"Destiny’s Child dropping a member. SEPTA accepting phone swipes over tokens. Sometimes, a shake up is welcome. Queen Village’s Redcrest Kitchen switching from experimental cuisine to comfort food is the latest evidence of this. It’s a sandwich-heavy menu with four fried chicken options and a juicy smash burger, but the half fried chicken is a must. The meat is buttermilk brined for 24 hours and then pressure fried, so it’s insanely crispy and perfectly seasoned. After a lifetime of eating fried chicken, biting into this drumstick made us fall in love with it all over again. It comes with two super-sized buttery biscuits and tender collard greens that you won’t want to share. Sit by the windows or at the long bar, and have a casual meal that proves remixes don’t always suck." - candis mclean, alison kessler