One of our city's charms are the old building of past, or mostly past, financial houses and banks. These are very cool buildings and some of them have been cleared of stuffy geezers in straw hats and argyle socks to be refashioned into restaurants. They have high ceilings, fancy columns and some still have neat old furnishings. Founded in 1910 as Butcher & Co. by scion Howard Butcher Jr., the company could trace its lineage to Colonial days through its various acquisitions over the years. One of those acquisitions was of Yarnall, Biddle, which got its start in 1764 as Thomas A. Biddle & Sons.
One of them is Butcher & Singer, at 1500 Walnut Street.
But in 1988 away it went.
Now its a pretty fine place to eat. And the background music isn't too loud, and its not new stuff that is horrible. Also it lacks the sports TV so it has class.
While well presented in the proper glass and delivered perfectly by an excellent server, it had just a touch too much lime. Perfectly acceptable but not quite up to Dan's standard.
The Old Fashioned and the Sidecar were completely first rate.
And the food is excellent, if a bit pricy.
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