After visiting downtown Philadelphia attractions such as Academy of Music, Logan Circle or Carpenter's Hall, stop in at one of the many restaurants on Sansom Street for a bite to eat. Numerous Sansom Street restaurants offer casual and fine dining options complete with micro-brewed beer, live entertainment and signature house specialties.
Spanning three adjacent Victorian brownstones, White Dog Café offers fine dining in an upscale dining room decorated in rich, red tones and embellished with wood accents. The restaurant specializes in contemporary American cuisine and uses produce, meats and seafood grown and harvested from environmentally sustainable sources. The restaurant's seasonally inspired menu features selections such as wild mushroom soup with grilled Amish chicken, whole grilled trout, pan-seared ahi tuna, spicy lamb Bolognese and grilled romaine radicchio salad. White Dog Café accommodates private parties of up to 175 guests, and hosts weekly live music entertainment events.
White Dog Café
3420 Sansom St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-9224
whitedog.com
Nodding Head Brewery & Restaurant offers traditional pub food items with a signature twist. The casual restaurant's appetizer selections include shrimp-stuffed jalapenos, beer-battered onion rings and St. Louis-style barbecue ribs; and salad selections such as pepper-encrusted New York strip steak salad and mixed green salad tossed with the restaurant's citrus vinaigrette. The restaurant's vast entrée selections include hamburgers served with house-made mayonnaise, pan-blackened chicken breast sandwiches, Moroccan-style mussels and Cajun-style jambalaya. Nodding Head Brewery & Restaurant on-site brewed beers include 60 Schilling, a Scottish-style ale; Grog, and English-style ale; and O-Tay, a golden ale.
Nodding Head Brewery & Restaurant
1516 Sansom St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-569-9525
ripsneakers.com/nodding
Chris's Jazz Café offers fine dining in a contemporary, vibrantly decorated dining room. The restaurant's first course dinner selections include French onion soup, sautéed Little Neck clams and bourbon-glazed jumbo shrimp; and the second course selections include strawberry and goat cheese salad, fig and Gorgonzola salad and romaine salad topped with parmesan-lemon dressing. Chris' main course menu items include braised beef short ribs, pan-seared crab cakes and grilled pasta primavera prepared with seasonal vegetables. Chris' Jazz Café hosts numerous live music entertainment events throughout the week.
Chris' Jazz Café
1421 Sansom St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-568-3131
chrisjazzcafe.com
