Restaurant Review

[MAD-3R's Wife]

I wanted to let everyone know about an absolutely fabulous restaurant in Richmond VA.

If you want to treat yourself to a GREAT seafood meal, go to The Old Original Bookbinders in Richmond VA. Phil took me there for our 7 year anniversary. The food is extremely good! We started the meal with the 'Hot Seafood Sampler'. The Oysters Rockefeller was wonderful, the Crab Cakes were more crab then cake, and the Kalamari was perfectly cooked. For the next course we had a Seafood Bisque which had a bit more spice then I normally like. After the Bisque we had our entrees. Phil had the Seafood Pasta and I had the Beef Tenderloin Tips with Lobster Tail. The mushrooms in the Beef Tips had more substance then the beef, just melted in your mouth and the Lobster...........I am a convert. The Seafood Pasta had more seafood then pasta with just the right amount of spice. The sides......what can I say.....first, they claim that the sides are enough for two..........they mean 4. We had the Lobster Potatoes and the Cream Corn A Grauten. I don't know how to describe them other then YUM!!!!! I just wished I could have had more, I was full. We did have dessert though. I had the Chocolate Torte and Phil had the Key Lime Pie. The Torte melted in your mouth and was just sweet enough to finish a GREAT meal and the Pie was (to quote Phil) "real Key Lime Pie". I had a bite of his pie and it was sweet with a real nice tang to it.

The more I think about this dinner the more I wish I could go again. I am still full 4 hours later but my mouth is watering just writing all this.

Trust me the meal was well worth the 2 hour drive.

[RCSignals]

I'm happy you had such a good time, and a great meal.

I'm confused though. Why does Bookbinder sell seafood, or is it just a VA thing?

[Bigdogjim]

Congrats on 7 years

Is this "JET's" Place?

Their was one in Phila. Hope it re-opens soon

[Bluerauder]

Their was one in Phila. Hope it re-opens soon

The "Original Bookbinders" in the Philadephia section of Society Hill is the one that I remember. Of course, the was back in 1981. Wow, time flies.

Happy 7th Anniversary -- Phil and Natasha !!!

[jgc61sr2002]

Happy Anniversary

[Haggis]

Oh no not the 7 year stretch....wait a minute isn't that baseball.

Congratulations Phil and Tasha on your Anniversary. Wow a whole 7 years, boy does the time fly. May God bless you with happiness on your journey together through life.

[MAD-3R's Wife]

Is this "JET's" Place?

Their was one in Phila. Hope it re-opens soon

BIg Dog, Yes it was one of Jet's places. The first one in Philly which should reopen soon and the two in Richmond.

[RCSignals]

Oh no not the 7 year stretch....wait a minute isn't that baseball.

Do you mean 7 year itch?

I'm confident Phil and Tasha will get past this 7 year milestone, and many more to come.

[RCSignals]

Do you think Jet will open one way out here? I could park cars or something

[MarauderMark]

[QUOTE=Haggis]Congratulations Phil and Tasha on your Anniversary. May God bless you with happiness on your journey together through life..

My sentiments as well HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!

[Mike Poore]

I wanted to let everyone know about an absolutely fabulous restaurant in Richmond VA.

If you want to treat yourself to a GREAT seafood meal, go to The Old Original Bookbinders in Richmond VA. Phil took me there for our 7 year anniversary. The food is extremely good! We started the meal with the 'Hot Seafood Sampler'. The Oysters Rockefeller was wonderful, the Crab Cakes were more crab then cake, and the Kalamari was perfectly cooked. For the next course we had a Seafood Bisque which had a bit more spice then I normally like. After the Bisque we had our entrees. Phil had the Seafood Pasta and I had the Beef Tenderloin Tips with Lobster Tail. The mushrooms in the Beef Tips had more substance then the beef, just melted in your mouth and the Lobster...........I am a convert. The Seafood Pasta had more seafood then pasta with just the right amount of spice. The sides......what can I say.....first, they claim that the sides are enough for two..........they mean 4. We had the Lobster Potatoes and the Cream Corn A Grauten. I don't know how to describe them other then YUM!!!!! I just wished I could have had more, I was full. We did have dessert though. I had the Chocolate Torte and Phil had the Key Lime Pie. The Torte melted in your mouth and was just sweet enough to finish a GREAT meal and the Pie was (to quote Phil) "real Key Lime Pie". I had a bite of his pie and it was sweet with a real nice tang to it.

The more I think about this dinner the more I wish I could go again. I am still full 4 hours later but my mouth is watering just writing all this.

Trust me the meal was well worth the 2 hour drive.

Congratulations, you guys! And thanks for re-discovering one of America's finest. There was also Kelly's on <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com[img] /><st1:country-region><st1:place><font color=" /><st1:Street><st1:address><FON T color=black>Mole Street</FONT></st1:address></st1:Street><FONT color=black>, just off Market, in </FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FON T color=black>Philadelphia, sadly, it never re-opened</FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT color=black><FONT size=2>.</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT></FONT></FONT>

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[SergntMac]

Congrats Phil and Natasha!

Road trip?

Mini-Meet?

Anyone?

[GordonB]

Phil & Tasha,
Congrats on your anniversary!
GordonB and Joan

[MarauderMark]

Any reason's a good one, right?</FONT>[/color]
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As far as i'm concerned any reason to meet other mm'ers is good enough for me...

[JET]

Do you think Jet will open one way out here? I could park cars or something

RCSignals,

You put up the money & I’ll be happy to open one up in your neck of the woods.

Your Future Partner,
John