The Victor Café

"Housed in a former gramophone shop on Dickinson Street, the Victor Cafe is Philadelphia’s premier destination for red sauce Italian and live opera. Choose from a menu of straightforward Italian classics like linguine with clams and veal saltimbocca and enjoy the serenade of singing servers. This unique restaurant takes reservations on OpenTable." - Ernest Owens

"When only checkered table cloths, Frank Sinatra's greatest hits, and comically large maps of Italy will do, head to The Victor Café in Passyunk Square. It's a classic Italian place—they even have live opera every night—where you can share a bottle of wine, eat creamy vegetable risotto, and perfect your spaghetti twirling technique. It's incredibly useful for a date night or weeknight when only a tasty plate of carbs will do. Grab an order of the salty veal saltimbocca along with one of their many spritzes and pretend you're at Adrian's beside Rocky himself (in fact, it's where Rocky Balboa was filmed)." - candis mclean, alison kessler

"You know that extremely competitive friend? You told them about your love of dogs and they told you they own an animal rescue? Well, they just got back from Rome and it’s been a week of speeches about America needing midday naps (ok, true) and asking staff if the pasta is handmade everywhere you go. The Victor Café in Passyunk Square has enough bistro tables, checkered tablecloths, and live opera to make them think they’re down the street from Trevi Fountain. They have a menu full of shareable Italian dishes like creamy vegetable risotto and salty veal saltimbocca that will get them out of their post-vacation misery, and an Italian spritz lineup that will help you with constantly having to hear about it. " - candis mclean

"When only checkered table cloths, Frank Sinatra's greatest hits, and comically large maps of Italy will do, head to The Victor Café in Passyunk Square. It's a classic old-school Italian place—they even have live opera every night—where you can share a bottle of wine, eat creamy vegetable risotto, and perfect your spaghetti twirling technique. It's incredibly useful for a date night or weeknight when only a tasty plate of carbs will do. Grab an order of the salty veal saltimbocca along with one of their many spritzes and pretend you're at an opera house." - candis mclean

"When only checkered tablecloths, Frank Sinatra, and comically large maps of Italy will do, head to The Victor Café in Passyunk Square. It's about as classic as it gets—enjoy perfectly salty veal saltimbocca, creamy vegetable risotto, and perfect your spaghetti twirling technique to the sounds of opera (the staff actually performs it every 30 minutes). It's incredibly useful for a romantic date night or weeknight when you need a spritz and want nothing more in life than pasta and a Pavorotti impression. " - candis mclean