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Image: Rib-eye, squash, sunchokes. Last Updated: March 2023 Overview: The setting and the food is modern with playful touches. The dishes can be small, precise, and eaten in a single bite. Or they can be mammoth and tackled only with more than one person. In the same dinner you may pause to slowly savor the […]
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Image: Amuse with a twist. Last Updated: January 2023 Overview: Reflect upon the bite. Each bite. One at a time. In some cases, the dish might evolve even as you are eating it. The crème fraiche atop the potatoes with trout roe will become more liquid. The creaminess will fade to firm piece of potato […]
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Image: Not going hungry at Opal – Salmon, Pork Chop, Squash, Mushrooms. Last Updated: January 2023 Overview: Opal is a sibling restaurant to Nina May. Like Nina May it focuses on seasonal and fresh cooking, using a variety of techniques that roughly fall under the New American moniker, though Opal is more open to sourcing […]
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Image: Short Rib Bourguignon. Last Updated: March 2023 NOTE: At the end of March 2023, Irregardless scrapped the tasting menu format and brought in a new chef. The Overview below is from January 2023 and pre-dates that. Overview: Beverage preferences go through phases. After the swings toward cocktails and craft beers, wine is coming back. […]
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Image: Beets on toast. Last Updated: December 2022 Overview: Fancy Radish arrived with fanfare in 2018, an import from the team that built Philadelphia’s Vedge into a nationally-acclaimed restaurant. There was soon a buzz about the place. A few years later, we are happy to report Fancy Radish is still excellent. The food is so […]
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Image: The bar in before times. Last Updated: November 2022 Current Status: They are open for sit-down dining. They are not serving at the bar currently. Take-out and delivery, including of wine, is available. Overview: Despite the aviation theme, Flight feels like the little engine that could. Committed to serving good and interesting wine […]
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Image: Trout with baller vegetables. Last Updated: October 2022 Current Status: Open for sit-down service, with indoor and outdoor (uncovered) seating. As a hotel restaurant, it serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but no dinner service Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Take-out and delivery also available. Overview: Art and Soul stretches from the lobby of the Yotel at […]
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Image: Branzino Last Updated: September 2022 Current Status: Open for lunch and dinner, Monday through Saturday. To-go options available with limited delivery options. Overview: In a space suitable for adults, but not stuffy at all, Ris Lacoste quietly serves the food that gained her fame and fans over the years. The dishes are a mix […]
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