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By Jessica Marcial
Philadelphia People offers you our favorite places to dine throughout the day and into the night.

Breakfast: Start the morning right at Cereality. This cereal café offers customers a variety of cereals (two scoops) to choose from, and choices for milk and toppings to complete the dish. - Cereality 3631 Walnut Street 215-222-1162

Lunch: Get your lunch fix at any Philadelphia lunch truck, from the hot dog vendor on Market to the Jamaican “chef” on Spring Garden, a delicious meal can be found on almost any street corner for under five dollars.

Naughty Afternoon Craving: Can you feel that midday chocolate craving kickin’ in? Check out Naked Chocolate Café to satisfy your chocolate fixation. From desserts to beverages, if it’s chocolate, they’ve got it. Choose from the a lá carte items including hand-iced cupcakes, freshly baked brownies and cookies, mini cheesecakes, tableside fondue and a variety of hot and cold chocolate drinks to sip on. While you’re there, try the Aztec Blend -- their famous hot drink with dabs of nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. - Naked Chocolate Café 1317 Walnut Street 215- 735-7310

Tea Time: Unwind in time for rush hour with the simple pleasure of tea. Bubble Tea, a mixture of iced or hot sweetened tea, milk and other flavorings, is the latest craze among caffeine addicts. The most distinctive ingredient of this yummy drink is the black gummy balls made of tapioca at the bottom. Bubble House has an array of flavors in three categories: lattes, non-lattes and specialty drinks. How can one resist flavors including chocolate covered banana, chocolate covered strawberry, chocolate covered Oreo and oatmeal cookie? - Bubble House 3404 Sansom Stree 215-243-0804

Dinnner: When dinner time rolls around, make sure to check out Stephen Starr’s Continental Mid-town. Don’t miss out on the swinging seats on the second floor of this Asian fusion diner for a truly novel dining experience. The menu delivers creative tapas including thai chicken skewers, a mountainous calamari salad and the always popular lobster mashed potatoes. - Continental Mid-town 1801 Chestnut Street 215-567-1800

Dinner With a Scare
By Kristin Granero

Get a clue at Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, where you can share a “ranch” with 100 people, eat a hearty steak and solve a crime all in one night.

Every Saturday night at 7 p.m., the bottom floor of Fisher’s Tudor House transforms into The Tudor House Saloon.
Greeting you at the door is Miss Cooty decked out in her bright blue feather shawl. She’ll lead you to a table of complete strangers. But don’t worry -- they’re not the people you need to be wary of. They’re Miss Cooty’s company.
With entrée choices like chicken marsala, sirloin steak, stuffed flounder and pasta marinara, no one at The Tudor House Saloon leaves unsatisfied.

There’s no doubt that Ida Hademal, the daisy-clad dance hall girl, will steal your heart and the men’s laps. But ladies won’t mind too much when they feast their eyes on Billy Bob Jimbo, a saloon bachelor offering everything from a yellow handkerchief to “Billy Bob’s Butt Balm.”

And at this saloon, you may just need it with pains in the rear such as Black Bruce, the man responsible for stealing Lil’ Nell Hickey’s property and breaking Ida’s heart.

There to keep the peace is the gun-totin’ Sheriff Nevil Ready, who lets things get out of hand when a saloon-goer drops dead. That’s where your part comes in (right after the chocolate mousse!).

You’re challenged to piece together the clues you’ve collected throughout the evening. The killer? The weapon? The motive? It’s your job to solve the crime, and don’t count on much help from your date, who’s also sleuthing after the prize.

With singing, dancing, shooting, endless flirting and riotous audience participation, the Tudor House Saloon offers an alternative dining experience that’ll keep you guessing.

IF YOU GO:
COST: $39.95 per person
For more info: 215-244-9777
www.fisherstudor.com
ADDRESS: 1858 Street Road, Bensalem
ATTIRE: Dressy casual

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Different as Night & Day
By Shelly Perella
India Pale Ale
IPA is a style of sparkling pale ale with high alcohol content. Bubbly, hoppy and somewhat bitter, the Yards India Pale Ale, brewed right here in Philadelphia has 7.8 percent alcohol by volume.
Stout
Stout is a variety of dark beer made by roasting the malts or barley. The Slyfox O’Reilly Stout, brewed in Phoenixville PA, is a dry Irish style beer. Almost black in color with a thick creamy head has 4 percent alcohol by volume.
Iced Chocolate Mocha
For a little diversity, opt for white chocolate. Add another shot or two of espresso for an extra kick.
Iced White Chocolate Mocha
A shot of espresso, milk and chocolate
blended with ice to perfection.
White Tea
Low in caffeine but high in antioxidants, White Tea is made from baby tea leaves. Timing is crucial when it comes time for picking the leaves, which is what makes this the rarest of teas.
Black Tea
Fermented tea leaves give Black Tea its dark characteristics. It also boasts the highest caffeine levels of all the true teas.
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