Messy and Picky

Picky had a day off from his busy work schedule so he headed over to see Messy by her Rittenhouse office and we treated ourselves to lunch at Tria. Messy had been there once before for a business lunch, and she had thoroughly enjoyed her sandwich on that occassion. We arrived towards the end of […]

We were looking for a day-of reservation to eat out during Restaurant Week as Picky had gotten paid (for his new job!) for the first time and was ready to go out and celebrate with some good eats. After a few calls to some fully booked restaurants, we got lucky at Loie Brasserie and Bar with a late night 9.30pm reservation which was fine by us. So we got dolled up and strolled over to the restaurant just north of Rittenhouse Square and were seated promptly in a rear booth…

We ended up at the Pontiac Grille because there was a man outside handing out 10% off coupons. Messy was seriously craving a frozen margarita, and there was a sign out front proclaiming margarita were only $4. With open air windows looking out on South Street, it seemed like the perfect choice. Unfortunately, after being seated at the window, we learned that no frozen margaritas were available, although they did have every conceivable flavor of the non-frozen variety. Messy opted for the pina colada flavor, and it was really good, in an overly sweet, artificial kind of way…

After not being able to get a seat at several other University City hang-outs on a Friday night, we decided to try the less-crowded New Deck Tavern. Even though it wasn't super-busy, we had to wait about 15 or 20 minutes while our hosts bustled around with headsets waiting for a table for two to open up. There were plenty of Penn kids out milling around, taking a break from finals preparation and enjoying the unlimited free peanutes that the New Deck provides…

We went here for a prix fixe Valentine's Day dinner with three courses and complimentary bubbly (a great deal at a total of $80/couple). Since we didn't go on a normal night, we can't comment on the regular menu items, but we can tell you what we had!

We can't even afford to eat in this restaurant, so we didn't; we ate in the bar area, complete with a much cheaper fare. But don't knock the bar menu, it's not your normal bar munchies food. In fact, it has a better menu than many "real" restaurants we've been to. We started off with […]

Ten Stone is a loud, smoky pub/sandwich place that seems to cater to young people. The menu offers some nice variations from typical pub fare, with choices like fondue and 3 cheese risotto fritters. We tried the fritters, and they didn't really taste like anything– but we give Ten Stone props for originality, and we both enjoyed the accompanying tasty horseradish sauce…