- BOUTIQUE - FULL SERVICE - HOTEL YEAR BUILT - 1989 ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION - KEY SELLING POINTS . THE RITTENHOUSE OFFERS THE LARGEST GUESTROOMS IN THE CITY WITH THE SMALLEST ONE BEING 450 SQ. FEET. THREE TO ONE STAFF TO GUEST RATIO. LOCATED IN THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD IN PHILADELPHIA ON AN HISTORIC PARK. OUTSTANDING CUISINE OVERSEEN BY WORLD RENOWN CHEF JEAN MARIE LACROIX-WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD AMERICAN EXPRESS BEST CHEF OF THE MID-ATLANTIC 2001 AND THE ROBERT MONDAVI FOR EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE AND A MEMBER OF THE MAITRE DE CUISINERS A SELECT GROUP OF 300 CHEFS WORLDWIDE. WE SPECIALIZE IN PERSONALIZED SERVICE AND HAVE HOSTED OVER ONE THOUSAND CELEBRITIES/HEADS OF STATE/ MUSICIANS/OPERA STARS AND MANY OTHER WELL KNOWN ARTISTS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE WORLD PRESS CORPS AND MEDIA. PHILADELPHIA -OCTOBER 7 2003- LACROIX AT THE RITTENHOUSE HAS BEEN NAMED RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE MAGAZINE / THE SOLE PENNSYLVANIA RESTAURANT TO BE CHOSEN.