South Philly Chow/Karaoke?

[malkazanie]

Hi foodies - looking to celebrate my birthday with some tasty food and karaoke. I've heard there are Korean places on Washington Ave that have both - love to hear your input and also other tasty places in the vicinity. Thanks in advance.

[lbmsw]

I celebrated my birthday at Yakitori Boy. We reserved a private room for 3 hours and it was fantastic. Everyone had a great time and the food was reasonably priced and yummy. It's small plates, so we just ordered a bunch of different things. I had a large group and it was not a hassle to keep separate tabs.

[barryg]

I don't know of any Koren places on Washington Ave, except for a Korean BBQ place in the plaza at 6th Street (I think it's called International Smokeless BBQ), and I don't think they have Karaoke. Maybe you are thinking of the Korean places near Cheltenham Ave (North Philly)?

Maybe check out Yakatori Boy in Chinatown; they have private Karaoke rooms and, from what I have heard, pretty good food. 12 Steps Down (9th & Christian) has Karaoke some nights, and just got a good food writeup from Rich Nichols (menu created Mike Solomonov of Zahav fame), but that is not a sit down dinner type place.

[malkazanie]

I think I saw a karaoke place in the 9th Ave little strip mall where the Vietnamese places are - might have got my wires crossed. Yakitori Boy is a possibility but I'm looking for something a little less scene-y. Love 12 Steps Down but it has to be a Friday night.

[hollyd]

there used to be a place on 11th that got shut down for "health code violations". (I had heard they offered...ahem...other services in addition to food and karaoke.

[malkazanie]

Ha! Not quite the birthday entertainment I'm looking for. :)

Karaoke within walking distance of good ethnic food is also good.