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"The long-running, members-only speakeasy-style bar and restaurant housed in a South Philly row home since 1918 added a second-story martini lounge this month. The President’s Room is cocktail-only, open Fridays and Saturdays from 6 p.m. to midnight, and opens with clarified dirty martinis served with a gorgonzola-stuffed olive. For access, members of two years or more must upgrade their membership card with a gold presidential seal sold by its doorman; limited reservations are available through Resy and all other seating is first-come, first-served. The establishment was named after an Italian painter and originally opened as a gathering spot for immigrants from the town of Vasto in Italy’s Abruzzo region." - Tierney Plumb