If you love Mac and Cheese as much as I do and have easy access to The City of Brotherly Love, then this will be your new favorite guide. With so many different places to get Macaroni and Cheese in Philadelphia, we’ve narrowed down just a few of the best spots to get some of your favorite comfort food:
1. Jones Restaurant
Known for its retro style comfort food is Philadelphia’s finest: Jones Restaurant. Jones’s baked Mac and Cheese is a dish of elbow pasta with a golden brown and cheesy topping. It’s perfect for a dinner appetizer or a lunch side.
2. Mac Mart
Located on 18th street is a hip Mac and Cheese “market” with over ten toppings to add to your cheesy dish. Mac Mart is one of the best known places for Mac and Cheese in Philadelphia because of the different varieties that they offer. Toppings range from bacon, to potato chip Panko crunch, to tomatoes. Mac Mart’s Mac and Cheese portions are creamy and filling, and you’ll most likely have leftovers for later!
3. Craftsman Row Saloon
This classic Philadelphia bar and restaurant serves a variety of delish burgers, desserts, and most importantly: Mac and Cheese. Craftsman Row Saloon offers a four-cheese classic mac n cheese, a lobster Mac and Cheese, as well as a brisket mac n cheese. They also offer Mac and Cheese filled burgers!
4. The Sidecar Bar & Grill
Sidecar Bar & Grill is a neighborhood gastropub that serves delicious Mac and Cheese. The dish contains white cheddar cheese sauce with buttered bread crumbs; it’s definitely worth a try.
5. Continental Mid Town
Continental Mid Town is one of the most well known and spunky restaurants in Center City. Their lobster Mac and Cheese is made with Orzo pasta, Gruyère, and Fontina cheese. This dish is perfect if you want a change from your typical elbow noodle Mac and Cheese.
6. Butcher Bar
Butcher Bar; a hip restaurant known for it’s meaty and comfort food filled menu, serves a fabulous Gouda Mac and Cheese. The dish is served in a hot skillet as a side, but is filling enough for a main course. It is served with sweet potato crust and a rich creamy cheese sauce.
7. Warmdaddy’s
Known for its music and culture that creates an upbeat Southern blues experience, Warmdaddy’s also has fantastic food. Their skillet Mac and Cheese is especially to die for. It has a delicious blend of four cheeses and is topped with buttery bread crumbs. You’ll definitely want to try it on your next trip to Philly.
8. Village Bar and Kitchen
Village Bar and Kitchen offers unique dishes and comfort food, inspired by the culinary history of Philadelphia. One of there comfort dishes they are known for is their truffle Mac and Cheese. It’s prepared with house made shells, a four cheese sauce, toasted bread crumbs, and your choice of adding bacon.
9. Green Eggs Cafe
Known for its extravagant brunches, Green Eggs Cafe also serves skillets of incredible Mac and Cheese. The dish is served with Cavatappi pasta and a sharp Cheddar American cheese sauce. Blue cheese crumbles, Buffalo sauce, and Boneless chicken breasts can also be added.
10. Lucky’s Last Chance
With Lucky’s Last Chance Mac and Cheese being so popular, the restaurant has developed four different versions for all types of Mac and Cheese lovers. They offer original Mac and Cheese, Bacon and Tomato Mac and Cheese, Cajun Chicken Mac and Cheese, and Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese. You can’t go wrong with whichever one you order!
Hopefully now you will have some new cheesy spots to try during your next trip to Philadelphia.