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WHERE TO EAT
  1. Fiesta Pizza (0.0 miles)
  2. Marigold Kitchen (0.1 miles)
  3. Vietnam Cafe (0.2 miles)
WHERE TO SHOP
  1. Monarch Hardware Co. (0.4 miles)
  2. Ken Fink and Wondergy (1.1 miles)
  3. Valerie Felgoise (1.2 miles)
WHERE TO DRINK
  1. New Deck Tavern (1.2 miles)
  2. Resurrection Ale House (1.7 miles)
  3. Tank Bar (2.0 miles)

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Entree Price:
$$ — Moderately Priced

Neighborhood:
Philadelphia County
West Philly

Also Featured in:
Best of Philly 2004 West African


La Calebasse

4519 Baltimore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Phone: 215-382-0555
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This Senegalese restaurant, typically illuminated more by the glow of French-satellite TV than by sunlight, is popular with a West African crowd (from Togo, Mali, Ivory Coast They know what they're doing: All the standards are strong — try the chicken yassa and the thiebou d'jen, the fish-and-rice plate that is Senegal's national dish. The pintade grillé, a guinea hen fried in pepper-spiked oil with a vast complement of onions and sweet peppers, is finger-lickin' good.

Featured In
Best of Philly 2004 West African
This Senegalese restaurant, typically illuminated more by the glow of French-satellite TV than by sunlight, is popular with a West Af...

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