Del Friscos

Del Friscos
http://delfriscos.com/
1426 Chestnut St Ste 28, Philadelphia, PA 19102 (215) 246-0533

Del Friscos Philadelphia is one of 12 locations spread throughout the country. Famous for their steaks, I would say the Del Friscos in Philadelphia is also famous for its atmosphere. It is located in a huge building right in downtown Philadelphia a minute's walk from City Hall.  The building was a former bank and displays lovely Corinthian columns and carved ceilings with an imposing wine elevator in the center of the restaurant.
Certainly not for people dining on a budget, this is a special occasion or date type of restaurant.  Dinner for two can be expected to run around $180, conservatively.

The shrimp cocktail to start was good, not the best I have tasted but good. I will say, Del Friscos needs to match up the presentation of their dishes to the prices.  For such an immaculate and grand atmosphere and setting, you would expect the food to be dressed a bit nicer.

Lamb (2 Double Cut 8 oz. Chops).  I order it medium and it came out a bit more rare than medium.  Still palatable though.  The cut of meat itself was very good and the teriyaki type sauce with it was nice.  Again, not much in terms of presentation, but taste was very good.

The sides are served family style so everyone at the table can share. These were Sauteed Mushrooms.  Again tasty, but nothing to rave about.

Potatoes Au Gratin. Potatoes Au Gratin is ultimate French comfort food. It involves layering thinly sliced potatoes with heavy cream (a lot of it!) and grated cheese in a gratin dish.  These were tasty as well, again presentation suffered tremendously, but the taste was good.

A well executed creme brulee for dessert.

Chocolate mousse for dessert.
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