Amuse Bistro debuts May 6

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Amuse Bistro debuts May 6

POSTED: Thursday, April 29, 2010, 10:19 PM

Filed Under: Openings

Amuse, the restaurant inside the Le Meridien at Broad and Arch, is set for a Thursday, May 6 debut to coincide with the Starwood hotel's grand opening. Situated in what was the lobby of the Arch Street YMCA, the space'll carry a neoclassical feel (renderings after the jump), with room for around 60 people between two rooms, plus an 18-seat bar. Chef Dan Black, last executive sous chef at the Equinox Hotel in Manchester, Vermont, will serve a "lusty" French bistro menu. It hasn't been finalized just yet, but the draft we peeped appeared to be focused the classics — think along the lines of onion soup gratinee, nicoise salad, mustard-crusted salmon, goat cheese tart. Steak frites is said to be the house specialty, with seared hanger steak served with fries and a choice of maitre d' butter or bernaise. One fun touch to play up the name of the spot: Order a drink at the bar and you'll be treated to an amuse bouche, anything from crostini spread with tapenade and bacon-wrapped dates to bite-size portions of mascarpone polenta and white bean cassoulet. UPDATE: Here are all of Amuse's opening menus, in PDF format:

They'll serve breakfast from 6 to 11:30 a.m., lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and dinner frmo 4 p.m. to midnight daily. Bar will run from 11 a.m. to midnight.

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Amuse in pictures :: Meal Ticket :: Food Blog :: Philadelphia City Paper

Posted 2010-06-15 15:50:35

[...] posted chef Dan Black’s full menus last week, but there’s one more touch we have yet to mention — the rather avant breakfast [...]

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