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Isabel BYOB getting close
Michael Poole of Fairmount's Trio (2624 Brown St.) says he and partner Van Chau are about two to three weeks out on Isabel (2601 Pennsylvania Ave.), their Mexicali-flavored BYOB on the Parkway.
Isabel BYOB getting close
Michael Poole of Fairmount's Trio (2624 Brown St.) says he and partner Van Chau are about two to three weeks out on Isabel (2601 Pennsylvania Ave.), their Mexicali-flavored BYOB in the 2601 Parkway condo complex.
Last spring, Poole and Chau were in the running for the subsidized Girard Coalition/MM Partners LLC Mexican project at 2711 W. Girard Avenue, but it never came full circle. (The space was being looked at but never blossomed; it's now a bike shop. MM Partners now say they have a taqueria about four to six weeks out at 2730 W. Girard.) The partners decided to try and land a space on their own and came across the long-vacant Coffee Room Cafe.
"The neighborhood's been crying out for good Mexican food since we've been here," says Poole, who will be Isabel's chef. The menu, which is late in its development stages, will been heavily Mexican-influenced but not overly fettered to tradition, similar to how the guys handle Asian food at Trio. It's a 30-seater, which includes room for a six at a dining bar; the huge Parkway sidewalks will also translate to ample outdoor seating some time after Isabel opens.
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