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Tria has earned their 5th star.
I ended up emailing the importer of the wine I mentioned in my previous review, and as it turns out it's a seasonal wine that is only sold to restaurants in PA and not sold at all in NY or NJ. They recommended other similar wines by the same vineyard, all of which were about $10/bottle. So, pricey as it may have been, it's a rare treat indeed.
PS. The cured pork loin is amazing.
I love wine, and I love cheese. Therefore, I love Tria.
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What can I say about Tria that 74 other reviews haven't? Yes, the menu is chosen so well that you could throw darts at it and come up with something that would be better than 99% of restaurants in the city. Sure, the staff are super-friendly and super-knowledgeable. I secretly want to invite all of them to a party some day. It's true, Sunday School offers the best price-to-deliciousness ratio around.
I'll spare you several paragraphs of gushy praise and give it to you straight: Tria is practically flawless both in concept and execution. You want to go here.
Practical note that might actually be useful to someone: this location is bigger, so you have a better shot at getting in within the hour. It also has more outdoor seating for al fresco indulging, perhaps with your pooch, who will enjoy fresh ice water and tons of love from the staff.
Tria is my favorite place for a drink or a quick bite in the city for a reason. Their beer, wine and cheese menus are comprehensive and almost invariably well-chosen.
Sign up for their e-mail list. You'll get advance notice of special visits from visiting distributors or winemakers, which occur pretty much every week.
And don't miss out on Sunday School either - one of the best bargains in the city will open up your eyes to new varietals or brews you might not have chanced at full-price
Great wine selection and exquisite cheese selections.. what else could I ask for? Oh yes, great atmosphere? Which they have! The service was great and the drinks were just amazing! You can tell they spent alot of time coming up with their wine and cheese list.
Although I did not get to try many wines, I think the best one I had when I was there was their Chardonnay , which is from Bouchaine Vineyards ('07) Fruit forward and finishes with a toasty, almost nutty flavor. Very light and smooth.
I don't remember which cheese we got, but their brie was very delicious! Very creamy but light, with a smooth texture.
This is a very good place to go after a nice meal with a date to end the night perfectly. Guys, my advice is... if you're going to take a date their, don't just read the comments, but go by yourself first and try a couple different things, so you can impress the girl by giving her your own opinion of what you liked. ;)
This has quickly become one of my favorite spots in the city whether for lunch, light afternoon snack, dinner, late evening snacks . . . There is never a bad time to go to Tria. Their ever-evolving wine list always features a wide enough selection to suit anyone in any mood, whether you want a cozy, familiar Cali Pinot Noir, or something adventurous from South Africa with powerful bell pepper tones. They also have some of the most spot-on descriptions of wine I have ever encountered. The beer selection is similarly impressive.
By now, I have sampled nearly everything on their food menu. It has been universally excellent. The small plates and bruschetta provide delightful treats when you don't want to commit to real food. The salads are generous servings for one person and loaded with goodies. The paninis each come with a little salad and are easily enough to share between two people. And the cheese - Oh, the cheese! Again, great selections always paired with a little something to set off the flavor (think fig and dark chocolate jam with a Stilton, or chili-infused honey with Ponte Nova).
The only possible con is the fact that it is WAY too easy to spend money here, but it need not be so. The food prices are very reasonable, as are most beers. The price can start to run up with the wines, which average around $10 per glass. One could limit one's self to a glass or two, or switch over to beer. I have not been able to use either strategy myself, but I think that is a personal problem between me and wine. I am willing to pay for excellent wine served to me in a lovely atmosphere by pleasant and knowledgeable staff.
Just writing this review has made me need to go to Tria ASAP, probably tonight. It's that good.
Favorite, favorite, favorite place in Philly, hands down. Been there three different times now and each time has been pleasurable and cheap.
Bruschettas are hand-licking good - have tried the caramalized onion, truffled mushroom, garlic and pesto, pistachio + honey, and the brie + cherries ones. All are good but my faves are the garlic and pesto and the pistachio + honey.
I always get the Three Cheese and Tomato Panino to split which is a good sized portion if you're splitting between two people. It comes with a side salad as well. Finally, the sweets are to *die* for; try the banana and mascarpone panino -- it's different and surprisingly good.
I'll always be a fan of this place. Love.
Tria turned out to be the perfect spot for a friendly rendezvous with my party of four hungry, cheap, but discerning grad students including 1 vegan, 1 vegetarian, and one cheesesteak-atarian. The atmosphere is hip but homey and inviting, and the menu offers a great selection of fresh, creative dishes for a variety of tastes at a great value.
We started by sharing two of the very reasonably-priced ($3-$3.50!) appetizers: tuscan white bean spread with baguette crisps, and bruschetta topped with pistachio herbed ricotta with sage honey. Mmmm, mmmm good. These little bites served as the perfect amuse bouche to whet my appetite without filling me up. The pistachio ricotta was particularly delectable.
As a main, I tried the sandwich of fresh mozzarella with crispy prosciutto, tomato, arugula and garlic vinaigrette on airy ciabatta bread, with a side salad of spring mix. It was like a BLT that had died and gone to heaven, and at $8.50, a serious steal.
Our resident cheesesteak-atarian was mollified with a hearty smoked chicken and cheddar sandwich, while my veg friends looked happy as clams with their asparagus, white bean, artichoke, and pine nut salads. The service was very attentive without being overbearing, and they were patient as we stayed and chatted long after paying the bill.
Overall, a light, fresh, yet deeply satisfying meal. At these prices, I'll have to put Tria into regular rotation.
After walking by this place umpteen times and never trying it finally stopped in the other night for a late light dinner and glass of wine. Lovely little wine bar. We tried two of the bruschettas and two of the salads. All very tasty. And as you would expect from a wine bar, excellent long list of wines by the glass. I had a very tasty Dolcetto. Nice vibe among the customers too - it's not related to the food or wine, but be honest - it DOES affect your experience.
Went to Tria last night and had a blast.
Great friendly service. Nice outside seating (with warmers). Good selection of drinks...
For an appy we shared the Spicy Crab and Chickpea Stuffed Piquillo Peppers which was outstanding... great combination of flavors and perfect portion...
Then we had smoked chicken, both the salad and the sandwich. Personally, I liked the sandwich more, but I am not all that big on the salads anyway...
Overall, a very good experience.
I love to go to Tria's on Sunday nights. That is the only way I can afford the beer or wine. The food is great. The cheese platters always have a nice accompaniment with them. The salads are out of this world. The only problem is after you go there a couple times you've tried everything. And it gets boring.
Wine, beer, and cheese: the three basic food groups? Honestly, I only really need the second two, but Tria's good at all three. I'm no wine connoisseur so I appreciate that the staff knows their stuff. I tried a red that I enjoyed (I think the waitress said it was "funky") but the beers were about a million percent better. All the beers we tried were delicious, had a lot of character, and paired very nicely with our food. They reminded me how Yuengling just tastes like water.
This is a great place to try lots of different small plates. We got four different bruschettas that were all good (the hands-down winner was the brie and balsamic strawberries). The asparagus salad rocked. And the cheese that we had should run for mayor. And if you have room for dessert, the lemon square was a great way to end the meal.
One thing: I'd like to see more local items on the menu. They had a Yards and a Stoudt's, but they should be able to find some good non-conventional PA beers. Most of their cheeses were from Europe, but they had some NY and VT stuff in there too; there are some great PA cheeses that they could add. The menu changes every season, so hopefully some local stuff might make it on there sometime soon.
In so many ways, this place is a great joint. Where other places decked out in black and dark wood seem to be trying too hard, this place really makes it work. The curving bar does little to add space, but it definitely adds some eye-pleasing lines to a smallish area up front. The open 'kitchen' is neat and orderly, down to the awesome white marble prepping area. Beer selection, impressive - food options, eclectic and interesting in description.
But then Tria stumbles a bit.
Figs stuffed with gorgonzola and proscuitto were really figs stuffed with a mild cheese on a mound of messy pruscuitto sitting on the plate.
Bruschetta with goat cheese and basil pesto was made seemingly from Trader Joes ingredients.
And a roast duck salad with strawberries and lemon vinaigrette resembled a tossed salad from one of those food court salad mix up joints topped with cold duck breast that proved to me for the first time that duck can be bland.
For a place that is so ordered and precise (I mean they weigh the amount of cheese on a cheese and cracker plate, they are that anal), this place didn't seem to focus much on the details of presentation or seasoning.
So sneaky!
You can only order wine by the glass!
Ok, maybe sneaky is the wrong word.
It's not like they're hiding the fact.
Business savvy?
In any case, the wine selection is very good, and the staff is great.
Also have some pretty stand out cheeses and they're nice about bringing extra slices of bread.
Bruschetta menu is also cute & tasty. Tried the fig&brie and the pesto. Both very good although the bread could have been a teeny bit toastier!
Overall, very fun place with good food & wine. Can't ask for much more!
Wine selection is great for amatuer or wino expert. Our server could have been a sommelier, she was deliciously descriptive. We came in after a long walk looking for something refreshing, I asked if they had a Moscato. They did not, however, the server was quick to describe similar flavors and help me pick the most appetizing wine. Apologetically, the title escapes me. Not being a white wine drinker, this was very helpful.
Enjoyed a $3 snack, which is indeed that, tiny snack, but delicious. Also the Tuna sandwich with Kalamata Olives. A great addition to what could have been a seemingly dry sandwich. The salty olives leave you salivating for the next bite. on ciabatta bread, which was very soft - the way I like it on account of my TMJ.
Atmosphere is urban chic for in or outside dining. Casual dinner or cocktails and apps before dinner best.
Boy do I love this place! I started going here before it got popular but it is still amazing and worth the wait. Great beer and wine selection, the food is perfect (light fair like sandwiches and salads, cheese, and bruschetta - which you must try!). Great to hang out on Sunday as well - check out Sunday school!!
Wow their funky red wines are so reliably out of this world unique and amazing and powerfully interesting-tasting and they change so often, I've never found a wine bar ever anywhere that can match that. And they always pour slowly so there's no bubbles, and they always use Spiegelau glass so it feels nice in the hand, mouth, and it's always the right temperature and the service is impeccable and knowledgable and it's a great corner for tranny prostitute watching and those little supercheap bread bits taste so damn good, nothing in Philly is quite as world-class as this place, not even the art museum. Wow.
We were planning to have dinner at Lolita, but since it is BYOT and I'm an out of towner, I didn't think I could polish off a whole bottle with dinner. I like to drink and all, but yeah, my frat party years are long gone. Long story short, pre dinner cocktails ended with Lolita closing her doors on us at 9:15pm. Boo.
Enter Tria. A wine, cheese and beer cafe? Sign me up! The space was open and airy...and busy for 9:30pm on a Tuesday. No matter that we couldn't score a seat outside, we got one right by the huge open windows.
We were starving, so we decided to share several dishes. Poached Mission Figs with Gorgonzola and Prosciutto, Spicy Crab and Chickpea Stuffed Piquillo Peppers, Truffle Potato Chips, Olive and Red Pepper Bruschetta, Caramelized Onion and Feta Bruschetta, and a slice of Fromage de Meaux, a French raw cow's milk brie.
All of the food was delicious, but we seriously need to take a moment to reflect on that brie. I don't even love brie, but this one was different. Creamy, smooth, a bit salty. OMG. My mouth is watering. It was so good, I ordered a second plate of it...for myself. And I'm not sorry. It's listed under the "Luscious" section of the menu. I think this cheese is the definition of luscious. Mmmmmmmmm....love.
Tria offers a nice selection of local and international beers, as well as several reasonably priced wines by the glass. Our servers were attentive and friendly. But I'll really be back for that cheese!
Call me a wine amateur (YOU'RE A WINE AMATEUR!). Thanks. Now that we've established that you can read AND you know how to follow instructions, I suggest all white wine lovers to try Tria, because they have an ENTIRE SECTION of their menu dedicated to "Zippy Whites."
ZIPPY. WHITES. Two words re: wine could not taste better together. I only like white wine if it's so acidic and dry that it's on the verge of sparkling, and mother humper if this place doesn't nail it every time.
p.s. it's expensive. Der.
When my roommate asked me for a Sunday night date spot recommendation, I suggested Tria in a hurry. She's been excited all week for the date she was supposed to have last night. Low and behold, her date cancels 15 minutes prior to their actual meeting time. LAME! So, in good roommate form, I took her out instead.
Tria offers a Sunday School special where they feature one wine, one cheese and one beer. The featured wine was an Australian Mataro/Shiraz made by Some Young Punks. The bottle is called "Drink'n'Stick." For only $6, we ordered glass after glass. You can't beat a Sunday night at Tria. Even if your date stands you up, find a friend and go.
After closing down a nearby restaurant, it was decided that Tria was the closest spot for a drink in a quiet atmosphere. At around midnight, the bar was surprisingly quiet for a Saturday and there were only a few tables still occupied. I loved the dark, sexy vibe, flickering candles and the music selection, which was loud enough to hear but not so much that we had to shout over it.
Since I had already enjoyed several beverages throughout the late afternoon and evening, I asked the bartender for a light beer of his choice. He suggested one of their newest beers, Avril, which turned out to be a refreshing Belgian Ale.
It was a lovely evening and I plan to return soon for another relaxing night, perhaps with wine and cheese next time.
Fermentation celebration! After returning to Tria, I've decided it's the perfect place. I didn't even have any drinks this time (shame, as there are so many great beers and wines to choose from). But the small plates of food are superb and allow you to sample a few things without filling up or breaking the bank. This time I tried the goat cheese and pesto bruschetta and the figs with cheese and prosciutto. Both delish. Together they made a perfect-sized light dinner. Plus I love me some figs! And all for under $13 including tax and tip? Fantastic. I pay more than that sometimes for the craptastic food at the mall foco.
Also had the pomegranate iced tea... and was happy to find they were free refills. That and they do a great job of keeping your water glass full. I can't undersestimate how key that is to enjoying a meal.
Extra bonus: They told us it'd be a 30-40 min wait... expected on a nice Friday night. But they sat us after only 10-15 min. Woo!
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Been three times. My first foray into Philly food. Great wine selection and a nice way to spend an evening tasting wine and eating tasty food.
Nice music on the PA. Just my speed.
Hot damn! I love this place. Where else can one go and not feel guilty about spending a pretty penny on 5 glasses of wine? Okay, I may be a lush, but it's hard to resist not trying several wine selections from Tria's well-chosen (and adorably named) list... also it's hard to not to indulge in one of their decadent dessert wine, port and sherry selections either.
Mind you, my friends and I were there for at least three hours. (So consuming five glasses of vino in the course of three hours isn't bad, is it? IS it? sheesh) - and in that time, the staff was super helpful, available and friendly. It was some of the best service I've had in Philly in quite some time.
Loved the location, the ambiance, the space (much roomier than the original on 18th), the big windows - . It has a decent bar area, that seats about 10 or so.
The cheese list is delectable (I only wish it was more extensive!) -I loved that they didn't skimp with the baguette slices (and they gave us more without having to ask) - Also, I liked that they offer up a spread with your chosen cheeses. We went for a chèvre, a gres des vosges and a super bold cheese with paprika (name escapes me now) - and they respectively accompanied it with a cherry spread, a truffled mushroom paté and sage honey. Yummers.
As our three hours rounded out, we also indulged in some bruschetta - try the smoked mozzarella, roasted tomato and prosciutto (can one ever get enough bread and cheese? that's the question) - and salads (which they generous split for us, no hassle!)
I can see how the place can fill up - awesome service + faboo wine/beer/cheese list and a place you can stay three hours chatting, drinking and eating away without a care in the world? Sign me up.
Amazing Food. Decent Wine. Good Service. Perfect place for a romantic date :)
Let's string together some adjectives: upscale urban casual. To make Tria you take a Cosi and add table service, premium wine, beer and cheese, and spruce up the atmosphere and decor.
My group started with Tria's "Sunday School" selection of half price drinks and cheese. The regular menu is largely panini and salads, and the items my group had were all very tasty and fresh. The service was attentive; a waitress unobtrusively kept my beer glass full by refilling it from my bottle.
This seems like a great place to go for drinks - if someone else is paying. My second beer (not from the Sunday School menu) was $8.
Wow, Tria culture on a budget. I suggest you put on something nice and take your date to Tria on a Sunday evening when they have their Sunday school special. Half price wine, beer and cheese. The ambience is freaking awesome and I always dig the pairings. It's a slow paces restaurant. I've never felt like the waitress was glaring me into buying something else fast and moving on, even when the place is packed. It can take a while to get table, but just wait at the bar cause its worth it, beer wine and cheese will give you an oral orgasm. I'm biased though, cause I love cheese. Few people do, so take a friend who hates cheese and eat their share of the cheese special. (Cause you only get to take one for half price of each). That was my fatass moment.
Ok place for a glass of wine post work. I am always attracted to any large windows facing the street, and this bar has some nice window seating. The cheapest glass of wine I saw was 7+. Not too bad, but the average price was over 9, which I find to be on the expensive side, even if it is standard Philly pricing. Decent wine selection though, some interesting finds.
We asked the bartender if they made mulled wine.....kind of an odd request I suppose, but it was one of the coldest days of the year, so we wanted something hot and spicy. I'm not sure if the bartender was being snooty or if she honestly didn't know what mulled wine is. She said that they don't have Franzia to make it with! I exclaimed that I definitely don't make it with Franzia! (For f**** sake!) I make it with a mix of Madeira, any decent red wine, sugar and mulling spices, and heat it over very low heat. Its great. Hell you can even use white wine and rosemary. Its really very exciting, all the possibilities. But anyway, she was either confused or trying to be elitist. I suppose we will never know her true intentions ;-)
At least they were playing decent music in there. Anyway, 3 stars.
I walk past here every day but it took until Monday for me to take the initiative of looking at the menu in the window. Intrigued by what I saw, I investigated further & discovered that they have an awesome beer list. I'm disappointed it took me until now to go here, but I'm glad nonetheless that it happened. I like pretty much everything Tria is about.
First, the beers. I had been eying the Bell's Expedition Stout since I looked up the beer list on their website, so I tried to order that right off. The waiter suggested an off-menu Ten Fidy Stout can instead, and boy was he on to something. Great, robust flavor on that beer. (I had the Bell's next, and liked it, though less so than the Teen Fidy, which I went back to afterwards.) I also tried some of my friends' Rogue Morimoto Hazelnut Brown Nectar, which was likewise great. (I've had the Rogue Morimoto Soba ales, and like them enough to buy them whenever I see them in the store.) Some of my friends got wine, and seemed to enjoy it, but I can't really comment on that.
As for the food, it was just okay. The spiced almonds make a great bar snack but the potato chips were a minor letdown, good but nothing special. The smoked mozzarella with crispy prosciutto bruschetta was okay, but there wasn't much on the plate. The gorgonzola with fig jam bruschetta tasted like butt, so yeah, would not recommend that one. One friend ordered a salad, which looked very good, and she seemed to enjoy it.
The service is commendable. They were very attentive and accommodating. Our group started with three people and grew to seven, but they had no issue with letting us switch tables. Plus, the Ten Fidy recommendation, for which I am forever indebted to our waiter.
The real reason Tria gets a full five star review from me is that while I was there, Langhorne Slim (!) came over the speakers. Instant bump from four to five stars.
the spruce st. tria is so much better than the 18th st. one. it's a lot more spacious and feels more inviting. fyi, the back room is a little isolating, so i wouldn't recommend that area (particularly seats near the bathroom which get a lot of traffic), but the bar area and outside seating are more open and interactive.
i recommend the almonds (fennel), almost any cheese, and the truffle egg toast (w/ fontina). the wine is always reliable. it really just depends on what you're in the mood for.
i knocked off one star b/c one of the bartenders was a little rude about giving a taste of wine before ordering b/c he was self-admittedly tired of drying glasses. come on...if you're a wine bar you should be used to oenophiles wanting to taste the wine before ordering a glass...
This place is great! Nice atmosphere, great wine list (had one of my favorite sauvignon blancs) and it's not too pricey - we felt like we'd eaten a lot when the bill came.
We ordered (3) cheeses, the white bean dip (a bit too garlicky), figs stuffed w/ cheese and prosciutto and then we each had a salad - I had the grilled vegetable salad; sister had the figs/blue cheese salad; our friend had the duck salad - everything was devoured.
I'll definitely be going back when I'm back in town!
mmmmmm Tria.
One of the best parts of living in Philadelphia is being so close to Tria. This place is top notch on so many levels. Allow me to explain...
1. The wine. Each is offered by the glass for mostly reasonable prices. They are thoughtfully chosen, well described on the menu and all have been delicious so far.
2. The food. Everything, literally EVERYTHING is delicious. I'm not usually a chicken salad fan but the truffled chicken sandwich is out of this world. The ricotta bruschetta is sweet, tangy and delicious. The beet salad is amazing. I know, I know beet and goat cheese salad is so like 2001 but just get it at Tria, you won't regret it.
3. The service. Really great, knowledgeable and efficient servers run the show. Everyone has been friendly but not invasive. If you say that you are splitting the dishes, they are served on separate plates. Adore.
This place is an absolute gem. I'm a fan for life.
Yes yes yes. stopped in last night after 1st Friday action and it was every bit as good, if not better. We sat at the bar this time and the same sense of team work I noticed on the floor is seen behind the bar.
I had the Spanish Tuna with Black Olive-Red Pepper Tapenade and Arugula Sandwich and was blown away. I'm talking empty plate club!
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I love Tria - it's a great spot to try new wines and the food is great. I love meeting friends for drinks here!
So, you are on a business trip, meet a fellow traveler whose company you enjoy, it's 11:30pm, but you know that, on no uncertain terms, you do not want to take this person back to your hotel room having just met. What to do?
Well, how about some dessert wine in a public place like Tria?
It's open until 2am and quiet so you can have more great conversation about molecular biology, Puerto Rico, travel, metaphysics, movies, books, Italian food, and jazz/blues, but also have the comfort of plenty of people and waitresses around. There are bites to eat if either of you are hungry (great cheese and salad selection), and there are plenty of wines and spirits to choose from.
As a business traveler, Tria was a wonderful place to visit. Jillian, my waitress was a delight.
I tried both the Tawny Port -15 yr ages Yalumba ($10) and the Banyuls, M. Chapoutier ($10.50). The view of the hustle and bustle on the streets was nice. The wooden bar, hanging lights, and decor were appealing.
Despite my gratitude for ANY late night safe haven, I'd go back to Tria when next in Philly in a heartbeat.
So good! Love the selection of food and wine. Staff is helpful with wine pairings. A little on the pricey side, but great place to share several of the small plates with others.
Been here twice in the last so many months. Both times I thought the food was superb. Served sort of tapas style we could get lots of things to share and taste. Some of the cheese/topping pairing were amazing. I'm not a big cheese know-it-all but there was this one spreadable-ish cheese with a honeycomb topping. Amazing! Wish I could remember the name. I'm definitely a beer drinker and their beer list is impressive. First time the service was great and friendly. Second time, still attentive, but a bit of pretension that I hope was not intended. I asked some questions about one of their styles of beer and the server basically talked down to me. However, as I am told, Tria puts a lot of time into educating their staff about what they serve. This is a great thing. 5 star place overall.
I have to say that there are few occasions when I feel more grown up then when I'm hanging with friends at Tria. The food is good and needless to say the wine and beer menu is exotic and extensive. The food portions are small and I almost always leave hungry. So after hours of spoiling my pallet with $10 belgian pale ales and really expensive cheese I inevitably end up insulting it with less than mediocre pizza. Clearly I need a new strategy!
Autumn breezes increase my already exorbitant eating out monthly expendatures ten fold.
I just want to lounge outside, drink some port and hot tea, eat crazy good bruschetta, and always save room for desert.
Tria let me do all that, and kept me warm with their unobtrusive overhead heaters.
Sometimes pretentious Wine bars have an affect of wanting to stick a corkscrew through someones eye (usually due to the crowd). But it was pleasant and relaxing here.
The waiter was attentive. Forgot me at check time, but I'm a forgiver. And I love that they're open on Mondays and aren't overpriced.
I prefer the Spruce St. location over the Rittenhouse for casual outings and the location is great...sitting outside in a mellower neighborhood on a nice day. Service was solid both times I've been.
Decent selection of staples (wine & cheese) and I like the menu's format; broken down by cheese & wine styles to make the experience more approachable for people interested in getting into the wine-bar approach.
If you can't tell already from the bazillion other reviews, the cheese is a big bonus, although a friend of mine who knows cheese better than I complained about their cheese storage methods or something like that.
Still, there's something I can't quite put my finger on that makes me feel like Tria is a spot to stop in and have bites & sips, but not a destination...I'd give 3 stars to Rittenhouse (much smaller and louder) especially if you came in a dinner-mode.
This place is fantastic.
The service is swift, knowledgeable, and the food is always good.
More than that, it's never intimidating. If you have any questions, you shouldn't feel at all ashamed by asking--when I first started going I was dumbfounded by the cheeses and the server was left to recommend choices after I said "well, I like cheddar... " The prices are reasonable for the quality that you get, and the atmosphere encourages conversation, fun, and a good time without being snobby or party-like.
This is a grown up spot but without the pretension. The meager wine/cheese knowledge I now have it completely due to Tria's competence and eagerness to share knowledge.
It can get busy during peak hours (weekends during prime time) but it's worth the wait.
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