"My Loup may not be a budget-friendly oyster place (especially if you get them with the $110 seafood plateau), but the French restaurant makes high-end seafood worth it. We can’t imagine stopping by and not ordering a round, along with their clam- and pickled-shrimp friends. Because of its reputation for a good time in Rittenhouse, getting a reservation here can be tough. But you can always hover around the bar like a shark with a taste for tangy housemade mignonette until you scare someone else off. Wash an order down with a 50/50 martini that’s a touch sweet thanks to the rose vermouth, and feel a little fancy. Or, have two or three and play a game of “Who Wants My Number?” Cape May Salt & Sloop Oysters" - candis mclean