Whether you’re dining with a crew…
… or flying solo, Papa San and Stars, the wine bar from the same team behind Claud and Penny have you covered. I dined at Papa San nearly a year after my first visit with a whole group of friends visiting from Hawaii, and during a stretch of some brutally cold weather, too, but the warm hospitality and creative dishes definitely made us feel more than welcome. We loved sharing the blue crab maki roll, eel pizza, and miso black cod especially, and the cocktails were pitch perfect, too. On the flip side, I also loved my solo wine-and-snack outing at Stars where I had a glass of Teroldego from Italy, plus some excellent stuffed peppadew peppers, those adorable deviled eggs, and creamy chicken liver mousse, topped with crispy leeks. I’d gladly go back again for another solo sojourn, or with friends in tow.
— Deanna Ting, New York & Philadelphia Editor, Resy Editorial
Dining and Cooking