Il Portico is located on Walnut Street, Philadelphia's upscale restaurant row. You enter into the bar and hear the warm sounds of Italian music. You smell the fresh breads baking in the downstairs oven. The staff, dressed in formal attire is busy gesturing and speaking to one another 

in their native tongue. 

 This isn't a show, it's the real thing. The décor is a palate of deep burgundy, enhanced with dark mahogany woods, renaissance art and lavish chandeliers. One wall of the dining room houses a wine cabinet with the finest Italian vintages, the other is a long  red brick wall. A large Palladian window overlooking Walnut Street makes the entire room shine and gives a first class view of the cosmopolitan scene below. 

 The finest ingredients offer a true Tuscan experience. Many are imported directly from Italy. In fact, a signature style of the restaurant  is the use of

truffles.

 This secret ingredient makes Il Portico's food rich and flavorful. Every bread basket contains a signature warm homemade matzoh sprinkled with herbs. Most of the menu items are derived from family recipes and an Italian-Jewish influence.
   
  Restaurant Name: Il Portico - named after the Jewish ghetto in Rome near the home in which Chef Alberto Delbello was born and raised. Atmosphere: Fine dining in a lavish setting; dark mahogany woods, renaissance Are, gorgeous chandeliers and a palate of deep burgundy. One of The main dining rooms has a large Palladian window  overlooking Walnut Street that makes the entire room shine and gives diners a First-class view of the cosmopolitan scene below.

Reservations: Can be made by calling the restaurant or logging onto OpenTable.com

  Menu Style: The foods of Tuscany        Executive Chef/Owner: Alberto Delbello              Opened: 1995

Il Portico
1519 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215.587.7000
Fax: 215.587.7005

info@il-portico.com