Dine Arounds - Monk's Cafe, err uh Warsaw Cafe

Hello everyone at MLA! Please take note of the Dine Arounds available at MLA. As a first time MLA attendee it was nice to go out to dinner with fellow librarians. You can sign up for dine arounds near the registration desk. My colleague and I had signed up for the Monk's Cafe dine around last night, but our group arrived late to the restaurant and thus they cancelled our reservation. Nonetheless, we wound up at Warsaw Cafe right down the street. Good food and maybe 15 minutes walking distance of the Marriott.

~Angela Anderson, guest blogger
LSUHSC-Shreveport
http://sassysystems.blogspot.com

Dine-Arounds

Please join some of your colleagues to explore the tastes of Philadelphia. To register for a Dine-Around on Friday or Saturday evening, please sign up at the Hospitality Desk by 2pm on the day of the scheduled dine around. For Thursday night Dine-Arounds, sign up in advance by emailing the host or at the Hospitality Desk after it opens on Thursday at 4pm. Dine-Around participants should plan on being at the Message Area 5 minutes prior to the time listed below. Please be on time as your party will leave promptly. If you miss them it is up to you to get to the restaurant on your own.

Please let your non-blogging colleagues know about these events!

Thursday, May 17th (note: you can email the host to sign-up in advance)

Lolita http://lolitabyob.com
Mexican
106 S. 13th Street
Host: Anne Seymour seymoura@mail.med.upenn.edu
Time: 6:30
Number of dinner slots: 7

Swanky Bubbles www.swankybubbles.com
Asian, champagne
10 S. Front Street
Host: Andrea Kenyon kenyon@collphyphil.org
Time: 6:30
Number of dinner slots: 8

Friday, May 18th
(additional restaurants may be added)

Nodding Head search.cityguide.aol.com/philadelphia/bars/nodding-head/v-130117
www.noddinghead.com
16th and Sansom
Hostess: Maura Sostack msostack@virtua.org
Time: 6:30
Number of dinner slots: 7 persons

Estia www.estiarestaurant.com
(Greek)
1405 Locust Street
Hostess: Andrea Kenyon kenyon@collphyphil.org
Time: 6:30
Number of dinner slots: 5

Monk’s Belgian Café www.monkscafe.com/
16th & Spruce
Host: Dan Boutchie
Time: 7:00
Number of dinner slots: 7

Saturday, May 19th
(additional restaurants may be added)

Singapore
(Chinese, kosher, vegetarian)
1006 Race Street
Hostess: Diane Wolf
Time: 8pm
Number of dinner slots: 7

Farmacia www.farmiciarestaurant.com/
15 S. 3rd Street
Host: Jen de Richmond JdeRichemond@ECRI.org
Time: 7:30pm (meet at message board at 7pm)
Number of dinner slots: 7

Pub Crawl
Tour of the drinking establishments in the Center City East/TJU area including Ludwig’s Garden, McGillians (Philly's oldest pub), Fergie's, the Irish Pub (the one by Jefferson), and Doc Watson's. Please note that while restaurants are smoke free, none of these establishments qualify for the exemption.
Host: Brad Long
Time: 8:45
Number of slots: 12 persons