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We are elated to announce that we are writing a book. A collection of personal stories about my experiences growing up Cambodian in South Philly, fighting in the mosh pits of the Philadelphia restaurant industry and falling in love with Rachel. When religion and ghost stories are in a cook book, you should expect some twists and turns tied up with recipes from our unique journey. With help from the great @adamerace (@palizzisc book and Laurel book) and legendary @ihatealexlau , we look forward to sharing this body of work. A Buddhist bow to @francis_lam and @clarksonpotter for the stage.

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We are elated to announce that we are writing a book. A collection of personal stories about my experiences growing up Cambodian in South Philly, fighting in the mosh pits of the Philadelphia restaurant industry and falling in love with Rachel. When religion and ghost stories are in a cook book, you should expect some twists and turns tied up with recipes from our unique journey. With help from the great @adamerace (@palizzisc book and Laurel book) and legendary @ihatealexlau , we look forward to sharing this body of work. A Buddhist bow to @francis_lam and @clarksonpotter for the stage.

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@bondfiremedia

We are elated to announce that we are writing a book. A collection of personal stories about my experiences growing up Cambodian in South Philly, fighting in the mosh pits of the Philadelphia restaurant industry and falling in love with Rachel. When religion and ghost stories are in a cook book, you should expect some twists and turns tied up with recipes from our unique journey. With help from the great @adamerace (@palizzisc book and Laurel book) and legendary @ihatealexlau , we look forward to sharing this body of work. A Buddhist bow to @francis_lam and @clarksonpotter for the stage.

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@bondfiremedia

We are elated to announce that we are writing a book. A collection of personal stories about my experiences growing up Cambodian in South Philly, fighting in the mosh pits of the Philadelphia restaurant industry and falling in love with Rachel. When religion and ghost stories are in a cook book, you should expect some twists and turns tied up with recipes from our unique journey. With help from the great @adamerace (@palizzisc book and Laurel book) and legendary @ihatealexlau , we look forward to sharing this body of work. A Buddhist bow to @francis_lam and @clarksonpotter for the stage.

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@bondfiremedia

In a way, we got the James Beard Award too. 🌟

Thank you Phila Lorn & Rachel Lorn for speaking to our students during Career Day! We are SO PROUD of our Key alum!!! Shout out to our Student Photographers for the pictures!! #phillyschools #food #philadelphia

In a way, we got the James Beard Award too. 🌟

Thank you Phila Lorn & Rachel Lorn for speaking to our students during Career Day! We are SO PROUD of our Key alum!!! Shout out to our Student Photographers for the pictures!! #phillyschools #food #philadelphia

In a way, we got the James Beard Award too. 🌟

Thank you Phila Lorn & Rachel Lorn for speaking to our students during Career Day! We are SO PROUD of our Key alum!!! Shout out to our Student Photographers for the pictures!! #phillyschools #food #philadelphia

In a way, we got the James Beard Award too. 🌟

Thank you Phila Lorn & Rachel Lorn for speaking to our students during Career Day! We are SO PROUD of our Key alum!!! Shout out to our Student Photographers for the pictures!! #phillyschools #food #philadelphia

In a way, we got the James Beard Award too. 🌟

Thank you Phila Lorn & Rachel Lorn for speaking to our students during Career Day! We are SO PROUD of our Key alum!!! Shout out to our Student Photographers for the pictures!! #phillyschools #food #philadelphia

Lowkey most special holiday of the year.

Every single day is 1000 mph and there’s only one person who knows how to slow things down. Special Happy Mother’s Day to Rachel, my Queen, our cornerstone and the heart and soul of our everyday. And to our mommy’s and sisters, to the moon and back all day, everyday.

Lowkey most special holiday of the year.

Every single day is 1000 mph and there’s only one person who knows how to slow things down. Special Happy Mother’s Day to Rachel, my Queen, our cornerstone and the heart and soul of our everyday. And to our mommy’s and sisters, to the moon and back all day, everyday.

Lowkey most special holiday of the year.

Every single day is 1000 mph and there’s only one person who knows how to slow things down. Special Happy Mother’s Day to Rachel, my Queen, our cornerstone and the heart and soul of our everyday. And to our mommy’s and sisters, to the moon and back all day, everyday.

Lowkey most special holiday of the year.

Every single day is 1000 mph and there’s only one person who knows how to slow things down. Special Happy Mother’s Day to Rachel, my Queen, our cornerstone and the heart and soul of our everyday. And to our mommy’s and sisters, to the moon and back all day, everyday.

Lowkey most special holiday of the year.

Every single day is 1000 mph and there’s only one person who knows how to slow things down. Special Happy Mother’s Day to Rachel, my Queen, our cornerstone and the heart and soul of our everyday. And to our mommy’s and sisters, to the moon and back all day, everyday.

Lowkey most special holiday of the year.

Every single day is 1000 mph and there’s only one person who knows how to slow things down. Special Happy Mother’s Day to Rachel, my Queen, our cornerstone and the heart and soul of our everyday. And to our mommy’s and sisters, to the moon and back all day, everyday.

Lowkey most special holiday of the year.

Every single day is 1000 mph and there’s only one person who knows how to slow things down. Special Happy Mother’s Day to Rachel, my Queen, our cornerstone and the heart and soul of our everyday. And to our mommy’s and sisters, to the moon and back all day, everyday.

Lowkey most special holiday of the year.

Every single day is 1000 mph and there’s only one person who knows how to slow things down. Special Happy Mother’s Day to Rachel, my Queen, our cornerstone and the heart and soul of our everyday. And to our mommy’s and sisters, to the moon and back all day, everyday.

Lowkey most special holiday of the year.

Every single day is 1000 mph and there’s only one person who knows how to slow things down. Special Happy Mother’s Day to Rachel, my Queen, our cornerstone and the heart and soul of our everyday. And to our mommy’s and sisters, to the moon and back all day, everyday.

Thank you @vice for giving us a slightly cooler voice and @toyotausa for a way cooler car.
Please watch and get to know us...a little more.

Mad, massive, major props to the film gang that showed us how it’s done.

Phila crew - Philly
DP - @chiaochen 1st AC - @darbage
2nd AC - @jakexkres
Gaffer - @jcscinematography
Sound - @stevesklarow
Production Assistant - @kurtcain
BTS - @meansnean

Creative Production Agency - @hellopiacere
Director - @miichaeljames
Producer - @adamcantiello
Creative Director - @emerycsmith
Truman + Cory Edit - @esskay_bandit
Phila Edit / Color / Mix - @ryanscotthansen

Thank you @vice for giving us a slightly cooler voice and @toyotausa for a way cooler car.
Please watch and get to know us…a little more.

Mad, massive, major props to the film gang that showed us how it’s done.

Phila crew - Philly
DP - @chiaochen
1st AC - @darbage
2nd AC - @jakexkres
Gaffer - @jcscinematography
Sound - @stevesklarow
Production Assistant - @kurtcain
BTS - @meansnean

Creative Production Agency - @hellopiacere
Director - @miichaeljames
Producer - @adamcantiello
Creative Director - @emerycsmith
Truman + Cory Edit - @esskay_bandit
Phila Edit / Color / Mix - @ryanscotthansen

Phila Lorn from Mawn says the Shake Shack on 20th and Sansom needs to make the cut for our dining guide this year.

What is the lore? Is there an off-menu item that slaps?

Give us the tea. 🍵🫖

Also… aren’t you just obsessed with Rachel’s laugh?! 🥰

📹 by Gabe Coffey / Staff
🧰 ✂️ by Ariane Datil / Staff

HOW TO LUNCH AT MAWN:

1. 11-2:30 (last seating 2:15) on Thurs/Fri/Sat
2. Line starts somewhere around 10:30am
3. Restaurant seats 28 at a time
4. People should spend around 1 hour-ish with us
5. FIND THE LIST LADY OR LAD
6. Put your name down
7. You’ll be called next
8. No phone numbers, place holds, only seating full parties
10.Be kind to people around you and think about the people behind you (you were once there too)
11. Order enough to make it all make sense
12. If you get frustrated and start resenting the system…remember, we’re just talking about lunch.

HOW TO LUNCH AT MAWN:

1. 11-2:30 (last seating 2:15) on Thurs/Fri/Sat
2. Line starts somewhere around 10:30am
3. Restaurant seats 28 at a time
4. People should spend around 1 hour-ish with us
5. FIND THE LIST LADY OR LAD
6. Put your name down
7. You’ll be called next
8. No phone numbers, place holds, only seating full parties
10.Be kind to people around you and think about the people behind you (you were once there too)
11. Order enough to make it all make sense
12. If you get frustrated and start resenting the system…remember, we’re just talking about lunch.

HOW TO LUNCH AT MAWN:

1. 11-2:30 (last seating 2:15) on Thurs/Fri/Sat
2. Line starts somewhere around 10:30am
3. Restaurant seats 28 at a time
4. People should spend around 1 hour-ish with us
5. FIND THE LIST LADY OR LAD
6. Put your name down
7. You’ll be called next
8. No phone numbers, place holds, only seating full parties
10.Be kind to people around you and think about the people behind you (you were once there too)
11. Order enough to make it all make sense
12. If you get frustrated and start resenting the system…remember, we’re just talking about lunch.

HOW TO LUNCH AT MAWN:

1. 11-2:30 (last seating 2:15) on Thurs/Fri/Sat
2. Line starts somewhere around 10:30am
3. Restaurant seats 28 at a time
4. People should spend around 1 hour-ish with us
5. FIND THE LIST LADY OR LAD
6. Put your name down
7. You’ll be called next
8. No phone numbers, place holds, only seating full parties
10.Be kind to people around you and think about the people behind you (you were once there too)
11. Order enough to make it all make sense
12. If you get frustrated and start resenting the system…remember, we’re just talking about lunch.

HOW TO LUNCH AT MAWN:

1. 11-2:30 (last seating 2:15) on Thurs/Fri/Sat
2. Line starts somewhere around 10:30am
3. Restaurant seats 28 at a time
4. People should spend around 1 hour-ish with us
5. FIND THE LIST LADY OR LAD
6. Put your name down
7. You’ll be called next
8. No phone numbers, place holds, only seating full parties
10.Be kind to people around you and think about the people behind you (you were once there too)
11. Order enough to make it all make sense
12. If you get frustrated and start resenting the system…remember, we’re just talking about lunch.

HOW TO LUNCH AT MAWN:

1. 11-2:30 (last seating 2:15) on Thurs/Fri/Sat
2. Line starts somewhere around 10:30am
3. Restaurant seats 28 at a time
4. People should spend around 1 hour-ish with us
5. FIND THE LIST LADY OR LAD
6. Put your name down
7. You’ll be called next
8. No phone numbers, place holds, only seating full parties
10.Be kind to people around you and think about the people behind you (you were once there too)
11. Order enough to make it all make sense
12. If you get frustrated and start resenting the system…remember, we’re just talking about lunch.

HOW TO LUNCH AT MAWN:

1. 11-2:30 (last seating 2:15) on Thurs/Fri/Sat
2. Line starts somewhere around 10:30am
3. Restaurant seats 28 at a time
4. People should spend around 1 hour-ish with us
5. FIND THE LIST LADY OR LAD
6. Put your name down
7. You’ll be called next
8. No phone numbers, place holds, only seating full parties
10.Be kind to people around you and think about the people behind you (you were once there too)
11. Order enough to make it all make sense
12. If you get frustrated and start resenting the system…remember, we’re just talking about lunch.

Mawn is 3 years old. Still together. Still Mom&Pop. Still on 9th street, South Philly. Still sold out within the first minute. Still the infamous line out the door for lunch. Still doing everything we do with a smile and a how-ya doin attitude. Still a noodle shop with no rules. Whether we see you now or later, we’ll still be here.

So holla at us man.

-Mawnagement

Mawn is 3 years old. Still together. Still Mom&Pop. Still on 9th street, South Philly. Still sold out within the first minute. Still the infamous line out the door for lunch. Still doing everything we do with a smile and a how-ya doin attitude. Still a noodle shop with no rules. Whether we see you now or later, we’ll still be here.

So holla at us man.

-Mawnagement

From winning a Golden Pig at a Philly podcast's holiday party, to receiving a standing ovation as the Chef of the Year at The Tasties 🏆

Congratulations to @philapans, and to the team at @mawnphilly who also won for Restaurant of the Year!

Who else took a trophy back to their kitchen? Get the full list of 2026 Tasties winners at DeliciousCityPodcast.com

Philly and beyond,

Obviously, we ain’t wit ICE and any administration’s approach to immigration when it doesn’t make any fuckin sense. The shit that is taking place in Minneapolis and this country as a whole is a shame on us moment.

Please know, we support collective action and believe in resistance. Using our voices to stand up for what is right is something people died for already.

We support anyone participating in today’s shutdown however, we will remain open at both Mawn and Sao for normal business hours and do things our way.

Our employees depend on coming to work to support their families as well as honoring their craft. We, as a small business, harbor this transaction and provide a safe and dependable space for it to happen.

That said, we will support this collective resistance by donating 10% of sales from both restaurants (as well as personally matching that number) to @vamos_juntos_ . We all should pray for a better world.

Stay up

- Saovages & Mawnagement

Thank you @phillymag , @kaelanisays , @adamerace and Jason for including us on this list and #3 is amazing (Iverson). It’s almost been 3 years now and our operation is still made strong by an incredible group of people who work so hard every shift and are examples of what is still good and real in this industry.

Lastly, there are people behind the scenes that are directly responsible for any of this to even exist. People who don’t know about these lists and honestly don’t care. They only care about getting to the restaurants and back home to their family’s in one piece. It breaks our heart to know that their everyday routine now has an element of realistic fear that everything could change in an instant. Fuck ICE and anyone who thinks anything about this is ok. Please notify each other if you see these rats in our communities…could mean a better day for somebody you love.

📸 @ihatealexlau

Thank you @phillymag , @kaelanisays , @adamerace and Jason for including us on this list and #3 is amazing (Iverson). It’s almost been 3 years now and our operation is still made strong by an incredible group of people who work so hard every shift and are examples of what is still good and real in this industry.

Lastly, there are people behind the scenes that are directly responsible for any of this to even exist. People who don’t know about these lists and honestly don’t care. They only care about getting to the restaurants and back home to their family’s in one piece. It breaks our heart to know that their everyday routine now has an element of realistic fear that everything could change in an instant. Fuck ICE and anyone who thinks anything about this is ok. Please notify each other if you see these rats in our communities…could mean a better day for somebody you love.

📸 @ihatealexlau

Thank you @phillymag , @kaelanisays , @adamerace and Jason for including us on this list and #3 is amazing (Iverson). It’s almost been 3 years now and our operation is still made strong by an incredible group of people who work so hard every shift and are examples of what is still good and real in this industry.

Lastly, there are people behind the scenes that are directly responsible for any of this to even exist. People who don’t know about these lists and honestly don’t care. They only care about getting to the restaurants and back home to their family’s in one piece. It breaks our heart to know that their everyday routine now has an element of realistic fear that everything could change in an instant. Fuck ICE and anyone who thinks anything about this is ok. Please notify each other if you see these rats in our communities…could mean a better day for somebody you love.

📸 @ihatealexlau

Thank you @phillymag , @kaelanisays , @adamerace and Jason for including us on this list and #3 is amazing (Iverson). It’s almost been 3 years now and our operation is still made strong by an incredible group of people who work so hard every shift and are examples of what is still good and real in this industry.

Lastly, there are people behind the scenes that are directly responsible for any of this to even exist. People who don’t know about these lists and honestly don’t care. They only care about getting to the restaurants and back home to their family’s in one piece. It breaks our heart to know that their everyday routine now has an element of realistic fear that everything could change in an instant. Fuck ICE and anyone who thinks anything about this is ok. Please notify each other if you see these rats in our communities…could mean a better day for somebody you love.

📸 @ihatealexlau

“Famously, I woke up at three o’clock [in the morning] and I said, “We gotta open up a restaurant, dude.” And she was like, “Go to sleep.”

”He’s the dreamer and I’m the realist. And you need the two.”

Read the full interview with Rachel and Phila @mawnphilly in the new issue of Fare: Philadelphia, available now for preorder at the link in our bio.

Photography by @samaharris

“Famously, I woke up at three o’clock [in the morning] and I said, “We gotta open up a restaurant, dude.” And she was like, “Go to sleep.”

”He’s the dreamer and I’m the realist. And you need the two.”

Read the full interview with Rachel and Phila @mawnphilly in the new issue of Fare: Philadelphia, available now for preorder at the link in our bio.

Photography by @samaharris

“Famously, I woke up at three o’clock [in the morning] and I said, “We gotta open up a restaurant, dude.” And she was like, “Go to sleep.”

”He’s the dreamer and I’m the realist. And you need the two.”

Read the full interview with Rachel and Phila @mawnphilly in the new issue of Fare: Philadelphia, available now for preorder at the link in our bio.

Photography by @samaharris

“Famously, I woke up at three o’clock [in the morning] and I said, “We gotta open up a restaurant, dude.” And she was like, “Go to sleep.”

”He’s the dreamer and I’m the realist. And you need the two.”

Read the full interview with Rachel and Phila @mawnphilly in the new issue of Fare: Philadelphia, available now for preorder at the link in our bio.

Photography by @samaharris