Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
That's a good one.
Have you checked Astral Plane? Sansom Street Oyster House? The one slightly north of Center City with Firehouse in its name? Or the elegant and somewhat expensive one with a courtyard in an old house, IIRC around 17th and Spruce? (Another name I can't remember at the moment.)
Striped Bass at 15th and Wlanut has been in existence since the mid 1990s.
Almost all the places you mentioned have long closed. Sansom Street Oyster House was taken over by new owners who extensively renovated and changed its name to simply "Oyster House."
To the OP: if you have a large budget, you might want to go to The Fountain at the Four Seasons Hotel. It was recently revealed that the Four Seasons hotel will be moving in a few years to a new location at the top of the just announced new Comcast Tower, so the fate of this excellent restaurant is in question.