It has been just over a week since Netflix released the seventh season of Somebody Feed Phil, the food and travel show starring Phil Rosenthal, who your parents may know as the creator of long-running TV sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. Phil is not a trained chef, and he would be the first person to admit he isn’t a cool or edgy dude. The appeal of his show is just that he’s a nice, enthusiastic, funny fellow who loves to eat… not unlike your friendly neighborhood Saboscrivner. Somebody Feed Phil shares Phil’s enjoyable and entertaining visits to unique and iconic restaurants in cities around the world, and the show always highlights the people who cook and serve the meals that Phil eats with such joy and enthusiasm. It’s feel-good TV that leaves you hungry, but also happy, with a little more hope for humanity.
And in Season 7, Phil finally visited Orlando! It was an absolutely lovely episode about “The Real” Orlando, eschewing the theme parks and tourist traps, focusing instead on the wonderful locally owned and operated restaurants that enrich and empower our diverse, cosmopolitan, tolerant community.
- Crocante
- Hinckley’s Fancy Meats
- Domu
- Se7en Bites
- Banh Mi Boy
- Sampaguita Filipino Ice Cream
- Deli Desires (he didn’t go there or mention it by name, but I’m convinced he was eating their whitefish sandwich on a bialy back in his hotel room at the end.)