Another gorgeous late-summer day spent exploring the nabe and beyond, taking many pics of restaurants & cafes along the way to further research them online. A lot of places at the Italian market were closed on Monday, although Talluto’s was not — famous for their pillowy ricotta ravioli… but we didn’t feel like cooking last night.
Decided to check another place off my Philly Eatz list: Royal Tavern — a pub with the usual pub grub & some unusual food items. We had a few of the addictive marinated clams I could’ve made a meal of
(hot pepper relish, chives, bacon mayo, bread crumbs),
a crab puff
(choux bun, creamy lump crab salad, Grana Padano),
then moved onto the more mundane, which was really what we’d come for: to satisfy a burger craving.
The Nic Mac with a single patty of Happy Valley Meats (!) beef, lettuce, mac sauce, banana peppers, American cheese, and seeded potato bun did the trick, and the side of crispy wings with peri peri & green sauce didn’t suck, either.
Warsteiner on tap to go with. 'bout $90 total w/out tip. A little more than we were hoping to spend on a Monday eve, but certainly not a rip-off.
