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80th Birthday - limited to NE Philly/Lower Bucks area
Just want to thank everybody who took the time to respond. Your suggestions were over-ruled by the family and we wound up going to the Buck Hotel in Feasterville.
http://www.thebuckhotel.com/
As usual for the Northeast, the portions were huge, the quality of the food was OK, but the execution left much to be desired. If anybody wants a complete review, I'll be glad to write one up.
80th Birthday - limited to NE Philly/Lower Bucks area
no need to apologize, anything to promote the Great NorthEast is OK in my book!
Franklin Mills Mall FOREVER!!!
80th Birthday - limited to NE Philly/Lower Bucks area
It's my Dad's 80th birthday, he doesn't want a big fuss, but we would like to take him out to someplace nice.
Our Limits --
-Italian is the most ethnic we can get. Spicy is out.
- One member of the party doesn't eat chicken, pork or red meat.
- Two members of the party has the eating habits of a six year old.
- One members of the party is a six year old.
Any Ideas would be helpful, because I really don't want to end up at Fischer's for this.
Parents are picky eaters - help!
I feel your pain.
I've had success with Les Halles both the midtown and the Wall Street area locations. There was that one time my mom returned the seared tuna because "it was rare."
Craft -- another great Restaurant Week lunch (Jan '08)
Great review. I did the exact same thing for Monday, rejected for the reservation but walked up to the bar.
The Bartender provided excellent service, took time talking about what was good. He said the menu was their "Greatest Hits."
My meal consisted of the quail to start off. It was a perfectly grilled, well seasoned. For my main I had the roasted Jerusalem artichokes and the braised pork cheeks. (there must be something about cheeks on this board.) As somebody earlier mentioned they were very tasty and could eat a whole bowl of it. I would have liked the sauce for the pork cheeks to have a little more salt in them. The cheeks themselves were fork tender.
Dessert leads me to my only criticism. I ordered the chocolate tart with the shooter of Hazelnut Hot Chocolate and a full size Hazelnut Hot Chocolate. I thought the Hot Chocolate was a recommendation - not as an included accompaniment. I wish the bartender would have mentioned that to me. The Tart was nice, the shooter of Hot Chocolate was nice. I didn't receive my cup of Hot Chocolate until I was well finished with my dessert. I was actually asking him to cancel it and just give me the check when it finally arrived. And it was very good, especially on the cold Monday.
But after watching Top Chef for two seasons (was in HK for the first) I have to say I'm really happy finally going to Craft.
