The Week In Eats

Picks for Restaurant Week Pt. 2, Feb. 1-6

by Nikki Volpicelli

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Chef Josh McCullough is offering up five courses for the price of three. Check out kumamoto oysters or veal breast crostini to start, then move on to winter root veggie soup or an arugula/garbanzo/turnip salad. Third, enjoy wild mushroom risotto. Main course options include chicken ballantine and salmon with a goat cheese tamale; for dessert, choose between crème caramel or chocolate cake with bourbon cherry ice cream. Time, 1315 Sansom St., 215-985-4800, timerestaurant.net.

First course is soup or salad, with entrées including a 6-ounce filet with asparagus and garlic mashed potatoes or your choice of red snapper, Maryland crab cakes or grilled Atlantic salmon. Cocoa-laden desserts include Kahlua choco-chip cheesecake and Ghirardelli chocolate lava cake. Devon Seafood Grill, 225 S. 18th St., 215-546-5940, devonseafood.com.

Vegetarian choices include seaweed salad, sweet 'n' sour tofu and a sushi veg platter; meatier treats include Hawaiian Walu steak, a teriyaki platter and the Bellacucina roll (eel and wasabi lobster). Finish the night off with banana tempura or a variety of Japanese ice creams, red bean, ginger and green tea among them. 1225 RAW Sushi & Sake Bar, 1225 Sansom St., 215-238-1903, rawlounge.net.

Audrey Claire is going green, so to speak, with a menu including bosc pear and gorgonzola flatbread, seared brussels sprouts and grilled baby artichokes. Dine on penne with spinach and parsley-crusted lemon sole at this cash-only corner spot. Audrey Claire, 276 S. 20th St., 215-731-1222, audreyclaire.com.

The traditional Italian menu includes antipasti and plenty of bruschetta for course No. 1, as well as escargot with sautéed sun-dried tomatoes. Second course is your pick of salads — Caesar, Caprese, or the house "Insalata Mille Foglie." Grilled fresh fish is a third-course option, along with veal parm or New York strip. Italiano desserts include spumoni, tiramisu and cannoli. Bellini Grill, 220 S. 16th St., 215-545-1191, bellinigrill.com.

First, check out a crab cake with chipotle remoulade or the "President's room" chopped salad. Second course — lobster ravioli or broiled tilapia. No. 3 — peanut butter pie, pineapple bread pudding or strawberry shortcake. Old Original Bookbinder's, 125 Walnut St., 215-925-7027, bookbinders.biz.