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Enjoy University City minus 90 percent of its residents
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Enjoy University City minus 90 percent of its residents
I don't know about you, but this half of Team Meal Ticket is suffering from some serious Restaurant Week Fatigue. When the geniuses behind September's Center City Restaurant Week announced that the semi-annual event would now bloat to two weeks of sullen service and warmish par-cooked salmon, my Prix-Fixe Paranoia was joined by a wicked case of the eye rolls. Those not so afflicted may take advantage of the superior savings and bohemian bonhomie of the incipient University City Dining Days, which runs Thursday, July 23 through July 30.
Choose your level of cash commitment � $15, $25 or $30 �� at restaurants of every stripe across the river. Real deals include Vientiane Caf�'s $15 three-courser that features favorites like green papaya salad with chili and peanuts, spicy bamboo shoots stir-fried with veggies and a banana chocolate spring roll; or sample a spring mix salad, fine hardwood-fired pizza and cannoli or tiramisu at Dock Street. At� Distrito, $30 snags you five Mexico City-inspired small plates from an expansive selection; or get your last taste of chef Erin O'Shea's sophisticated Southern before the chef departs Marigold Kitchen in August. PDF menus from each restaurant are available on the Dining Days Web site; hopefully one of them has the cure for my persistent Starrgurgitation.
University City Dining Days kicks off Thursday, July 23 and runs through the 30th, visit ucityphila.org/diningdays
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