Blackfish/Obama Fever
Congrats to Chip Roman and his restaurant Blackfish for being voted the third best restaurant in the Delaware Valley by Philly Magazine. As regular readers may know, I’ve been hyping this restaurant for months and it’s nice to see that Chip is getting his due. Blackfish ranked ahead of Vetri, Le Bec Fin, Striped Bass, etc…Not bad for a 28 year old. Good luck getting a reservation.
From Philly Mag:
This is the moment when we usually pause to chatter happily about the year’s best new restaurants. And don’t worry, we will. But there’s a bigger topic on the table, too. Because this year, when we talk about Philly’s best new restaurants, we’re also talking about Philly’s best restaurants. The best. Period.
The List:
1. Osteria
2. Lacroix
3. Blackfish
4. Amada
5. Rae
6. James
7. Vetri
8. Striped Bass
9. Gilmore’s
10. Morimoto
11. Standard Tap
12. Fountain Restaurant
13. Birchrunville Store Cafe
14. Supper
15. Le Bar Lyonnais
16. Barclay Prime
17. Ansill
18. Positano Coast
19. Melograno
20. Xochitl
21. Gayle
22. Tinto
23. Bistro 7
24. Le Castagne
25. Alison at Blue Bell
26. Le Bec-Fin
27. Matyson
28. Vietnam
29. Modo Mio
30. Tiffin
31. Sang Kee Peking Duck House
32. Snackbar
33. N. 3rd
34. The Inn at Saint Peter’s Village
35. El Vez
36. Susanna Foo
37. Majolica
38. Sagami
39. Carman’s Country Kitchen
40. Nectar
41. Honey’s Sit ’n’ Eat
42. Pumpkin
43. Han Dynasty
44. Tequila’s
45. Bar Ferdinand
46. Bliss
47. Sovalo
48. Lolita
49. Bluefin
50. Nan
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Barack Obama received a strong recommendation in today’s NY Times from Caroline Kennedy. In her Op Ed piece, A President Like My Father, she states:
I want a president who understands that his responsibility is to articulate a vision and encourage others to achieve it; who holds himself, and those around him, to the highest ethical standards; who appeals to the hopes of those who still believe in the American Dream, and those around the world who still believe in the American ideal; and who can lift our spirits, and make us believe again that our country needs every one of us to get involved.
I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.
While I am still undecided (outside of “no friggin’ way to Billary”), I am taking a much closer look at Obama. Having voted for, and been burned twice by President Bush, I suppose I’m maturing a bit as a voter and am disenchanted to the extent that it’s time to take a look at the other side of the aisle.
Do yourself a favor, take 8 minutes and check out his South Carolina victory speech last night. If nothing else, the dude can speak and inspire us all to get involved and take the country back. Pretty refreshing to hear a presidential candidate that can actually form coherent sentences using proper grammar.
