Comments on: The Gastronaut: What Philly Needs Now

By: Zhen De Shou

Zhen De Shou — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:40:18 +0000

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By: barryg

barryg — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:08:09 +0000

Royal Tavern and Cantina have great veg* options for great prices. +1000 on arepas.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:55:20 +0000

Yea, we don’t have the BS NYC economy here. We really need finance here before we can get greater diversity (especially in higher end options) and later hours. There are only so many lawyers and doctors here to go around. Also, because the school system and services are deplorable by major city standards there are too many rich people in the main line. Perhaps the proposed bullet train from NYC to Market East will make us a NYC suburb?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:49:48 +0000

Stone Bologna – Try Watkins Drinkery if you want vegan/veg options and a beer. I am a meat eater, but will often try their vegan dishes and they are delciious and inexpensive. The beer selection is great, too. (small draft list, but always quality selections on top of a good bottle list)

By: Diana Douglass

Diana Douglass — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:42:46 +0000

All well and good, Jason; I agree with all your points, but the income base of Philly just won’t support what we want here. Until there are more and better jobs for folks, I’m amazed that the food scene is as good as it is. We’ve had to cut back drastically on eating out since I was laid off; it’s hard to afford even a BYOB once a month or so.

By: stone bologna

stone bologna — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:25:16 +0000

1. lower end vegan/vegetarian cafe/bars (something in between Vedge and Hip City Veg where i can have a beer)
2. Better Indian
3. Better Thai
4. Caracas Arepa Bar
5. Better Sushi (morimoto is weak)
6. Original concepts (Lake Trout)
7. A fun seafood spot along the water (crabs and beer off the Race street pier)
8. better brunch spots (a cafe mogador because green eggs is just ok)

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:54:57 +0000

@Tony – did you mean Talula’s Table? Even so, I’m not sure that is a place that “foodies would travel for or plan a visit around.”

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:34:33 +0000

We have a great restaurant scene, but if we really want to take it to the next level, we need more national-caliber destination restaurants. Other than Vetri and Talula’s Garden, we don’t have many restaurants that foodies would travel for or plan a visit around. Let’s aspire for a few more truly top notch, unique, exquisite places that will garner national reputations.

By: tmasala

tmasala — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:23:45 +0000

Definitely need IndoChinese and better Thai options.

By: Mike Durkin

Mike Durkin — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:44:34 +0000

More restaurateurs throwing out the ordinary and taking risks.