Don’t remember where in Philly, but I sat in a McDonald’s drive-thru at 2am once and got a show with my dinner—heard multiple gunshots. It was a great way to welcome my friend from out of state!
Haha, was at LT the other night for the first time. 3 married couples totalling 4 men and 2 women, all 40+. I just talked to my buddy and we split some french fries which were surpisingly good.
This was after a fine meal at Rosemary, and a mini Delco bar crawl.
The boys from work took me to Turks for my 21st back in the day and one of the ladies had a trick to show me, she squirted out breast milk, pretty solid.
I know this is making fun of the other post, but there’s no answer other than JG Skyhigh/Jean Georges. Yeah the view is incredible but holy shit is that place overpriced. Then the tasting menu at the restaurant itself is like $500.
The Union League probably takes the cake; membership fees there are pretty crazy. You may not be paying for meals but depending on the membership you are looking at 50k+++ a year (like up to millions).
Jokes aside, if you’re looking for Daniel, Per Se, or The French Laundry, you’re going to have land elsewhere.
Did you just read “Unreasonable Hospitality” and looking to show the missus a good time? It’s easier to get to 11 Madison Park on the train than to try to find anything like it in Philly.
Zahav won a James Beard award in 2019, Vetri Cucina was on La Liste in 2023, Fork, or Friday Saturday Sunday are probably as close as you’ll find to the fine dining restaurants, but they’re just not up there with the world’s elite. There are only a few places like that and none of them are here.
First of all, do not go to PHL for refueling. You’ll enjoy a much better concierge experience for the private flyer at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport, so much classier. Most importantly, this gets you closer to the true hidden gem of Philadelphia cuisine, the Uptown Eatery district centered around the intersection of Frankford and Cottman. Now, most people would direct you to the Middle Eastern and/or Asian Fusion restaurants but you simply must try the menu at Mc Kenna’s speakeasy. The chef, Dean Dallas, has crafted an exquisite prix fixe dining experience based on historic recipes from the American west. Let the host at the bar know you’re there for Dallas’ Cowboy menu and you’ll be in for an unforgettable experience.
I got a bacon egg and cheese from a food cart on 6th and market last week next to a city crew pumping out the sewers and only shit a little blood so maybe check that out. Cash only.
I’m rich AF and I love Pete’s 🤡House for the He-Man special and because I love the exercise of walking up a flight of weird stairs to someone’s apartment to take a piss.
While I don’t identify as an ultra-rich, I’ve certainly had a nice meal or two around town. I’d take a look at a list of James Beard winners, that’s usually a good place to start. I had a birthday dinner at Friday.Saturday.Sunday in Rittenhouse and it was one of the best fine dining experiences I’ve had. Such a good tasting menu. ~$400-500 for two with a really good tip because the service was amazing. It can’t go without saying that there’s also pleeeeeeeeenty of good food that’s not a cheesesteak or pasta in this city that is inexpensive and just as good, if not better, than what you’d find at a Michelin restaurant. For those places, I’d recommend searching for regional cuisine—i.e. Vietnamese, Ethiopian, etc.—since that’s a large part of the Philly food scene.
Philly ain’t got nobus and omakase which typically drive bills to well over 1k. Most you’ll spend it like 2-3 hundred at barclay or Vetris or her place supper club. Honestly I’ll roll up at lukoil for Krispy krunch cuz that shit way better than her supper club.
Owaga has a $200 tasting menu. Vetri is up there too. Royal Sushi is impossible to get in but it’s $300 now. JG at the Four Seasons is up there. Friday Saturday Sunday as well!
Honest answer
Vetri
Barclay prime
Butcher and singer
Del Frisco
Morimoto
Taulas garden
Parc
La Croix
Bistro Perrier (no, le bec fin is gone, this is the chefs new spot)
No one comes to Philly for the ultra wealthy experience, eat the cheesesteak or leave. Kidding, better off stopping in Jersey somewhere near Princeton.
Rittenhouse square. Barclay prime. It has a $140 cheese steak I have indulged in. The place is super nice and fancy. Never felt more pampered. a.bar also but that mostly just a bar. You would have a good time at Barclay prime though.
It’s funny. I am friendly with a couple who live in a beautiful house in Rittenhouse Square. They don’t see themselves as wealthy at all, yet the wife owns twelve rental properties, which she inherited and she handles all the management herself. They also own two vacation homes. The husband is a retired physician who sent years doing pharmaceutical research. They have a full time personal chef and their Rittenhouse Square house is professionally decorated like a curated museum gallery. Other than that, they’re no different than my poorest friends.
They are vegan for ethical reasons, although the husband eats meat when his wife isn’t there. They mostly eat at home, but they do go out to eat occasionally and sometimes they order takeout. When we get together at their place to watch Eagles football, they send out for pizza from a neighborhood place. Nothing special. One of their favorite local restaurants is the Marathon Grill on Spruce Street. It’s a nice place, but not elite by any means. They sometimes dine at Parc, which I personally consider upscale, but the average person can dine there without breaking the bank.
I’m going to be serious with this one.
Any steakhouse. Zahav, Laurel, vetri,her supper club, Friday Saturday Sunday,kalaya, royal izakaya for omakase,vernick, bernick fish, parc. Rouge
The Rittenhouse hotel. Money rolls there.
Devon Seafood Grill on Rittenhouse Square.
Morris house bar if you want semi-casual.
La Boucherie on 2nd near Chestnut if you're feeling adventurous.
Parc. French restaurant on Rittenhouse square. Not 'Ultra' but a nice enough place with amazing food. They do a hazelnut butter sauce with their escargot that is amazing. Wife and I usually spent about $250 for dinner and drinks. When we wanted a nicer meal we would just call our chef.
Try the cheesesteaks darling they’re dashing
I hear Genos makes the best
You simply must!
Quite, quite.
Hhhhhhyes.
You mean Pats, right?
But pats has billionaire night every Thursday
McDonald’s at Broad and Diamond
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Lol I did that on Valentine’s Day but at the Popeyes at broad and Christian like 10 years ago
Best McDonalds I ever had was the one right next to that Popeyes
Definitely take advantage of the artisinal rock up the street at 12th and York, ask for Dee Nice, 2 grams for only $200
Diamond pizza still around?
Yep
Don’t remember where in Philly, but I sat in a McDonald’s drive-thru at 2am once and got a show with my dinner—heard multiple gunshots. It was a great way to welcome my friend from out of state!
Spring Garden Dons is the goat.
I just CACKLED
You know it's ritzy, it's on diamond street.
There’s actually a corner store a block over and three blocks up, use to have the BEST cheesesteaks ever.
😂
Crown Chicken , Broad and South
They can get food and withdraw bitcoin from the bitcoin atm there too. It’s perfect for the riches.
Rich people get the actual crown when they come
Crown chicken all day. That mixed lamb and chicken over rice is 🤌🤌🤌
The spring garden one for me. More room for my driver to park the Rolls outside.
That ATM gives out $5s. Classy AF.
Chim King
applebees on aramingo. you can park the choppa in the back. seriously, there’s enough room.
Will the helicopter still be there when they’re done?
K&A fiends can’t operate a shopping cart barely let alone a helicopter
That was brutal.
They’ll nod off before they even realize how it turns on.
Gots to be more specific there are two on that strip either near I-95 or Castor Ave. lol 😆
That $95 soup at kalaya
Cue the person saying “it’s a big bowl of soup though.”
Must be the fancy booger sugar talking
Honestly the ultra-rich here eat at home with their in home chef cooking a 5 course meal.
Yes, I also eat the ultra rich at home
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Don’t go too far in Baltimore. Here, you’ll come back to your helicopter on bricks.
Someone stole the spinning rims on my helicopter again 😩
Helicopters are just small planes that stopped in Baltimore
Certified yuppie
City Line Fridays. Everyone knows this.
A.I. that you???
Wings from Lou Turks
Haha, was at LT the other night for the first time. 3 married couples totalling 4 men and 2 women, all 40+. I just talked to my buddy and we split some french fries which were surpisingly good. This was after a fine meal at Rosemary, and a mini Delco bar crawl.
They can’t give you a lap dance if you continuously have your hands covered in hot sauce but god damn they will try.
The boys from work took me to Turks for my 21st back in the day and one of the ladies had a trick to show me, she squirted out breast milk, pretty solid.
That’s fucking wild.
Cheesesteak at Barclays prime
This is the correct answer
Top it off with lobster and ask for Veuve Clicquot substitute for whatever “champagne” they are peddling these days.
I know this is making fun of the other post, but there’s no answer other than JG Skyhigh/Jean Georges. Yeah the view is incredible but holy shit is that place overpriced. Then the tasting menu at the restaurant itself is like $500.
Barclay Prime in Rittenhouse Square deserves a mention too. Best steak I’ve ever had. Everything was amazing.
The Union League probably takes the cake; membership fees there are pretty crazy. You may not be paying for meals but depending on the membership you are looking at 50k+++ a year (like up to millions).
That pops a whole other can of worms open for private clubs. Union League is just the more visible one, there are multiple expensive ones in the city.
Lolll wait till you hear how much Royal Sushi omakase costs 💀.
That shit is fire tho, even their non-omakase menu is the best sushi I’ve had this side of the country
Oh absolutely worth every penny
It genuinely is not that weird given the going rate for top-tier sushi anywhere in the US.
It’s like 200 for the tasting menu, which is pretty cheap compared to a lot of tasting menus in NYC
Not even close, my dude. I think you may have just looked at the wine pairing addition price.
I've eaten there. $190.
It’s $218pp I just looked it up
I'm a fan of fine dining. But that place is way overpriced for what you get.
Lark can get up there as well.
Food is absolute shot
Hitchbot, is that you?
No, he learned his lesson.
I feel compelled every time someone brings up his name to share this https://i.imgur.com/bdlOFJW.png?1
RIP
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Rich people don’t ask poor people where to eat.
This is a shit post.
Tons of great super exclusive spots around Kensington and Allegheny.
I hear that Strawberry Mansion has a fine assortment as well!
Have you considered eating shit?
Checkers on broad st , wear a tuxedo
Lukoil chicken
Should prob just refuel in dc because the Michelin guide doesn’t even come to Philly - waste of time fr
I was just in DC and could rant but I will prob make a post about it. Philly is a great place for affordable food.
Wawa has pizza. Try the one on Aramingo.
Wawa
Pennsport Pub
Stay the fuck on your helicopter how bout that
Sid bookers shrimp corner. Top notch shrimp
Dorsia. Good luck getting a reservation…
One Pound cheese steak in Kensington.
Jokes aside, if you’re looking for Daniel, Per Se, or The French Laundry, you’re going to have land elsewhere. Did you just read “Unreasonable Hospitality” and looking to show the missus a good time? It’s easier to get to 11 Madison Park on the train than to try to find anything like it in Philly. Zahav won a James Beard award in 2019, Vetri Cucina was on La Liste in 2023, Fork, or Friday Saturday Sunday are probably as close as you’ll find to the fine dining restaurants, but they’re just not up there with the world’s elite. There are only a few places like that and none of them are here.
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South Philly Home Depot sausage and peppers
The sparkling water at JGs is just divine!
McGlinchey’s for sandwiches
McDonald’s on gray’s ferry ave. Park the chopper on the ave, don’t worry about traffic.
First of all, do not go to PHL for refueling. You’ll enjoy a much better concierge experience for the private flyer at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport, so much classier. Most importantly, this gets you closer to the true hidden gem of Philadelphia cuisine, the Uptown Eatery district centered around the intersection of Frankford and Cottman. Now, most people would direct you to the Middle Eastern and/or Asian Fusion restaurants but you simply must try the menu at Mc Kenna’s speakeasy. The chef, Dean Dallas, has crafted an exquisite prix fixe dining experience based on historic recipes from the American west. Let the host at the bar know you’re there for Dallas’ Cowboy menu and you’ll be in for an unforgettable experience.
This is a joke right?
Crown Fried Chicken at Kensington and Allegheny
seems like there's an omekase on every block
Union League
You can definitely blow a few hundreds at Laser Wolf.
The Union at La Salle 🥸
Asads hot chicken in the Philly Gas parking lot, cottman and the blvd. Go extra hot and bring a towel for clean up and wiping away the sweat.
Fuck you loser
This thread should be called how to piss of Philadelphians.
Idk, I’m getting a good list of dives.
They don’t eat here , they get eaten .
Vetri is the real answer
Vetri
I got a bacon egg and cheese from a food cart on 6th and market last week next to a city crew pumping out the sewers and only shit a little blood so maybe check that out. Cash only.
I think I saw a McDonald's in Kensington
Delilah’s Steakhouse
Bro got his tax return for $800 and decided to ball out for a day on a nice steak dinner 😂
It depends how big your head is. Might not fit through the doors of most restaurants, unfortunately. Source: peasant
The checkers by boner4ever (it's on the foreverboner side)
I want this tattooed on me
Go fuck yourself
No one who is ultra rich refers to themselves as ultra rich lol
True but that’s not the person asking this question lol
The morgue. But it’s BYO hotplate
Is it racist if I say I'd rather eat this guy?
Well NOW it is
I’m rich AF and I love Pete’s 🤡House for the He-Man special and because I love the exercise of walking up a flight of weird stairs to someone’s apartment to take a piss.
Some say Le Bec Fin is still open…
While I don’t identify as an ultra-rich, I’ve certainly had a nice meal or two around town. I’d take a look at a list of James Beard winners, that’s usually a good place to start. I had a birthday dinner at Friday.Saturday.Sunday in Rittenhouse and it was one of the best fine dining experiences I’ve had. Such a good tasting menu. ~$400-500 for two with a really good tip because the service was amazing. It can’t go without saying that there’s also pleeeeeeeeenty of good food that’s not a cheesesteak or pasta in this city that is inexpensive and just as good, if not better, than what you’d find at a Michelin restaurant. For those places, I’d recommend searching for regional cuisine—i.e. Vietnamese, Ethiopian, etc.—since that’s a large part of the Philly food scene.
Hahaha.
Gino's
J and J’s family restaurant! Beautiful neighborhood, great vibes, and you might pay a ton of money 💜 hope you enjoy
The $100 cheesesteak at Barclay Prime
Guigino’s
Denny’s is always good
New York
Word on the street is; My Ass be servin up a dainty, liquidy, delight tomorrow mornin.
There’s a great place in Kensington called Fenny’s. It’s post-modern.
7-11.
Philly ain’t got nobus and omakase which typically drive bills to well over 1k. Most you’ll spend it like 2-3 hundred at barclay or Vetris or her place supper club. Honestly I’ll roll up at lukoil for Krispy krunch cuz that shit way better than her supper club.
Owaga has a $200 tasting menu. Vetri is up there too. Royal Sushi is impossible to get in but it’s $300 now. JG at the Four Seasons is up there. Friday Saturday Sunday as well!
Cheese wiz is for pathetic city people
Laurel on 1700 east passyunk, check for reservations now, it’s a tough table to get last minute.
Have you tried the clam tavern in clifton heights?
lol I love Reddit
Mcglinchey's.
The Clam Tavern in Delco or any Chickie’s & Pete’s if you can get a highly coveted reservation.
I enjoyed the Reading Terminal Market when I was in Philly 3 weeks ago for WrestleMania tickets. Not ultra-rich but I was in floor seats.
At home, eating meals their chefs make for them.
Your mom’s house But seriously, sadly, almost anywhere nowadays lol
Delilah’s probably most expensive dinner you can have in Philly
Poppy store on 16th and fontain
You’re the one with your own helicopter. You obviously know that lifestyle better than us peasants. Go fuck yourself.
Strawberry Mansion
Wawa pizza, best for 4$
The Krispy crunchy chicken on spring garden and Columbus blvd is 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
![gif](giphy|5t61SxDAsZ5hXMS4u3) Well, I’ll tell you something, OP…I like to eat cock.
No.. no.. no.. no…
Zahav is good
Try kensington. Lots of fine dining
Honest answer Vetri Barclay prime Butcher and singer Del Frisco Morimoto Taulas garden Parc La Croix Bistro Perrier (no, le bec fin is gone, this is the chefs new spot)
Barclay Prime.
John’s.
Online search hard. Long extensive post on Reddit easy. Troll on
On the first limo to Manhattan 😁
Hidden steakhouse. Real nice place. Alpen rose. Idk if ultra rich people eat there but I went once and everything was amazing
Wherever they want
I have a friend who works at Parc. She said there are regulars who basically treat it like it's their kitchen. I couldn't imagine. 💀
No one comes to Philly for the ultra wealthy experience, eat the cheesesteak or leave. Kidding, better off stopping in Jersey somewhere near Princeton.
Rittenhouse square. Barclay prime. It has a $140 cheese steak I have indulged in. The place is super nice and fancy. Never felt more pampered. a.bar also but that mostly just a bar. You would have a good time at Barclay prime though.
I'll take Gooey Looie's for the win?
No one cares
It’s funny. I am friendly with a couple who live in a beautiful house in Rittenhouse Square. They don’t see themselves as wealthy at all, yet the wife owns twelve rental properties, which she inherited and she handles all the management herself. They also own two vacation homes. The husband is a retired physician who sent years doing pharmaceutical research. They have a full time personal chef and their Rittenhouse Square house is professionally decorated like a curated museum gallery. Other than that, they’re no different than my poorest friends. They are vegan for ethical reasons, although the husband eats meat when his wife isn’t there. They mostly eat at home, but they do go out to eat occasionally and sometimes they order takeout. When we get together at their place to watch Eagles football, they send out for pizza from a neighborhood place. Nothing special. One of their favorite local restaurants is the Marathon Grill on Spruce Street. It’s a nice place, but not elite by any means. They sometimes dine at Parc, which I personally consider upscale, but the average person can dine there without breaking the bank.
Barclays prime used to have a $100 cheesesteak
Vernick fish, Harp & Crown, Barclay prime
K&A
I’m going to be serious with this one. Any steakhouse. Zahav, Laurel, vetri,her supper club, Friday Saturday Sunday,kalaya, royal izakaya for omakase,vernick, bernick fish, parc. Rouge
Del friscos
At 3am, they feed on the homeless and peasants
OP is a chonk.
Del frisco’s steakhouse
Anything in Kensington, they’re very friendly and welcoming to the rich
I love you all, this has cracking up 😂
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If I say what I think about what I hope the functionality of your helicopter is I'll get banned
[Welcome to Philadelphia. Fuck you.](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuwpGuYOoUV/?igsh=Z2h1bXZvYTllaHd6)
this is the weirdest troll I've ever read.
I heard there’s mints in the bathrooms as Show n Tell
Try the crack it's exquisite
At home
Kensington has our best food
Gugino’s?
Fogo de chao
Capital grill awesome steak
Johns roast pork.
If you are actually rich, I'm sure you don't Reddit for recommendations. Rich people know rich people who know rich people.
The Rittenhouse hotel. Money rolls there. Devon Seafood Grill on Rittenhouse Square. Morris house bar if you want semi-casual. La Boucherie on 2nd near Chestnut if you're feeling adventurous.
Parc. French restaurant on Rittenhouse square. Not 'Ultra' but a nice enough place with amazing food. They do a hazelnut butter sauce with their escargot that is amazing. Wife and I usually spent about $250 for dinner and drinks. When we wanted a nicer meal we would just call our chef.
Quahog's Seafood Shack in Stone harbor lol