We ended up going to the Tap Room in South Philly, which was a good call. The food was SO GOOD and we missed rush hour entirely. Thank you for your help.

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Tap Room
201 Bohemia Ave, Chesapeake City, MD 21915

I just wanted to let you know that we ended up going to the Tap Room in South Philly and it was AWESOME. Thank you so much for your help. I feel like I should go help a lost soul on the Boston board to pay it forward.

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Tap Room
10 Palmer Sq E, Princeton, NJ 08542

Thank you for your ideas!

We are renting a car so we will have some flexibility that way.

Greetings -
We will be flying into Philly on a Friday night and our eventual destination is Downingtown. As it will be the height of rush hour when we leave the airport (which in Boston, anyway, is not a time you want to drive to the suburbs) I thought maybe we could have dinner closer to the city and then make our way to the 'burbs later that night. Knowing nothing about the area I have no idea if this is a good idea and if so, where to eat. Any suggestions?