2929 Arch StPhiladelphia, PA 19104(215) 922-3839
www.raerestaurant.com
Categories: Contemporary
Serves: Lunch
Price Range:
Features & Services: full bar, handicap accessible, smoke free, vegetarian friendly
THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED UNTIL FALL 2009 WHEN IT REOPENS AT TWO LIBERTY. Where the Locals Eat rating
Top 100 Restaurant, Philadelphia
"Chef Daniel Stern's other restaurant, Gayle, seats only thirty-five people; Rae is its antithesis -- bigger and more spectacular than anything in the city."—Esquire
"The lobby restaurant is light-filled and airy, a natural jumping off point for powerbrokers arriving from Manhattan or D.C."
– Gayot
"Who could have guessed that the Cira [Centre] could be home to a kitchen that produces playful upscale bar snacks like smoked rabbit nachos and awe-inspiring comfort food, like sumptuous wine-braised short ribs, with prices that cater to the happy-hour crowd and the expense-accounters?"
– Philadelphia magazine
"The weekday atmosphere is buttoned-down bonhomie, especially at the row of microbrew taps at the bar, but by evening the lights soften and the regulars move in."
– Conde Nast Traveler
How others rate Rae
Zagat 2009
22 food rating (very good to excellent)
Esquire
Best New Restaurants, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer
** (of 4, very good)
Philadelphia magazine
Best Steak, 2008
Conde Nast Traveler
Hot Tables, 2008
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