Lost Restaurants of Philadelphia

Long before Philadelphia's food scene was splashed on covers of Son Appétit and local establishments garnered accolades like "America's best restaurant," culinary pioneers set the city's restaurant industry ablaze. Frenchman Georges Perrier brought the city the highest, most respected opulence, Le Bec-Fin, for forty years running. The ultimate seafood institute, Old Original Bookbinder's, held the title of the world's largest lobster tank and prepared impeccable oysters Rockefeller. Steven ...