Restaurants in Willow Grove

Steak 38 founder Joe DiAmore and fellow restaurateur Ben Blumberg began working together as teenagers, waiting tables at Chubby’s Restaurant in Collingswood. The two later opened their own establishments, with Joe manning the grill at Steak 38 and Ben dishing out undersea treats at Barnacle Ben’s. After more than 40 years, the epicurean duo has once again joined forces to combine their surf 'n' turf experience into a full menu of entrees seasoned with the world's most popular spice—fire. Many of Steak 38's signature dishes include tableside preparation, as waiters carve meats, debone fish, and ignite flaming desserts such as bananas foster before ringing the dinner bell. The restaurant’s intimate bar stocks its bins with toast-ready spirits, filling glasses with effervescent champagne, bracing scotch, and a selection of timeless after-dinner cordials.

Large royal blue drapes stitched with intricate floral patterns fall around Sushi Planet’s floor-to-ceiling windows, and mandarin orange and cherry red walls complement the dynamic colors of the menu. Blue wall sconces illuminate sushi rolls, fresh-cut sashimi, and rice dishes of filet mignon and seared tuna. After scooping up steaming udon noodles, guests can take advantage of Sushi Planet's BYOB policy by bringing their own bottle of wine or supplies to set up a hard lemonade stand in the janitor's closet.

Since its humble south Philadelphia beginnings in the 1990s, Primo Hoagies-Media has quickly expanded throughout the region and garnered several awards on the strength of its cold-cut sandwiches, made with Thumann's brand of gourmet meats and cheeses. The shop's robust menu features dozens of specialty hoagies, many of which were created in-house rather than underwater, as is the industry norm. Sharp italian hoagies teem with prosciutto and genoa salami, and pork-Diablo hoagies marry Thumann's homestyle roasted pork with a blend of piquant spices.

In 2003, chef Shing Chung and his wife Doris became grandparents, and they decided that it was time to pass the torch. So after 20 years of running Lee How Fook, they handed over the keys to their daughter Sieu and her husband. With the help of the eatery’s chefs, the duo still works to live up to the eatery’s name, which translates roughly to “good food for the mouth.” Busy members of the family cruise beneath almond-hued walls, which are lined with colorful illustrations of bud-strewn trees. Their limbs bend as if reaching for steaming chicken and beef morsels in sweet and spicy sauces or platters of peking duck or lobster. A BYOB policy allows for pairing with the diverse Cantonese menu and fuels chatter about the fact that nobody has ever seen the waiter in the same place as Superman.

Gracing a building once inhabited by gourmand mainstays Astral Plane and Fish, according to the Philadelphia City Paper, Brick American Eatery now takes the space's culinary torch with a menu of both new creations and reinventions of classic dishes. Helmed by Jolly Weldon of Jolly’s Piano Bar, and Jason DiDomenico, the contemporary kitchen's small plates of wine-drenched seafood and Asian-tinged pub fare act as prelude to cuts of steak, pork, and fish imbued with gourmet additions such as cucumber-dill-yogurt sauce and rich truffle butter. Chef Emilio Jiminez executes this classic American Bistro menu.