{"id":310,"date":"2012-12-10T19:15:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T23:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/?p=310"},"modified":"2012-12-10T19:19:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T23:19:07","slug":"shopping-and-dining-under-one-roof-at-art-alliance-rittenhouse-tavern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/2012\/12\/10\/shopping-and-dining-under-one-roof-at-art-alliance-rittenhouse-tavern\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping and dining under one roof at Art Alliance, Rittenhouse Tavern"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the holiday season, most folks have two long lists: a shopping list of gifts to buy; and a calendar chockablock with social gatherings.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In Philly<\/a>, you can eat, shop and be merry, all under the historic roof of the Wetherill Mansion at 251 S. 18th St., home to both Rittenhouse Tavern<\/a>, a cushy, chic and creative restaurant, and the Philadelphia Art Alliance<\/a>, where visitors can both admire and purchase contemporary crafts and designs.<\/p>\n

The Art Alliance, located toward the street side of the building, is a bright, hip space. It\u2019s a great place to find one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted jewelry and textiles — after all, one can never have too many decorative pillows — for that particular someone on your list.<\/p>\n

As for the restaurant, it\u2019s more salon than tavern. I especially appreciate the EB Manhattan ($13), a sleek and satiny concoction of Rittenhouse rye, with both sweet and dry vermouth.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Enjoy your holiday get-together with friends in either the lounge, warmed by a Carrera marble fireplace that graced the original mansion, or enjoy a repast in the dining room. (Note the mural of geese in flight, painted by Richard Blossom Farley<\/a> in the 1920s.) In warmer months, guests can dine outdoors on a cobblestone patio.<\/p>\n

The menu by chef Nick Elmi, an alum of the old Le Bec Fin<\/a>, lists such high-touch dishes as Scotch eggs wrapped in pork farce (that\u2019s chopped and seasoned piggy). Entrees include crispy striped bass with cabbage, barley and hibiscus ($27) and hay-roasted mallard breast with smoked white yam, celery and crab apple ($31).\u00a0Each Sunday, Rittenhouse serves up a regional treat, an Amish-style supper of fried chicken ($19).<\/p>\n

Open for dinner, Tuesday through Sunday. Brunch Saturday and Sunday. Closed on Monday.<\/p>\n

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