Banshee Restaurant
Restaurant · Schuylkill ·
Small plates, house bread, desserts, unique cocktails & wine
Small plates, house bread, desserts, unique cocktails & wine
"Banshee comes from the team behind the beloved (and now shuttered)Bing Bing Dim Sum, but this buzzy Graduate Hospital spot seems undecided on how it wants to stand out. The menu skews European, and when it stays there, it totally works—think a chicories salad with pear and goat cheese, a cracker-thin tart flambée topped with maitakes, and a roast half chicken finished with luscious marcona almond butter. Then come the detours: Kyoto carrots, hamachi crudo, and red kuri rice with koji butter that are solid but unnecessary. Add in cocktails that fall flat, and the whole meal feels disjointed. For now, Banshee is best treated as a stop for a glass of wine, one or two small plates, and the excellent ’80s pop soundtrack. We’ll be back soon to see if it finds its footing." - Alison B. Kessler
"The food-and-wine pop-up ending its residency at Banshee cited a lack of government support and resources; it will continue every Sunday and Monday through the following month with a possibility of return in a new iteration. In a lengthy Instagram post the team wrote, “Long Snake is not dying, but it has worn out this skin, and it will not return in the same form, as a weekly residency somewhere else.” They added, “When it returns, it will be less frequent, but more collaborative, and even more community driven. It will be outspoken, and it will be more creative.”" - Henna Bakshi
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