Wine Thief

Wine Thief Bistro
7152 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia

This is the newest joint in our lovely neighborhood located just a few doors away from Earth. I've been waiting for them to open for months, and now that they are I was pretty impressed. There is not a lot of seating so it felt kinda cramped and it was very loud. The decor is fine but boring. The menu was pretty fucking awesome for Mt. Airy. For our appetizers we had the eggplant cheesecake, which was rich and sublime, and the halibut ceviche, which was a bit heavy on the fruit and light on the fish but tasty. For our main course we had the fried chicken with collard greens and cornbread pudding. The chicken was nicely breaded, well fried and a good portion for the money. The collard greens were nothing special (go to Chef Ken's!), but the cornbread pudding was my favorite part of the entire meal. Sweet and salty and mushy and delicious. Talk about comfort food. And the beer? I wasn't in the mood for a drink so I didn't even ask but I doubt it's anything to write home about. My biggest complaint is that was kinda too snooty for Mt. Airy. The service was good but overly formal. The ceviche served in a champagne glass was cheesy. The carafe of water was just unnecessary. Aside from that I was impressed with the place and will be back soon.