Bon Appétit
January 1995
The Best of the Year
The Hot New Restuarants by Barbara Fairchild

There is also something very special about Striped Bass in Philadelphia, unless you happen to be a fish. The hook here is an all-seafood menu listing fish and shellfish prepared in enough varied and inventive ways to lure ven the most ardent meat eater. Owners Neil Stein and Joe Wolf, along with interior designer Marguerite Rodgers, have transformed what were once the offices of a brokerage firm into a dramatic space punctuated by the city's finest exhibition kitchen - and a 16-foot metal sculpture of (what else?) a leaping striped bass.

Executive chef Alison Barshak keeps things lively in the kitchen with dishes like ginger-fried squid with coriander and tomato aioli, pesto marinated prawns, and red curry swordfish.

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