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In a recent restaurant review on Yelp.com - someone wrote:

...The last time I was here it was an agonizing wait; granted it was a Friday evening but still for arriving at 7:40 and for 3 people to not be seated until 9 is just crazy. Maybe I would have gone elsewhere if they had been honest about the wait time, but they said 20 min...

My open question: In that situation, how long would YOU wait? Would you wait at all? I'm curious to read your thoughts - so please click and share your com… Continue

No - I'm not demanding that you knock Philly - heaven knows it's been knocked around enough!

I finally had the time to check out Knock Restaurant for dinner a couple weeks ago - and thought I'd share my two cents.

First some backgroun… Continue

My partner and I stopped into Fado last night after a day at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It had been well over a year since my last visit - but we were simply craving burger-food, so we figured this was good as any.

Stop The Presses!

Upon settling into our table, our server hands us brand-spanking-new menus; literally 24-hours old.… Continue

Fine dining without draining your bank account - that is the XIX experience.

What was once Founders at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel - which was the place where red velvet curtains and stuffy chairs went to die - XIX has been transformed into a clean, soothing dining room overlooking the Avenue of the Arts from its 19th floor location within the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue.

Now, dining in t… Continue

Chloe is a hidden treasure buried within Old City! Chloe began seven years ago when Dan Grimes and Mary Ann Ferrie decided to form their own restaurant - after years of working together at The Latest Dish.

The found a wonderful spot - tiny in size - but perfect in atmosphere. The place is candlelit to a warm glow and it is the interaction between the dining cu… Continue