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Zen-Nor opens next week
Lauren Aukett, a first-time owner, has taken over the Queen Village space that's been Gayle and Hoof + Fin (617 S. Third St.) for Zen-Nor, a "zen-themed" restaurant opening next Wednesday, May 16.
Zen-Nor opens next week
Lauren Aukett, a first-time owner, has taken over the Queen Village space that's been Gayle and Hoof + Fin (617 S. Third St.) for Zen-Nor, a "zen-themed" restaurant opening next Wednesday, May 16.
Aukett, a retail manager up to this point, describes the revamped spot as a tribute to her parents — the "Nor" in "Zen-Nor" is her mother Eleanor's nickname, while the concept itself is in honor of her dad, a professional chef who passed away a year and a half ago. The "zen" thing has worked its way into both the décor (they've installed an idyllic pond in the space's beautiful back patio area) and the food, from chef Michael O'Mara, late of South Jersey's M/O Global Bistro. O'Mara, who also worked at Old City's La Truffe (where Swanky Bubbles was) back in the day, has both Asian and French elements on his menu for the BYO. Zen-Nor will serve brunch, as well; both menus are after the jump (click to enlarge).
- barstool scientist
- Booze
- Brew Revue
- Chef Salad
- Closings
- Coffee
- Contests
- Dealage
- Dirty Dishes
- Don't Front
- Eat This Immediately
- Field Trip
- Food and Art
- Food and Holidays
- Food and Movies
- Food and Music
- Food and Politics
- Food and Sports
- Food and Web
- Food Blogs
- Food Books
- Food Events
- Food News
- Food TV
- Gifted
- Happy Hour Hopper
- How-To
- In Print
- Interview
- Meal Ticket
- Menu Time
- Not So Quickfire
- Notes from the Weekend
- On Wheels
- Openings
- Patio Drinking
- Philly Beer Week 2010
- Photos
- Private Chef POV
- Product Placement
- Recipes
- Snack Time
- Stiff Drank
- SUPPER
- Tea
- Testing
- Ticket Stubs
- Top Chef
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Video
- Weekly Candy
- Weird Regional Foods
- We're Here to Help
- Where'd We Eat?
- Drew Lazor's Ill-Advised Rant Factory
- Pregame
- Ill-Advised Ranting
- The Week Without Meat
- Philly Beer Week 2009
- Real Big
- Where'd I Eat Last Night?
- Top Chef Masters
- The Good Word
- Next Iron Chef
- Arterial Terrorism
- Food and Radio
