Resurrection Ale House has been open a few weeks now, long enough for blogging types to check it out.

Living on the Vedge deals with a crazy in order to try the roasted radicchio and gorgonzola biscotti. [Living on the Vedge]

It’s the pancetta with crab, peas and house-made fettucini that catches the fancy of the Beer/Pork Lass. On the beer side she tries the Schlenkerla Helles, a smoked golden lager from Bamburg Germany. [Beer Lass]

Veggicurious picks the pickle plate and roasted miatake mushroom to take for a spin. [Veggicurious]

In Other Resurrection Ale House News

Every Monday Resurrection is hosting a Mom + Me Happy Hour from 1 to 3pm. That’s a buck off beers when you bring your baby plus a little networking, socializing and friend-making.

Brunch will begin next weekend, the 24th and 25th of October. To celebrate the kickoff, there will be a special wooden cask of Schneider Weisse pouring off the edge of the bar.

Resurrection Ale House [Official Site]

This week in Philadelphia Magazine’s Restaurant Club Newsletter.

• First Look: Who is Jose Garces?
• Citizens Bank Park Eating Guide
• Sneak Peek Photos: A Look Inside Max Brenner Chocolates
• Food for Thought: Do Kids and Restaurants Mix?
• Restaurant Club Deals: House specials at the Blockley, free wine at Le Bar Lyonnais.

Restaurant Club Newsletter [Philadelphia Magazine]

The Memphis Taproom is hosting a happy hour for moms and their little ones today and the first Monday of the month from 1 to 3pm. Meet other moms and enjoy beer and cocktail specials. The Mempis Taproom crew also promises “music that doesn’t make you want to kill people.”

Memphis Taproom [Official Site]

With the smoking ban in full effect more children are hanging in the pub.

“The number of children we see here has quadrupled,” says Tom Peters, co-owner of Monk’s Cafe in Center City “I’m getting more baby seats. And it’s all attributable to the smoking ban.”

No longer does a favorite hangout seem forbidding or unwelcoming to parents. Rather than leave junior with a sitter, mom and dad are able to include the child in an evening interlude.

Smoking ban brings more kids to dinner [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Our friends at Dancing Meatballs gave us a couple good suggestions for family friendly restaurants that don’t have a giant mouse for a mascot. Their first suggestion is the Pop Shop in Collingswood “which has an extensive kids menu, ’school nights’, kids events like Saturday morning pajama party, stroller accessibility, diaper changing stations, and wait staff who deal well with kids.” Even at the top end there is room for kids. “The Fountain at Four Seasons has the most kid friendly wait staff I have ever met. A tired and grouchy kid can be offered everything from free balloons, coloring books and crayons, to a visit to the kitchen and a room to rest in.”

So where else is there where the sight of a child in a stroller doesn’t prompt eye rolling by the staff and the amenities to keep a child occupied extend beyond a set of broken crayons.

Leave your suggestions in the comments.

The Pop Shop [Official Site]
Fountain Room [Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia]