Today’s lunch is a place I am quite familiar with although have not eaten in for a while due to my problems in getting around on my bad foot. It was nice to be able to take the 5 block walk from my office today to Devon Seafood Grill located on 18th Street in Rittenhouse Square.
Devon is a restaurant that has made a nice transformation in the city. At one point, I thought they were pricing themselves out a bit, but they have made a conscious effort to coupon as well as offer reduced priced lunches to try to bring people in.
It is always a good idea to have a reservation for lunch because there are certain days that the restaurant can be crowded with a slight wait.
Today, I started off with a bowl of the spicy creole gumbo soup. This is served in a small pitcher which the server pours over rice before serving to the customer. This soup is about as spicy as this writer can handle, but it is a delicious blend of gumbo with a small piece of sausage in it as well as shrimp. This soup is served with a small package of crackers and is just delicious. This soup accompanies one of the several Power Lunches for $12.50. My accompaniment to the soup was the half of crab melt sandwich. This sandwich is jumbo lump crab meat with a sharp cheddar, slice of tomato and remoulade sauce on a rustic country white bread. This sandwich was delicious and just the right amount of food with the bowl of soup. While we waited for the food to be served, we were treated to a Devon biscuit which is a small uniquely sweet type of biscuit which was very good.
One of my dining partners had the Grilled Salmon Panzanella salad which is described on the menu as spinach, montrachet goat cheese, balsamic roasted onions, tomatoes, basil oil and balsamic vinaigrette. This salad ($15) comes with a beautifully cooked piece of salmon and is a very nice size for us “Foodies”. The aforementioned cheese that is served with it is absolutely delicious and really enhances this salad. My partner was thrilled with her choice and I tasted both the salmon and the salad part and concur with her assessment of the entrée.
My other dining partner opted for the fully sized crab melt sandwich rather than the half with soup. This is $13 this way. She also enjoyed the sandwich which I described previously.
Lunch for 3 before tax and tip today was $40.50. While we dined, the manager came around with cards to promote business in January—these were cards good for $20 off of $50 or more-- good during January. This is a smart idea to spur on January business when people may not eat out quite as much.
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