2024: Philadelphia Voted Rex 1516 Best Soul Food and Southern Restaurant!
Rex 1516
1516 South Street
(267) 319-1366
rex1516.com
Southern inspired. Coastally driven. Locally Flavored. Rex at The Royal located on Philly’s bustling South Street promises to deliver an unforgettable dining experience inspired by the American South, influenced by its coastal regions, and flavored by their home – Philadelphia’s Royal Theatre. Offering crafted cocktails and mocktails, fresh seafood, small plates, and entrees that take you out of Philadelphia and in the American South, Rex at The Royal is the perfect spot for brunch, dinner, weekday and weekend Happy Hours, or desserts and drinks following your meal!
2023: Philadelphia Voted Big Boyz Soul Food and Grill Best Soul Food and Southern Restaurant!
Big Boyz Soul Food and Grill
1940 Cottman Avenue
(267) 686-8758
Big Boyz Soul Food & Grill Is as juicy as it is great value. With delivery options available, you’re able to get those comfort dishes delivered to your door on a cold winter’s evening. Their Fried Chicken Platters are enough to make you hungry just by looking at them, and the flavor just bursts with every bite. With Breakfast, lunch and dinner menus available, Big Boyz will have something to fill your appetite no matter what you’re looking for, open 8am-10pm Thursday-Tuesday.
2022: Philadelphia Voted REX at The Royal Best Soul Food and Southern Restaurant!
REX at The Royal
1516 South St
(267) 319-1366 – rexphl.com
The reopened and renamed REX at The Royal still offers the very same savory, sweet goodness of REX 1516’s Southern culinary fare, with a Jamaican twist and locally sourced everything (not to mention a now elevated seafood menu) lives on right down the block on South Street. Despite moving a few paces away from its previous location, the rebranded REX at The Royal still maintains its rich history as part of the Black experience in Philadelphia, highlighted as being situated in a friendly, inclusive neighborhood via entries in the “Green Book.” In addition, a famous chef of the day — H. Franklyn Hall — was one of Philadelphia’s best-known culinary artists and wrote the cookbook, “300 Ways to Cook and Serve Shellfish.” This book served as motivation for what proudly became the REX at The Royal menu.
2021: Philadelphia Voted REX at The Royal Best Soul Food and Southern Restaurant!
REX at The Royal
1516 South St
(267) 319-1366 – rexphl.com
The reopened and renamed REX at The Royal still offers the very same savory, sweet goodness of REX 1516’s Southern culinary fare, with a Jamaican twist and locally sourced everything (not to mention a now elevated seafood menu) lives on right down the block on South Street. Despite moving a few paces away from its previous location, the rebranded REX at The Royal still maintains its rich history as part of the Black experience in Philadelphia, highlighted as being situated in a friendly, inclusive neighborhood via entries in the “Green Book.” In addition, a famous chef of the day — H. Franklyn Hall — was one of Philadelphia’s best-known culinary artists and wrote the cookbook, “300 Ways to Cook and Serve Shellfish.” This book served as motivation for what proudly became the REX at The Royal menu.
