Gladwyne Restaurant Among Region's Best New Spots: Philly Magazine

GLADWYNE, PA — The food scene in and Around Philadelphia has exploded over the past decade or so.

National and even international recognition has been bestowed on our city's chefs, restaurants, bars, and more as new faces emerge in the scene and long-time favorites improve on their already stellar records.

So where are the best spots in and around Philly?

Philadelphia Magazine published a list of the 15 new restaurants you must visit with The Philly 15.

"So what exactly are the qualifications for this chic collection of establishments? For one thing, the 15 restaurants below opened within the past year," Hannah Albertine writes. "That’s why they’re called 'new.' Secondly, someone on the Foobooz team has visited each place and dubbed it genuinely recommendable."

Among the 15 spots listed is Gladwyne's Homeroom.

Here's what the publication said about the Righters Mill Road establishment:

When was the last time you went searching for some really good soup or a breakfast sandwich in Gladwyne? Let us rephrase: When was the last time you went searching for anything to eat in Gladwyne? Homeroom is changing that. This new daytime cafe sells a short menu of breakfast and lunch, including a dill-heavy za’atar chicken salad sandwich on lightly toasted multi-grain and a caesar salad that we could eat a bucket of. Keep an eye out for Homeroom’s towering, hunky-looking breakfast sandwich (which they sell every day until 11 a.m.) as well as the selection of Kismet bagels, coffee, and brown butter chocolate chip cookies that taste like Tate’s cookies with even more chocolate and sea salt. Homeroom is the kind of breezy place you could sit in for a while — with newspapers hanging on a ladder and simple wooden tables.

Homeroom is located at 358 Righters Mill Road.

Nearby, Ardmore's Autana, which specializes in Venezuelan cuisine, was also on the list.

See the full list from Philadelphia Magazine here.