# Philly Dopers -- Dinner? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860 "2004-07-19T19:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/1 "2004-07-19T19:05:41Z")
We haven’t scheduled the July dinner – are we gonna try to do this or are we on summer vacation? This week is bad for me, but I don’t have anything scheduled yet for next week. ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/2 "2004-07-19T19:35:00Z")
Hey, Maybe I can make it this time… Next Monday and Tuesday are bad for me (forgein co-workers in town) but the rest of the week should be doable with some juggling. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/3 "2004-07-19T19:46:08Z")
Yay! that would be great! Wednesday and Thursday are equally okay with me. Friday’s no good, since I’m leaving for my annual week in Cape May first thing Saturday. Anyone else in? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/4 "2004-07-19T20:00:10Z")
Wednesday the 28th would be good for me as well. I can’t do Tuesday or Thursday that week. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/5 "2004-07-19T20:03:28Z")
Okay, let’s say Wednesday the 28th. Where? If it’s just us three, I’d say Phil’s – is anyone else in? **DavidM**? **JohnM**? **Cleophus**? Is there any chance the lovely and talented **quiltguy** will be able to join us? ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/6 "2004-07-19T20:12:17Z")
I’m on vacation next week, and don’t I deserve it! Where is this Phil’s, of which you speak? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/7 "2004-07-19T20:52:04Z")
Phil’s is at Broad Axe (Ambler/Blue Bell/Whitpain) – Butler Pike and Skippack Pike (Rte. 73). I suggested it because it’s five minutes or less for **Pandora** and me from work, and about 10 minutes from **ScubaBen** ’s home. If you’ll be joining us, though, we could do something else – King of Prussia, perhaps, or Plymouth Meeting, Lafayette Hill, etc. (Does anyone else like the Persian place in Lafayette Hill?) We’ve been concentrating on the western and northwestern 'burbs – Blue Route and Schuylkill are convenient for many people, though I realize not everyone. Where would you be coming from? ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/8 "2004-07-20T16:15:32Z")
woo hoo People, (and not just any people, people capable of intelligent conversation…) Wednesday is good for me… Phils would be great, since it’s so close, but I’m up for just about anywhere as long as someone can give me directions. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/9 "2004-07-20T16:57:12Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Does anyone else like the Persian place in Lafayette Hill? The Persian Grill is very good. I like it. Who’s up for kebabs? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/10 "2004-07-22T12:54:12Z")
_bump_ ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/11 "2004-07-22T14:09:11Z")
I’m up for anything… I’ve never had persian food though, so if we end up going there, I will need both directions and ordering advice 🙂 -Pandora ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/12 "2004-07-22T14:20:46Z")
It’s not super exotic – lots of lamb, which is what I always get – the marinades often involve a yougurt base – flavorful rather than spicy. The restaurant is on Germantown Pike, not hard to find at all, maybe 10 minutes from where you work. (Well, maybe more, if you go down Butler Pike and get caught in that ugly stuff of people headed for the Blue Route during rush hour.) I think we’re just waiting to hear back from **quiltguy** as to whether he’ll be joining us. What time is good for youse guys – six? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/13 "2004-07-22T14:41:41Z")
6:30 or 7:00 works better for me. My advice for what to order is pretty simple. When in doubt, pick lamb or chocolate, as appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/14 "2004-07-23T13:40:43Z")
Count me in. 7:00 P.M. would be better for me, as I’m the world’s worst navigator. Explicit instructions would be welcome. Landmarks work much better for me, when coupled with route numbers. Looking forward to a much-anticipated convergence. See ya’! Any chance there’s a Dairy Queen™ nearby? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/15 "2004-07-23T14:21:19Z")
Yay! Finally, a chance to meet the famous **quiltguy**! Okay – Wednesday the 28th, 7:00 PM, at the Persian Grill – I’ll post very explicit directions this weekend sometime, it’s really quite easy. Anyone else care to join us? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/16 "2004-07-24T00:45:19Z")
DIRECTIONS TO THE PERSIAN GRILL From the (northbound) Blue Route (Rte.476): Get off at Exit 19 (Chemical Road). Bear right onto Chemical Road. This dead-ends at Germantown Pike. Turn right. The light at the top of the hill is Butler Pike (ugly multi-part intersection with an eponymous Quaker meetinghouse on the right). Keep going on Germantown Pike for a couple of miles. You’ll pass Plymouth-Whitemarsh HS on the left; keep going. You’ll pass playing-fields and a big park on the left, a golf course on the right. The next light is at Joshua Road – keep going. Go another mile or two. You’ll have a smallish strip mall on the left and the Whitemarsh Municipal Bldg. on the right as you approach the next light, Crescent Avenue. On the far side of this intersection on the left is a gas station that is currently being torn up for some kind of construction. Next to the gas station on the left, still on Germantown Pike, is the Persian Grill – large white, green, and red sign – large, rather gaudy garden out front. If you get to the Y intersection where Germantown Pike goes to the left and Church St. goes to the right (by the General Lafayette Inn), you’ve passed it. **Pandora** – you can either come down Butler and hang a left on Germantown Pike, following the directions above from there – or, to avoid ugly traffic, go north on Butler to Stenton, take a right, next light is Joshua Road, take a right, second light is Germantown Pike, take a left, proceed as above. We’ll be meeting there at 7. I’m a tall, plump, middle-aged woman with dark-brown hair liberally streaked with silver. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/17 "2004-07-24T01:10:57Z")
Wowsers! In town for the week, seeing known Dopers and meeting newbies is always fun. Can I come along? To answer your question **quiltguy154** , my recall says the closest DQ is on Butler Pike between Germantown Pike and Ridge Pike. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/18 "2004-07-24T01:15:30Z")
Damn, **dances** , that really scares the hell out of me, that you’d be able to come up with a DQ. These are my stomping grounds and I wasn’t getting anywhere. Definitely, come join us! And anyone else who’d like to! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/19 "2004-07-24T01:33:25Z")
Hee, hee. Don’t forget that I’m a transplant to Central PA. Born in Bucks, and worked in Bucks/Mont/Phila since then. I only remembered the DQ because I passed it every day when we were doing an installation in Conshie earlier this year. See you Wednesday. Note to **Pandora** : I’m a tall, plump, middle-aged guy with dark-brown hair liberally streaked with silver. Not sure if your hair is longer than mine, **twickster**. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860/20 "2004-07-26T15:46:45Z")
**one final bump in case interested Dopers were on vacation last week** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-dinner/255860.md?page=2)