The 20 Best Restaurants In Center City - Philadelphia - The Infatuation

"This two-story Rittenhouse spot has a first-floor bar and a more formal dining space upstairs that's filled with candles, leather booths, and stained glass windows surrounded by worn-down shutters. It’s an atmosphere that’s somehow both relaxing and uber-sophisticated, and no matter where you sit you’ll have an unforgettable meal. They serve an eight-course, $165 tasting menu, and you can expect things like perfectly executed beef tartare, charred octopus, crudo with caviar, and New York strip with cinnamon-y yams. When your meal is over, you can just head downstairs to their lively bar, have a few cocktails, and keep the night going. Reservations are released at 10am on the first of the month for the following month. Try that to book the tasting menu experience upstairs, or just claim you’re Rihanna's distant relative and hope for the best. FSS's downstairs bar is walk-in only, and it fills up around 5pm every day. Stop by for a drink and some snacks while you brainstorm an alternate celebrity to namedrop when Rihanna doesn’t land you a table." - candis mclean, alison kessler