> James C. wrote: >My wife is spending the week of June 21-25 at a course at Longwood >Gardens in Kennett Square, PA, south of Philadelphia, and I will be >with her during the evenings after days of fishing more or less >locally (within 1-1/2 - 2 hours). We are looking for suggestions for >good relatively quiet resturants for mid-evening dinners. I'm not familiar with restaurants closer to Kennett Square. However I tend to think that the pickings are slim in the area. Kennett Square is fairly rural since lots of mushroom farms exist in the area. If it's not a serious hardship timewise I would just drive into Phila. Kennett Square is about an hour away from the city by car. > Preferences >for Northern Italian, Indian, California Nouvelle, but game for lots >of other cuisines too. We are wine fanciers, looking for good prices >on good wines (as opposed to jug wines, or $40 and up Bordeaux) >especially in CA or Australian chardonnays and Italian, CA, or Chilean >reds in the style of merlot, barolo, spanna, montepulciano, and >smoother cabernets, If you had said "beer fanciers" or "coffee fanciers" I could have been more help. As it is I'm sure that most of the restauarants I list below have more than adequate wine list. Most of these are in the downtown/historic/South St. area which is locally called Center City. (Since you request no French or German you can scratch the follow but they are at least good to keep in mind for other foodies you know) French: Le Bec Fin, Duex Cheminees If you are looking for "price is no object" and romance, the above two are for you. Le Bec Fin gets consistently rated as one of the best restaurants in the country. Also you can try: Italian: DiLullo's Centro, Garisole, Upstares at Varalli's, Portofino, D'Angelo's, Baci, Portofino (Garisole is fairly northern Italian and is my favorite of the above.) Asian(Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, some Japanese and Korean): Chinatown area Indian: Tandoori Palace(40th and Chestnut in W. Phila.) Seafood: Sansom St Oyster House, Bookbinder's Seafood House(15th St.) (Sansom St. Oyster House is my favorite. (Also Sam Adams Brew House is upstairs.) This Bookbinder's is not the famous Bookbinder's that tourists go to. This one is actually owned by the Bookbinder family and is the better of the two foodwise.) Steakhouses: Babe's, Morgan's, Ruths Chris Cajun/Creole: Cafe Nola, Magnolia Cafe Mexican: Tequila, Zocalo Eclectic Restaurants: The Astral Plane, 16th St Bar and Grill, The Garden, Judy's, The Knave of Hearts, Cafe Einstein, Carolina's, Catalina's, Mezznote, Rose Tattoo Cafe, Callowhill, Warsaw Cafe, Waldorf Cafe. There a couple of Iranian places at 18th and 24th and Lombard. And two Ethiopian places in University City near the U. of Pa. campus. (I'd label Rose Tatto Cafe, Callowhill and Catalina's as California Nouvelle although they have a very distinctive Phila. "feel" to them. It's something only locals would see understand or recognize.) Diners: American Diner(two locations, 42th and Chestnut and 5th and Spring Garden), Melrose in S. Phila. Again this a *very short* list. You can get more detail from either the City Paper(weekly), Welcomat(weekly), or Phila. Magazine(monthly). Karen Byrd, VAX Sys./Net. Manager University of Pennsylvania Medical School Computer Facility Philadelphia, PA 19104 (USA) Internet: [email removed]
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Restaurants near Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa.
Vicki M. wrote: > I definitely vote for Jim's on South Street in Philadelphia also for > best Philly cheesesteak. I haven't yet been to Geno's on 9th and > Passyunk yet though, so I need to test their steaks out before I can > make the cast-in-stone choice. I prefer Jim's. But if you must go Geno's and Pat's are right next door to each other. > The one thing I haven't yet been able to make myself do is eat a > cheesesteak with Cheez Whiz as they are supposed to be eaten. No, no, no that's true. Speaking as a native Philadelphian I can tell you that *lots* of natives would never eat a cheesesteak with anything other than melted provolone or square(American) cheese. There was a minor flame-war on this newsgroup about it a couple of years back. The "real" cheese camp won, as I recall. > The > thought makes me cringe.... Don't worry! Eating a cheesesteak with Cheez Whiz makes me cringe too! Karen Byrd, VAX Sys./Net. Manager University of Pennsylvania Medical School Computer Facility Philadelphia, PA 19104 (USA) Internet: [email removed]