Marilyn Johnson
Founder, Philly Grub
Marilyn Johnson is an award-winning Philadelphia area-based food and travel writer and independent journalist focusing on the food scenes of the greater Mid-Atlantic region. Marilyn founded the popular Philadelphia food blog Philly Grub in 2008. Since then, she has become a trusted and recognized expert on the Philly food scene. In 2019, Marilyn started Philly Grub Trips, a food travel blog, adding travel writing to her repertoire. Her work has appeared in MSN, NewsBreak, New Jersey Monthly, 70and73.com, and Chowhound. She also provides marketing consulting to food, beverage, and hospitality-based businesses and occasionally judges Philadelphia food competitions. She lives just across the bridge in Merchantville, NJ, with her husband David and four cats.