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February 8, 2012

Penn Hosts #21 Harvard This Friday Night At The Palestra
Morris Arboretum To Celebrate Tu B’Shevat With A Special Family Day This Sunday, February 12
Philadelphia Native Kevin Bacon To Appear At The Kimmel Center For A Candid Talk On Wednesday, February 15
Route 6 To Host A Special Beer Dinner, March 7; Reservations Now Open
Madonna To Open Her 2012 North American Tour In Philadelphia On August 28 at the Wells Fargo Center
Valentine’s Day Takes Over 13th Street With Deals And Offerings From Valerie Safran And Chef Marcie Turney’s Six Boutiques And Restaurants
Bruce Springsteen’s Corvette Arrives At The National Constitution Center In Advance Of The Blockbuster Exhibition’s Debut Next Week
Positano Coast Reprises Its Five-Course, $55 Tasting Menu For Two
Lucky Magazine Names Philadelphia One Of The 25 Best Cities For Shopping In The U.S.
Act II Playhouse Presents Broadway Drama Time Stands Still, On Stage February 14-March 11

February 7, 2012

While chain restaurants attempt to replicate Italian comfort food, South Philadelphia’s red gravy emporiums are the real deal — after all, they’ve been doing it for more than a century.

Dig into a plate of lasagna and meatballs at iconic Italian restaurants like Ralph’s, Villa di Roma and Dante and Luigi’s for a taste of the old country that isn’t mass-produced.

And at the intimate and very upscale Vetri, you can experience the daily changing menu of rustic Northern Italian delicacies that has critics calling it one of the best Italian restaurants in the country.

Featured Attraction

Table 31 at the Comcast Center

An elegant Italian bistro covering three floors of Philadelphia’s tallest building

Center City West

A collaboration of Georges Perrier and Chris Scarduzio, Table 31 is an Italian bistro — also known for its exquisite steaks — located inside the Comcast Center. And like the Comcast Center, Table 31 is sophisticated, visitor-friendly and definitely on the large side.

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Table 31 at the Comcast Center

An elegant Italian bistro covering three floors of Philadelphia’s tallest building More
LaScala’s Restaurant and Bar

Fresh, home-style Italian-American comfort food in historic Philadelphia More
Garces Trading Company

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Ristorante Panorama

Superb, moderately-priced Italian cuisine at the Penn’s View Hotel in Old City More

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