Tonight is the kickoff of OpenTable.com’s Appetite Stimulus Plan. 70+ participating restaurants are offering $35 dinners and $24 lunches.

We don’t have a whole lot of information on the menus but Lacroix and Rae was nice enough to send theirs along.

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OpenTable is sponsoring an “Appetite Stimulus Plan” from November 17th to 21st where participating restaurants will be offering specially priced 3-course menus for lunch and dinner. The lunch menu will be $24 and dinner will be a wallet friendly $35.

Appetite Stimulus Plan [OpenTable]

The Insider has Northern Liberties possibly getting a wine bar, Vinoteca. Here’s hoping they have more success than Wineo. [The Insider]

MenuPages has some good suggestions on dining with large groups and OpenTable. [MenuPages Blog]

Hey Pennsters, That Bucks County Coffee you’ve come to love at 40th and Locust is set to become a Saxbys on October 1. In other Saxby’s news, look for a new one at 15th and Locust. [Daily Pennsylvanian]

We noticed this as well, it seems like JL Sullivan’s Speakeasy is suffering from a bit of an identity crisis. First they dropped the Speakeasy and in a promo for a grand opening party this weekend they are going by JLS. [The Clog]

We first heard about Saute in July. it was a month away then, it’s a month away now. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

“Bottled or tap” is one question you won’t hear anymore at White Dog Cafe. The environmentally conscious West Philadelphia Restaurant is kicking the bottled water habit. [Inqlings, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Alison Barshak details the trials and tribulations of arranging tables and getting set for online reservations. For some reason we have  dorky fascination with OpenTable.

I Have Some Reservations About This [Alison's New Restaurant]

Maybe because we find it increasingly awkward to use a telephone keypad or the fear of being rejected over the telephone, we do love us some OpenTable. But we were disappointed last week when we realized there was no way to look for just BYOBs. But with Foobooz’s advanced getting-inside-head-technology (Pat. Pend.) we’re happy to report that OpenTable now offers a BYOB Philadelphia page.

BYOB Philadelphia [OpenTable]

Usually when we check out the top ten booked restaurants in Philadelphia via OpenTable it’s almost all steakhouses. But not here in the middle of the summer.

1. Buddakan
2. Amada
3. Tinto
4. El Vez
5. Morimoto
6. Circular Dining Room (Hershey, PA)
7. Capital Grille
8. Moshulu
9. Cuba Libre
10. Tomatoes (Margate, NJ)

Last Week’s Top 10 Booked Restaurants [OpenTable]

OpenTable lets you make restaurant reservations online from any of 4,400 restauarants world wide.
Below is this week’s list of Philadelphia’s top six restaurants.

1. Buddakan
2. Amada
3. Morimoto
4. Cuba Libre
5. Capital Grille
6. Tomatoes