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Live · May 21, 2026

25 tracked

14 signals today

Top: Fishtown

D1 Intelligence Stack Restaurant relationship graph + leaderboard

Philadelphia Restaurant Graph Node size = score · Color = velocity

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On Fire

Chhaya Cafe

Caribbean · West Philly · +13pts this week

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Cooling

Mulherin's

American · NoLibs · −4pts, chef departures

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Hidden Gem

Pho Xe Lua

Vietnamese · South Philly · undervalued at 74

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TC1 City Lines Philadelphia vs San Francisco vs New York · 12 weeks

Aggregate Restaurant Buzz Index

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Philadelphia

Fishtown corridor driving strongest 4-week run in 18 months. Two major openings incoming.

+18% vs prior period

San Francisco

Post-pandemic recovery plateau. Mission District stabilizing after 3 closures last quarter.

+4% vs prior period

New York

James Beard announcement week spiked NYC index. Normalizing now — watch Brooklyn next.

+11% vs prior period

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Wednesday, May 21, 2026 · Philadelphia

Fishtown is the hottest restaurant corridor in the country right now — and the data backs it up.

Three openings, one James Beard nomination, and aggregate buzz up 18% in four weeks. Vernick Fish leads the index at 84 — the highest score in this market in over a year. Meanwhile, Laser Wolf Kensington opens this Friday to a sold-out house through June.

Fishtown Openings James Beard 3 Signals

+28%

Vietnamese mentions
week over week

South Philly corridor leading

New openings
tracked this week

Vernick Fish · Laser Wolf · Fitler wine bar

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James Beard semifinalist ↑

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