Osteria Calabria
Reviews
Stopped in for a couple of drinks. Has the feel of a strip mall pizza shop. Met Sheri the owner who convinced me I should give the bar another try. I was greeted with a warm welcome and a few drinks with Sheri. She and I made out in the parking lot and she jerked me off in my car. Wasn't expecting that!
Plush = Osteria Calabria Plush was a place we would visit about once per month, usually for a Kez Theater show and it was never outstanding, but the food was decent, the orders taken correctly by a really nice staff, and the drinks were pretty good. The decor was 'funky' but appropriate. What this place needed was a 'freshen up' of their look and a menu enhancement. Then came Bar Rescue. The name magically changed to Osteria Calabria and should have been Osteria Calamity. Tavern in Calabria? I guess if you serve paninis (like in Applebees) or dried-out meatballs that any beginning cook could do better with.... now you're Italian. NOT. The change to the decor is adolescent - the bar area is nicer, a bit more upscale, but the restaurant area is just.... silly. A huge mural on the wall resembling what someone thinks Italy looks like is what you get to view, along with a few TVs. The mural looks like a 9th grade art project which got a grade of C-. The walls are dark and with a black ceiling, it's uh... cozy. The best part, however, is the food: The menu is pitifully absent of Italian, or varied selection. They kept the Plush's chicken eggrolls which we usually order a 1/2 serving. Now, only a full-sized serving, and inferior to Plush's - perhaps frozen and reheated? The Caesar salad was bland at best. When asked for a beer selection list, such as you'd see in most bars.... the waitress only offered her hand-written draft list. No craft beers offered to us and no suggestions for a good IPA. I got a Yards instead. The martini menu is gone, replaced with their "Signature Drinks".... all six... what a selection. Oh, if you want any dessert your choice is easy... they offer only ONE, molten chocolate lava cake. Quite Italian, huh? The poor wait staff looks apologetic and I feel for them. Why? Because it looks like this place is doomed. Obviously we won't be back and from other comments from other patrons.... this bar/restaurant is in big trouble.
It used to be the Slick Duck , then Doyles now plush . Then bar rescue ruined the place .So sad.
I've lived in Wyncote for the past 2.5 years and always look for local places to eat and drink. Sits in a quaint neighborhood of Easton Rd. Food was pretty good and atomsphere was inviting. I would return and it beats driving to Manayunk.
Very cool place to go relax and chill