The Speaky Trail
ROOT Mediterranean Kitchen & Cocktails in Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania / Philadelphia

ROOT Mediterranean Kitchen & Cocktails

Hotel BarModern neighborhood 4.1 (600)$$

A quiet Rittenhouse corner room pairing Mediterranean small plates with a short, well-built cocktail list.

Getting in

Front entrance off 16th Street.

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Rosemary smoked Old Fashioned

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The Savoy Cocktail Book

Harry Craddock's 1930 compendium, written while America was dry and London was not.

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Old Fashioned Cocktail Kit

Bitters, demerara syrup and a rocks glass. Nothing here is optional and nothing is extra.

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Clear Ice Cube Mold

Directional freezing makes hotel-bar ice at home. Dilution slows, drink stops racing.

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