Chestnut Hill Cichonski/Roman collabo up for March

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Chestnut Hill Cichonski/Roman collabo up for March

POSTED: Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 9:56 PM

Filed Under: Chef Salad | Openings

Though the specifics are still very much shrouded, here's what we've been able to glean thus far about the brand-new partnership between Blackfish chef/owner Chip Roman (right) and former Lacroix chef de cuisine Jason Cichonski. Roman, in mid-January, will get the keys to the close-to-defunct Â¡Cuba! at 8609 Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill. Cichonski will be the opening chef at this still-unnamed New American spot â prix-fixe driven and liquor-licensed, it will ideally open in March â but it won't be a permanent perch for the 26-year-old. He says the menu will mostly reflect Roman's cooking style, since the plan is for Cichonski to open his own spot in Center City, in a partnership with Roman, in the near future. "I want to make sure [the menu] really reflects his cooking style moreso than mine ... so things will stay congruent when I go to open my spot back here in the city," says Cichonski. They haven't even gotten in the kitchen at the new spot yet (it'll officially close as Â¡Cuba! after this weekend), but once they do, Cichonski says the menu "will come pretty naturally."

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Adam Erace

Posted 2011-01-04 17:10:35

I love how Roman looks like a Crucible extra in this pic. Excited for his collab with Cichonski..

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Posted 2011-01-14 16:03:40

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Posted 2011-02-04 11:45:39

[...] In early January we discussed the partnership between chefs Chip Roman and Jason Cichonski and their plans to open a spot at 8609 Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill. Though the name Stone House had been floated for the space â prix-fixe-driven, liquor-licensed, up for a March opening â we now hear the project will be called Mica. Keep you posted.   The name of the Roman/Cichonski joint in Chestnut Hill [...]

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