"Part of Stephen Starr's might empire, the Love is one of those rare restaurants that has the ability to be so perfect—so tastefully designed, so comfortable, so classic—that most people can't even appreciate how perfect it is. About half a block from Rittenhouse Square , the well-heeled basecamp for Philadelphia's Center City, the whole restaurant invokes a contemporary kitchen and hearth you might see on Instagram and covet for your own (though you know you'll never be able to afford it). It serves the kind of food that makes you pray for good lighting: crisp, buoyant lettuce leaves, butter-yellow omelettes, bright pink slivers of gravlax, served with slightly briny cucumber slices. This is where you're taking your parents when they're in town, or where you're meeting your significant other's parents for the first time. Behave accordingly." - Devra Ferst
