Pennsylvania / Philadelphia
ROOT Mediterranean Kitchen & Cocktails
A quiet Rittenhouse corner room pairing Mediterranean small plates with a short, well-built cocktail list.
Getting in
Front entrance off 16th Street.
Order this
Rosemary smoked Old Fashioned
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Keep the night going
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Drink like ROOT Mediterranean Kitchen & Cocktails at home
The Savoy Cocktail Book
Harry Craddock's 1930 compendium, written while America was dry and London was not.
Old Fashioned Cocktail Kit
Bitters, demerara syrup and a rocks glass. Nothing here is optional and nothing is extra.
Clear Ice Cube Mold
Directional freezing makes hotel-bar ice at home. Dilution slows, drink stops racing.
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