Looking for a Very Special Lunch, Downtown PHilly, on a Friday
Quiet would be the first priority; great food isn't enough if it's noisy.
Money not an object particularly, so much as top-=drawer. What would lunch be like at Morimoto? Would it be quiet? I"m sure Le Bec Fin would be quiet--what's it like at lunch these days?
Any cuisine but Mexican or Indian. Looking forward to your suggestions.
Bashful3
Nov 05, 2009 02:46PM
Do' laugh, but Osteria is open for lunch on Thursdays and Fridays and is actually pretty quiet in my experience. Not really "downtown" but easy parking!
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My first choice would be LaCroix. Beautiful ambience, very quiet, excellent food. Absolutely top drawer.
Other choices: Ten Arts, Osteria if you're seated in the outer room.
Liked both of these better than lunch at Le Bec Fin.
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Comment - I didn't put in the link to Osteria. That is evidently part of the advertising on Chowhound.
If I were going to put in a link, it would have been to Lacroix.
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I noticed that advertising link. I had written both Le Bec Fin and Morimoto, but only the latter got highlighted. It's kinda tacky, don't you think?
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So far, La Croix would have it. Part of the reason for 'downtown' specifically is that I'm coming from an eye doc examination, with dialated eyes, not able to drive that day.
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The Fountain Rest. is wonderful for lunch and quiet.
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I rather enjoy Branzino, a BYOB.
http://www.branzinophilly.com/menu.html
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