# The Winthorpe and Valentine Dining Room **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326 "2012-08-13T01:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326/1 "2012-08-13T01:08:39Z")
I was in Philadelphia this week and my hotel’s restaurant was called the Winthorpe and Valentine Dining Room. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326/2 "2012-08-13T02:17:56Z")
Awesome name! Please tell me there was a frozen concentrated orange juice dish on the menu. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326/3 "2012-08-13T03:28:05Z")
I LOVE that!! One of my all time favorite movies! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326/4 "2012-08-13T10:02:39Z")
> [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](#): > > Awesome name! > > Please tell me there was a frozen concentrated orange juice dish on the menu. I was ready for a Pork Belly Roast, myself, but according to our server, they are still in the process of creating the new menu, so not yet. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326/5 "2012-08-13T10:30:36Z")
Like you might find on a bacon, and lettuce, and tomato sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326/6 "2012-08-13T11:42:16Z")
So did you eat your food openly, or did you have to put on a Santa Claus outfit and swipe a slab of lox and sneak it out under your shirt? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326/7 "2012-08-13T13:19:06Z")
Of course, they’ll have a plate with BOTH lobster and cracked crab. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326/8 "2012-08-13T13:42:11Z")
Wrong season to announce, in a booming voice, “Merry New Year!” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326/9 "2012-08-13T14:08:40Z")
An assortment of cold cuts and cheese served from a “ROOK-sack.” And don’t dump out those _Crepes Suzette_– bring them to MY table! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326/10 "2012-08-13T14:13:45Z")
Just look at that S car go! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winthorpe-and-valentine-dining-room/631326/11 "2012-08-13T15:03:27Z")
I hope they don’t serve beef jerky. It gives me the wind something terrible.