Monthly Archives: July 2017

Barbuzzo (Philadelphia, PA)

Posted on by July 16, 2017

Barbuzzo
110 S 13th St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Dining date: 6/21/17

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Barbuzzo is one of the more popular restaurants in Philadelphia. It’s part of a restaurant group that operates a number of other restaurants in the neighborhood, even a chocolate shop and jewelry store. Barbuzzo serves Mediterranean cuisine with a concentration towards Italian, including pastas, pizzas, housemade charcuterie and a variety of both small and large plates. We stopped in for dinner on a busy Wednesday evening – the small restaurant was packed when we got there and packed when we left.

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Per Se (New York, NY) [3]

Posted on by July 9, 2017

Per Se
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019
Dining date: 6/18/17

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This was my third time dining at Per Se, Thomas Keller’s Michelin three star restaurant in NYC’s Time Warner Center. My last visit was at the restaurant’s lounge having an abbreviated menu, but I returned to the dining room for the formal tasting menu on this visit. The tasting menu is currently priced at $325 (service-included) and we opted for the wine pairing at the $200 level.

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Le Bernardin (New York, NY) [3]

Posted on by July 3, 2017

Le Bernardin
155 W 51st St
New York, NY 10019
Dining date: 6/19/17

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For a weekday lunch in midtown, I stopped into Eric Ripert’s flagship restaurant. This was my third time dining at the restaurant and second time for lunch.

The restaurant’s lounge offers a prix fixe menu of 3 courses for $55 with two options for each course. $5 of each purchase goes straight to City Harvest, a local organization that “rescues” excess food from local restaurants, grocery stores and farms and distributes this food to community programs to provide meals to underserved populations.

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