My friends and I went to Capones after my engagement party. I got there after everyone else, right around 11:30, and called my fiance to see where he was. The waitress overheard me say that he was on his way with a couple more people. In total, we maybe had 10 people there. She quickly stated to my other friend, while blatantly avoiding any eye contact with me, that they were closing at midnight and we would have to leave. Meanwhile there was barely anybody else there. There were a 2 people at the bar, and a couple sitting behind us who had just gotten there and just got their dinner served. We politely paid our bill (I never even got a chance to order a drink as in the 20 minutes I was there she never came to get my order) and left. We took our business to Steppy's (spelling?) who gave us a warm welcome, congratulated me, and were so nice. I looked up Capones business hours afterwards and saw that they are listed as being open till 2am. All my friends there were white, minus me, I'm Indian. So I'm not sure if it was a racist thing, or some random policy they enforce on random customers, but I will never go back...
Read moreI was on my way back towards Philadelphia, and heard that this place had a crazy beer list. And they do! Family style eatery with a bar section, it has that "been around forever" feel. Super friendly service, the kind where the waitress calls you sugar/sweetie, which is charming. So the beer list was two pages long in small type, I didn't count but easily north of 20 taps. What surprised me was that the vast majority of beers were from out of state, and pretty much all high ABV choices. I was driving, so I had to settle for small tasters. I hadn't had Pliny the elder in a decade or longer, same with Racer 5, still as good as they ever were. They also had a few rarities from Russian River and Lawson's finest, just to name a few. A bit pricy, but understandable for rare beers. I also ordered the chicken Parm, as suggested by the waitress, and it was excellent, crispy, cheesy, with lots of marinara sauce. Classic Italian American food that only...
Read moreIn the past, we have always enjoyed being and eating at Capones. This visit, however, still good it just wasn't up to our standard for the restaurant. We ordered Chicken Parm and Veal Parm. We seem to get this most times. The Chicken was very thin and not very much on the plate almost like they were running out and trying to stretch it and the pasta portion was small on one plate with a good amout of sauce but the other plate had the right amount of pasta with light sauce. The Veal was very good, as it has been in the past. The kitchen didn't communicate with the wait staff at how long for things and what they were already out of. The soup came out first, and although they had one of our soups, we were told right then that they were out of the other after waiting for about 25 minutes for the soup in the first place. The Lemon Drop Martini was also not very good. I hope they get it together soon because we enjoy...
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