Philly chefs and restaurants are shut out at 2024 James Beard Awards
Philadelphia was last shut out in 2016. The next year, however, the city came roaring back with an impressive turnout of wins.
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Philadelphia was last shut out in 2016. The next year, however, the city came roaring back with an impressive turnout of wins.
When chef Dionicio Jiménez opens the doors of Cantina La Martina on Philadelphia’s Kensington Avenue, his day begins by cleaning up trash and human feces from the sidewalk or disposing of the occasional mattress where people have been sleeping around his restaurant. He and his wife, co-owner Mariangeli Alicea Saez,
At Cantina La Martina in Kensington, chef Dionicio Jiménez tells his story through camaron suizas and red pozole with ramen noodles.
Philly has only one nominee for the James Beard Foundation's Restaurant and Chef Awards, but three honorees in other categories.
Vietnam Restaurant, located in Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood, is one of six restaurants in the country to be awarded the 2024 America's Classics Award.