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Dark times for Phyllis Stein-Novack at Red Owl Tavern
A measly one tip of the toque for Red Owl Tavern.
Dark times for Phyllis Stein-Novack at Red Owl Tavern
In this week's issue of the South Philly Review Phyllis Stein-Novack finds no love for Red Owl Tavern, the newly opened American concept in Chestnut Street's Hotel Monaco. PSN headed to Red Owl to celebrate her husband Edward's birthday with sister Sandy in tow. Things got off to a rocky start when the lighting level of the dining room made menu perusal a challenge.
And it was pretty much downhill from there. Pickled vegetables disappointed, bone marrow was meh and mussels were deemed unacceptable due to the fact that there was coconut milk in the sauce that was not listed on the menu.
Moving onto mains Edward's chicken pot pie didn't measure up to Santucci's standards (Santucci's has chicken pot pie?) due to the fact that "the creamy sauce congealed as we ate it and tasted like glue." A lamb shank was scrawny and lentils were undercooked.
On the plus side Sandy was pleased with her short ribs and service got the thumbs up. Of course these two factors didn't redeem Red Owl from earning a meager one tip of the toque.
PSN made mention of a brilliant anniversary dinner at Sbraga, fingers crossed we'll be hearing about that come Thursday.
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