Received a phone call from my sister (who happens to be moving into Phoenixville on Saturday) who said there is a sign in front of the new 101 Bridge Restaurant saying that it will be opening tomorrow(6/25). It appears they are having a private opening tonight. If anyone here attended tonight or plans to attend over the next couple of days, please write in with your thoughts on Phoenixville's newest restaurant.
Editor Note 6/25: This has been confirmed by a couple of the commenters.
Editor Note 6/25: This has been confirmed by a couple of the commenters.
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That building is beautiful!! I can't wait to see the inside.
http://www.baxterspa.com/locations.html
Has Phoenixville suddenly become restaurant-naming challenged? It may be easy to simply name one's restaurant as one's address (and maybe it saves the operators the Commonwealth's "fictious name search"), but as a possible patron, these "addresses as restaurant names" aren't telling me anything. And I would think that a catchy restaurant name would help with advertising.
Just noting that the newest restaurants in town -- 101 Bridge and South Main Street Cafe -- are too "open slate" to tell customers anything about them. At least the Phoenix Diner tells you what it will be.
The chef who is running this restaurant is a professional with an unbelievable talent in the culinary world. I worked beside this man and he is a true chef if anyone ever deserves such a title.
Johnny Zaa Zaa
I like the name '101 Bridge'. It's very urban and hip. Sounds like something you'd see in NYC. Now, a clever name is "That Italian Place" that's opening soon on Bridge Street. Hopefully this will be the Italian restaurant that won't have to close down after a few months.
Also, try the cheesecake. They make it just right: not too sweet and not too rich.
Entrees in the 20-30 range.
wait a while to try this place.
Surely my ridiculously bad dining
experience must be chocked up to
newness.Everyone was very nice
but serious progress will have
to happen in order for this establishment to survive in this
town, in this category of restaurant,and this price range.
Good luck!
Hmmm, maby Mr Realistically should look at the demographics of this town and the surrounding towns. The demographics according to Pat Ryan who owns Ryans Pub in West Chester and Smokey Joes in Philly (an institution in Philly) say that there is more than enough money in P-ville for great food and drinks. Or maybe Mr Realistically can ask the owners of Iron Hill why they moved to P-ville. Or maybe ask Andrew at Majolica named one of the top 50 restaurants in Philly by food critics (that all of Philadelphia) and ask him how his high priced restaurant is doing. Or maybe you can ask Declin and Connor how Molly McGuires is doing and why their opening up a high end martini and whiskey bar.
The point is that these are the professionals and they say the demographics say "great" in P-ville. So stop making stupid comments about how you don't think an establishment will do well in "this" town. I guarantee you 101 will be around a lot longer than you will.
101 is owned by Baxters which has some successful establishments (although not my style) 101 restaurant sure is my style. The food will work itself out and they will provide a great dining experience for anyone. I assume Mr Realistically has never owned a restaurant and doesn't understand that a "soft opening" is just to work the kinks out (as he hoped). Great investigative work.
as a consumer is that the product
is a value for my money. Hopefully
the establishment will be able to deliver that on my next visit because it fell miserably short
this time. As for your statictics
and demographics I do not care.
You sound bitter about something
try it yourself.
Also, for those looking for a website, I'm sure that, in time, 101 Bridge will be added to the Baxter's website. After all, "Rome wasn't built in a day."
and I do not understand the thinking of you people.You buy
an experience: I paid $240.00
for awful food, bad service,
extremely slow service,lack
of training and knowledge
of staff. I will not be swept
under the rug so easily.They
need to get with the program
and you folks need to realize
how capitalism works.Why attack
me for letting people know what
happened to me. Sorry the experience was not good, that is reality.
I agree with the other Anonymous. If I'm spending $240, the food and service better be good! And that's why I'm going to wait a bit for all the kinks of a new business to be worked out. And until I see a menu on a website. It's the 21st century. Mr. Baxter needs to realize that. Not only does it inform those who are curious about what the restaurant has ... it also tells the world that their restaurant exists!!! Tell him that for me, Mr. Bitter Man Picking on Mr. Realisitcally. I'm sure you know his name and address ... maybe his e-mail address if he has the internet.
At the $20 to $30 price range, you are paying for the experience as well as the food (another why I want to see a menu -- liberal use of fresh seafood, truffle oil, etc is reasonable -- lots of pasta dishes means there better be one heck of an "experience"!), so it is very legitmate to say "this restaurant isn't quite up to prime-time -- give it another 60 days."
If we're hearing the same reports 6 months from now, then it's time to give this place a total pass. Meanwhile, go with what is comfortable for your price range -- for me, for that price range -- I want a polished experience as well as great food, so I'll be waiting another 60 days after the menu is published to try it out. Your "price point" may vary.
onion soup. This restaurant offers things I can't make at home, and the prices are reasonable
for the quality and creativity.
It is my new favorite restaurant.
The staff is freindly and they don't try to up sell you everything.
Overall good experience for being open only a week or so and will try again in a couple months.
I didn't make any statements about his opinions but rather commented on his comments about "this type of restaurant surviving in P-ville. As far as knowing the owners names, maybe its because I take my time when reading the papers and retain information such as owners and their business records. Sorry if this is too progressive for you but maybe you should pay more attention. See ya around Evelyn.
Pete Schwetty
Please check this out for their information.
me and some friends are recently visit your place
let me tell you guys you did a outstanding work
the food chef jeff createt was outstanding,thanks jeff we loved it
the services was fantastic
the place looks awesome
thanks again to all of you
horst
The owners of Baxter's also owned the restaurant named 101 in Phoenixville. 101 is now called Baxter's in Phoenixville.
I had booked a party for over 50 people at the restaurant in Phoenixville. I had selected the menu and made arrangements for the service and bar. I kept in weekly contact with the manager concerning the event. Three days before the event I called the manager to again confirm the arrangements. I then received very upsetting information. He told me the doors were locked at 101 and the party could not be held there. As you can imagine I was very upset. At the last minute I had find another location to hold the party and I had to contact everyone on the invitation list.
This was extremely unprofessional. No one called me, I had to call the restaurant manager to find this horrible news. I am so surprised at the complete LACK of customer service. They did not keep their commitment to having my party and they were not even going to contact me. If I had not reached their restaurant manager my guest would have showed up to a closed restaurant.
After this happened I sent a letter to Baxter's owners. I was giving them the benefit of the doubt to make sure they were informed of this situation. They never contacted me.
From this situation, it is clear why they are having so many problems running their restaurants.