a history of hospitality, we highlight those with a tradition of offering comfort and solace at familiar tables. In these pages you’ll find places that for so many years have served up happy memories along with meals morning, noon, night and other times when you need sustenance.

There are diners, cafés, family-owned restaurants along with college bars, tea shops and great places for happy hours. Dine in historic inns, taverns, hotels and old mills. Sample family recipes cooked by the original family or preserved by successor owners. Enjoy food by chefs who have changed their locations but retained the continuity of experience. These iconic dining establishments are our community history and treasures.

We suggest you make plans to gather with family and friends, bask in the nostalgia and make new memories at these longtime favorites.

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Article Index

1. New Accolades for the Stars
2. New Places to Try
3. Wine & Spirits to Sample
4. Sweet Treats to Enjoy
5. New Concepts to Revisit
6. Downingtown
7. Kennett Square & Chadds Ford
8. Malvern
9. Media
10. Phoenixville
11. Wayne
12. Others in Chester & Delaware Counties
13. More on the Main Line
14. West Chester
15. Delaware
16. Lancaster County
17. New Shoots & Coming Soon