Restaurants near Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

This is our second trip to Philadelphia and tonight was our second time dining at The Love. Both experiences were different and yet both were delightful and delicious. The first time we ate upstairs in a cute corner and ordered more food than we could eat because everything sounded (and was) delicious. Tonight we were seated outside, narrowed our food choices down a little better and everything was (still) delicious. Our waiter, the first time, was patient and gracious with our questions. Our waitress, during our second visit, was so sweet and attentive. Point being that both visits, months apart, were great. I highly, highly recommend The Love and, if we’re ever back in Philly, will definitely come again.

We enjoyed our second visit to Talula's Garden last night. I cannot say enough about the thoughtfulness of the management and waitstaff. We were late due to accidents on the Schuylkill and needed to rush. The thoughtfulness started before we arrived. It was expected to be cooler weather than usual and I received a call regarding my outside dinner reservation in the afternoon telling me that they do have heaters but that I should bring jackets to assure we were comfortable. We really enjoyed our pre-theater dinner before seeing a show at the Walnut Street Theater. We were brought drinks almost immediately by our excellent waiter, each of us enjoyed our cheddar biscuits and soup and our entrees were delicious! We especially enjoyed the seared salmon entree. Although our food was served very quickly, due to running late we needed to get to the theater and were unable to stay for dessert. The restaurant gave us a cinnamon cake to share, which was a perfect ending to a great meal! We will definitely be back to enjoy the lovely ambiance, beyond excellent service and delicious food.

I’ve been coming to Parc for years. The bread basket is excellent. The food is always good. We had a simple lunch today sharing the mushroom tart and salads. When I reserved our table, I asked to be outside if possible, and that I didn’t want to be in the back room. When I arrived, the staff was very pleasant and had our table waiting outside along 18th St. They can’t always accommodate these requests but today they could. I also want to say that the service was perfect. I’ve never had an unpleasant experienceat Parc.