Tasting menus are all the rage and the prix fixe menu vibe is trending for Philadelphia restaurants.
The fixed-price or the prix fixe menu has always been a thing but has become very popular in the Philly restaurant scene over the last year. The practice of offering carefully curated multi-course meals at a designated total price, minus gratuity, is a great way for diners to engage the dining experience.
Prix fixe menus also prove to be financially sound for the restaurant. It’s obvious why there is a growing number of restaurants that are adding a prix fixe menu to their culinary offerings. Here are a few restaurants and their offerings to take note of.
Townsend EPX
Chef Townsend Wentz and his Townsend EPX restaurant and bar on East Passyunk Avenue have a full prix fixe menu. After a two-year hiatus, the award-winning French bistro offers a $100 per person six-course tasting menu. The menu, curated by Chef Wentz, includes Roasted Venison Loin, Beef Tenderloin Tartare, Seared Sea Scallop, Skate, Foie Gras Stuffed Pheasant, and Valrhona Chocolate Soufflé.
A Mano
If you like what Chef Townsend put together for you at Townsend EPX, then head over to his Italian BYOB eatery, A Mano.
A Mano has two prix fixe options. Diners can select from a four-course family-style menu for $68 or a pasta family three-course menu for $48. Chef Townsend has assembled a selection of dishes that include Pork Belly Agrodolce, Burrata, Pumpkin Gnocchi with pancetta saba, Pasta Alla Chitarra with blistered cherry tomatoes, olives, and anchovy, Grilled Branzino prepared with charred broccoli, oil cured olives, and salsa rosa, and for dessert, Lemon Olive Oil Cake with fresh blueberries and buttermilk cream.
Forsythia
Spending Sunday in Old City? Make plans for (reservations are strongly suggested) dinner at Forsythia where Chef Christopher Kearse’s Sunday only prix fixe menu is available from 4 pm to 10 pm.
Priced at $55 per person, the menu includes Andouille and Garlic Beignets with red pepper jam, Soup de Jour or Escargot, Mahi Mahi with white bean cassoulet, sunchoke, and lemon coriander nage, or Rohan Duck composed of lentils de puy and foie gras emulsion, and for dessert, Caramel Pot de Crème. For $20 more, you can add Pumpkin Campanelle prepared with duck heart ragout.
River Twice
Thursday through Saturday from 5 pm to 10 pm, for $95 per person the East Passyunk Avenue River Twice is proposing a seven-course tasting menu that is composed daily. In early January, the menu consisted of Raw and Cooked Puntarella, BigEye Tuna, Vineyard Bay Scallops, Carolina Gold Rice, Mackerel Cooked Over Charcoal, Hudson Valley Venison, and Koginut Squash. You can add Sweet Amalia Oysters, Maine Uni, and Kaluga Caviar for an additional price.
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