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La Calaca Feliz to debut in early 2012
Touched base this a.m. with Brian Sirhal (right), who owns Cantina Feliz (424 S. Bethlehem Pike, Ft. Washington) with chef/partner Tim Spinner, about the duo's second venture, La Calaca Feliz.
La Calaca Feliz to debut in early 2012
Touched base this a.m. with Brian Sirhal (right), who owns Cantina Feliz (424 S. Bethlehem Pike, Ft. Washington) with chef/partner Tim Spinner, about the duo's second venture, La Calaca Feliz.
A takeover of Fairmount's recently shuttered Illuminare at 2321 Fairmount, La Calaca Feliz, or "The Happy Skeleton," will be a 100-seater featuring a menu "about 75 to 80 percent different" from Feliz's. "In terms of Mexican food, it's still an area that's underserved," says Sirhal of the Art Museum region, which actually just notched a Mexicali BYO entrant last week in the form of Isabel. Spinner will use the opportunity to explore new Mexican directions from the kitchen — alambres, or skewers, will be a big focus here — but you should still expect the former Distrito chef's takes on traditional tacos, enchiladas and the like. The popular order-in-advance suckling pig meal they do in Ft. Washington could also carry over here. A big tequila selection and both Mexican beers and American crafts (six on tap) will fill out the beverage program.
At the moment, Sirhal and Spinner are figuring out what to do with the building aesthetically, though Alison Dilworth, the Phily mural artist who created Feliz's Dia de los Muertos look, is definitely on board to lend her skullduggery to La Calaca. Sirhal says they hope to be open in the first or second of January, assuming there aren't any major hiccups with the liquor license transfer.
Photo: Jason Varney
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