Resy has released a list of the 10 restaurants that defined dining in various cities in 2025, including Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York, Charleston, Portland, and San Francisco. Other outlets have also reported on restaurants that defined dining in Philadelphia in 2025, although the specifics of the lists and the criteria used to define the restaurants are unclear. The exact restaurants and rankings are not consistent across the reports, with some outlets focusing on Philadelphia and others on different cities.