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Last night, Pencopal, Ross, and I ended up at Gi Gi. We'd heard good things, but the newly introduced menu was ultimately... really underwhelming. Not bad, but not at all worth the expense. (Other than the cocktails. They were yummy.) It made us long for better tapas.
Thing is, there are lots of places to get tapas in Philadelphia. Some, like Ansill, I know to be good. Others, like Tinto and Amada, have been covered on Phillyist, but I still haven't had a chance to sample. One of my favorites, Isla Ibiza, has apparently been shut down, much to the collective chagrin of last night's party-of-three.
So, here's the question, dear readers: where do you like to go for tapas? Leave a comment and let us know!
Photo of a Tapas dish we've never partaken of, at a restaurant we've never heard of, in a place we've never visited, via Flickr user jetalone.
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I only have one tapas experience in Philly, so far, but it was an excellent one. Last Fall my sweetie took me out for dinner at Bar Ferdinand. It was an extremely lovely experience! We went there with time to kill, and deliberately ordered in several rounds, eventually sampling nearly everything that caught our interest on the menu over a period of three hours.
Since it was last Fall, I can't specifically call out the names of the plates that especially captivated us, anymore. I can tell you my memory the experience is suffused with a warm glow that can't be entirely accounted for by the company or by the profusion of wonderful cocktails we imbibed during this marathon session.
My only other tapas experience was at Jaleo in DC. To my palate, Bar Ferdinand was very nearly as good.
Yeah that was a bummer. Their calamari was fanfriggingtastic. How good was that martini though? Strawberry puree AND champagne? More please.