An interesting moment that hasn't been talked about much, anyone with information or resources on the meeting between Poe and Walt Whitman is kindly encouraged to post!
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Philadelphia is an EATING town. From swine to divine, we’ve got it! You know you’re supposed to eat a cheesesteak, and you might know to seek out a good seafood place, but you can have a very diverse culinary experience: an international food palate for our international visitors
Alyan's Restaurant $
603 S 4TH St
(215) 922-3553
Inexpensive Mediterranean BYOB.t. Great falafel, hummus, lamb, mixed grill.
½ block from South Street
Bellini Grill $$
220 S 16th Street between Walnut & Locust
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 545-1191
Monday to Thursday: 11am-10pm; Friday: 11am-11pm; Saturday: 4pm-11pm; Sunday: 3pm-9pm
“Warm-hued walls patched with large frescos of the Italian countryside give an old world feel to this tiny business district dining room. A good mix of business diners, date duos and "regulars" take up the dark wood tabled to dine on traditional, house-made dishes like fried calamari, Zuppa Di Pesce and Veal Parmigiana.” (On-line description.)
Good place for large groups even though it’s a relatively small restaurant. A group of 12 of us ate there one night during MLA, and everyone enjoyed the meal. The staff has always been very accommodating when I’ve eaten there, and the food is yummy. It’s also BYOB. (Cantalupo review)
Bistro La Baia $$
700 Lombard Street near 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146-1519
Phone: (215) 546-0496
Hours: Mon-Thu 12pm-3pm, 5pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-3pm, 5pm-11pm, Sun 4pm-10pm
Small, cozy neighborhood BYOB restaurant with great Italian food at reasonable prices. (Cantalupo’s review)
Bookbinder’s $$-$$$
125 Walnut Street
(215) 925-7027
According to Whitman biographer Justin Kaplan, Poe published two articles by Whitman in the Broadway Journal; the titles aren't name in this source. Whitman wrote, "Poe was very cordial in a quiet way... appear'd well in person, dress, &c. I have a distinct and pleasing remembrance of his looks, voice, manner, and matter: very kindly and human, but subdued, perhaps a little jaded" (quoted from Stoval's "Prose Works of Walt Whitman," according to endnotes). Another Whitman biographer, Jerome Loving, says their meeting occurred at the BJ office in New York. I'm not sure if people really buy that Whitman met Poe or if it's generally considered apocryphal.
ReplyDeleteThanks to the Walt Whitman Archive, we have ready access to the Good Gray Poet’s account of his favorable impression of Poe based on a brief meeting of the two men in New York: "I have seen Poe—met him: he impressed me very favorably: was dark, quiet, handsome—Southern from top to toe: languid, tired out, it is true, but altogether ingratiating." Was that in New York? "Oh yes: there: we had only a brief visit: he was frankly conciliatory: I left him with no doubts left, if I ever had any." Poe was "curiously a victim of history—like Paine." "The disposition to parade, to magnify, his defects has grown into a habit: every literary, every moralistic, jackanapes who comes along has to give him an additional kick. His weaknesses were obvious enough to anybody: but what do they amount to after all?” (Friday, January 25, 1889)
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