Vientiane Cafe, Sazon Restaurant and Ralph’s Italian Cafe are among Philadelphia’s ‘first’ places to eat

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia is a metropolis of firsts, and that revolutionary spirit also extends to the foodstuff scene.

Vientiane Cafe opened the city’s very first Laotian cafe in 2002 in West Philadelphia. The spouse and children-operate place has been executing takeout and shipping and delivery only through the pandemic, serving Laotian specialties like Naam, laab, home made Laotian sausage and sticky rice.

Vientiane Cafe | Facebook | Instagram
4728 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 19143
215=726-1095

Vientiane Bistro
2537 Kensington Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 19125
267-703-8199

Sazon Cafe lays assert to currently being the very first traditional Venezuelan Restaurant in the state of Pennsylvania.

Chef/Owner Judith Suzarra-Campbell was raised in a loved ones of cooks and brought those recipes here when she moved to Philadelphia.

For the duration of the pandemic, she and her husband, Robert, have been relying on regulars for takeout and supply. Judy has been marketing her popular arepas frozen so you can heat and consume any time, when Robert is the restaurant’s in-home chocolate learn.

Sazon Cafe | Instagram
941 Spring Back garden Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19123

215-763-2500

When it will come to firsts, no person beats Ralph’s in South Philadelphia. Opened in 1900, it is the oldest Italian restaurant in The us and even now applying the recipes brought about from Italy. You may locate favorites like 3-layer lasagna, meatballs and antipasto on the menu. The cafe is also offering quarts of its gravy and yes, of training course, they simply call it gravy.

Ralph’s Italian Cafe | Facebook
760 S 9th St, Philadelphia, Pa. 19147
215-627-6011