I should start this inquiry with some kind of "Nostalgia Alert". Have not been in PHL in a very long time -- many FT'ers were not born yet, which gives you some idea -- but may be going thru again. Did a little search, and to my shock found all the classic eateries I can recall are now closed. In a place so wed to the past, I somehow thought they would all survive forever while the rest of the world went its own way.

From the famous -- both Bookbinders locations apparently, altho I think they were actually not related -- to the "neighborhood" places like Three Threes, where I think I first tasted the exalted delights of pan-sauteed shad roe. Heck, I even happened to be walking past Old Original B's one day, where my dad had taken me for a first lobster newburg, and they were filming a TV ad with a dressed-to-kill, glamorous and still beautiful and elegant, late lamented Joan Fontaine; talk about nostalgia. Not sure what they paid her or how many tables she booked for them -- probably not enough. In the environs, there was also the Black Bass Inn in Bucks, surely gone too by now. High end spots like Le Bec Fin had a well-publicisized swan song recently, and others like Le Panettiere were gone before I ever could scrape up the cash to try them.

So anyhow, my question is simple: are there ANY of those old places left? If so what are they like today? All replies deeply appreciated, even if the answer is no and only memories still remain, thanks.