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Philippe Downtown’s Touch-Screen Takeout

Philippe Chow’s new West Village satellite Philippe Express has the baroque accents of the fancy 60th Street flagship, but touch screens for eat-in and takeout orders keep individually portioned entrées priced from $11 to $15. [NYT]

Philippe Express, 469 Sixth Ave., nr. 11th St.; 212-929-8949

Philippe Downtown’s Touch-Screen Takeout