153:, a French seafood-specialised restaurant. Originally on 1312 Spruce St., it moved to Walnut Street in 1983. Le Bec-Fin was awarded as one of the best restaurant in the United States. It has received a total of 10 James Beard Foundation Awards between 1992 and 2002. The restaurant has been rated Five-Stars by the Mobil Travel Guide for over 20 years and Five-Diamond status with the American Automobile Association (AAA) since 1989. For three consecutive years, readers of Gourmet magazine have selected the restaurant as their #1 choice in Philadelphia. In 1994, Le Bec-Fin was named the #1 restaurant in the county by readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine. Zagat survey continually lists Le Bec-Fin as Philadelphia's favorite restaurant and gives it the highest score of any restaurant in the country since 1993.
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Perrier perfected seafood based recipes such as the galette de crabe, a French riff on an American crab cake that he developed after a trip to Maryland’s Eastern Shore. After 43 years, the restaurant closed on June 15, 2013.
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