Need recommendation on where to hold a work dinner for 50+ people

[BlackHeron]

We're heading to Philadelphia in November and need to find a place that can handle 50+ people (and preferably separate checks!). We're looking at dinner on a Monday night in the Penn's Landing area but we do have vans so we're willing to drive!

Help!

[EPapa]

You might want to try Spasso Italian Grill on Front street. They have a private room and a banquet menu. We had our reahearsal dinner there, it was great!

We also looked at Positano Coast.

Both of these restaurants are within walking distance of Penn's Landing.

[PattiCakes]

If you are looking for something more casual & fun, Dave & Busters will do a buffet. What kind of price range are you talking about? Cuisine? La Veranda is also good & has a separate room that could accommodate 50.

[ramenbound]

Stephen Starr's Tangerine shuttered some time ago but is still available for private events. Not sure about separate checks but it would fit your large group + Penn's Landing criteria.

[cwdonald]

I would check with either/both Vietnam and Vietnam Palace in Chinatown. They each have facilities to accomodate such a party. You will have to arrange off of a banquet menu.

[andrewlee]

Separate checks? Probably your best bet would be the food court under the Bellevue. Everyone can order what they want + you can all order at the same time + get as many checks as you want.

[ramenbound]

Not a good option for dinner - they all close early down there.

[LisaPA]

Give City Tavern a call. They have an entire second floor dining room and can easily accommodate large groups - I think they also have private rooms downstairs. In case you're not familiar, they have an 18th century theme. The tavern was rebuilt at the site of a revolutionary era tavern that burned down. All the staff are in costume, they serve on pewter, the food is from that era. It's one of my favorite places to take a large group in that area and especially fun if they're tourists.

The stupid link manager keeps bringing up a restaurant in Wilmington of the same name, so here http://www.citytavern.com/.

[bonappetite]

Don't know about separate checks, but Ristorante Panorama has a privat room downstairs that accomodates that many (I think, might be a bit tight). Food is great, the eventour office has every year is srved family stle, but the food, apps, pasta, main never stop coming out. Entrees are individually chosen from 3-4 choices.

[sockii]

I'd say this is a good suggestion as well.

And I'd imagine almost every place in the city that could handle a party of 50 will insist on some kind of limited/pre-arranged menu instead of open ordering off the regular menu, to simplify the check situation as well as make it easier on the kitchen.

[urbanfabric]

separate checks? You are going to have trouble finding a place that can accommodate 50 people all at once without a fixed menu, let alone separate checks.

Are you looking for a place with a private room for 50? or just a place that everyone could go to on their own?

[BlackHeron]

Private room.

I know I'm dreaming about the separate checks but thought I'd throw it out there. :-)