If you receive the Center City District’s (In) Center City newsletter you may already know there’s a link to a coupon for 10% off your total at the Oceanaire Seafood Room. If you don’t receive the Center City District’s monthly newsletter well then rest assured we’ll tip you off on the good stuff.

And speaking of good stuff there is also a coupon for $10 off when you spend $50 or more at grocery cafe + market, grocery is from the folks behind Lolita.

Oceanaire Seafood Room Coupon [Center City District]
grocery cafe + market coupon [Center City District]
Sign up for (In) Center City [Center City District]
Oceanaire Seafood Room

Maxine Keyser walks us through dinner at the Oceanaire Seafood Room and falls for the classic 1930s ocean liner feel and Chef Anthony Bonett’s cooking.

All Aboard [City Paper]

Rick Nichols takes an early look at the Oceanaire Seafood Room and finds it lacking to say the least.

This was the start of a lunch closer to the holiday, and as generous as I was feeling, it put me off my feed. Crabcake club sandwich? Ridiculously overpowering roll. (The crabcakes themselves are sweet, meaty things bound with mayo-mustard dressing but served in artless blobs.) The Yuengling-beer-battered fish and chips? Batter worthy of TGIF. Shoestring fries mounded to truly elephantine excess. To give it its due, the cup of New England clam chowder ($4.95) was a pure, bacon-scented joy.

You can’t bank on the seafood [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Oceanaire Seafood Room [Official Site]

Here’s a good deal to try the Oceanaire on a budget. Dine early at the Oceanaire Seafood Room, 5 to 6:30 PM nightly, and enjoy a three course dinner for only $30.

Menu after the jump.

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The Oceanaire Seafood Room is now serving lunch Monday through Friday from 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM.

Although the menu changes daily, lunch will feature specialties like Smoked Salmon Reuben, Crab Cake Club Sandwich and Grilled “Black and Blue” Costa Rican Mahi Mahi.

Oceanaire Seafood Room [Official Site]

PhilaFoodie takes in the Oceanaire Seafood Room and is transported to another time and place. But the atmosphere is background for Ocenaire’s true specialties, “ultra-fresh” fish and “titanic” proportions.

Oceanaire�s Ultra-Fresh selections and gargantuan portions make it a Disneyland for fish lovers. One bite and you’ll be hooked.

The Oceanaire Seafood Room [PhilaFoodie]
Oceanaire Seafood Room
Photo via philafoodie @ flickr.

Phyllis Stein-Novack of the South Philly Review takes an early look at the Oceanaire Seafood Room and she likes what she finds, from the sizable portions to the variety of fresh fish.

I would rather dine at The Oceanaire than other places that serve strange combinations and offer tiny portions. Here, the food is top quality and the freshness of each ingredient speaks for itself. It is one of the best new restaurants of the year.

Three tips of the toque to The Oceanaire.

The Oceanaire Seafood Room [South Philly Review]
Oceanaire Seafood Room [Official Site]

Have you been bowling at North Bowl yet? From 5-7 you can play for $4 a game, $2 PBRs all night. The $4 games are available every weeknight.

Foobooz hears that Oceanaire, 700 Walnut Street, is open tonight, just understand they’re still in training. Part of tonight’s proceeds go to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

The Flyers are back on the ice for the first time since cleaning house, so you could head to O’Neals, 3rd and South, and watch and see if they’ve gotten any better.

Trieu Chau, a tiny lunch and dinner spot at 1807 Washington Ave boasts Malaysian stir-frys, bubble teas, Vietnamese coffeees, and noodle soup specialties is now open. [Feeding Frenzy]

Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar officially opens tomorrow next to Susanna Foo’s Gourmet Kitchen(scheduled to open next week) in Radnor. [Feeding Frenzy]

Warmdaddy’s is finally opened at the RiverView Plaza on Columbus Boulevard. [Table Talk]

Oceanaire is still on schedule to open Saturday at 700 Walnut Street. [Table Talk]

The sale of La Boheme to Olivier de Saint Martin of Caribou Cafe has finally been completed. Dinner is served Tuesdays through Sundays. [Table Talk]

Giwa, 1608 Sansom Street, brings Korean takeout and sitdown to Center City (Feeding Frenzy).
The long anticipated Oceanaire Seafood Room on Walnut Street now has an opening date, October 28th (Feeding Frenzy).
In the closings department we find Zen Sushi on Liberties Walk, Brianna�s Italian Cafe in Collingswood, and Trattoria Lucca on Passyunk Avenue all shuttered (TableTalk).
Northern Liberties� Copper Bistro�s web site is live, so check out the menu.
Congrats to Iron Hill, Dogfish Head, Stewart�s, Troegs, McKenzie, Rock Bottom, Bethlehem Brew Works & Triumph New Hope who all brought home medals from the Great American Beer Fest (The Beer Yard).