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Garces Trading Co. in pictures
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Garces Trading Co. in pictures
Philadelphia superchef Jose Garces was on hand last night for a media preview of his latest project, the Garces Trading Co., located in the Western Union building at 1111 Locust St. The market-cafe-boutique wine shop, designed by Garces collaborator Jun Aizaki of New York's Crème Design Collective, opened this morning at 7 a.m., as it will every weekday (8 a.m. on weekends), serving continental breakfast, seven distinct blends of custom-roasted coffee, full-service lunch beginning at 11 a.m. and dinner starting at 5 p.m. Check out the full menus here.
Owner Jose Garces summed up the multi-concept space succinctly: "It's a culinary center," he said, gesturing over the backlit cheese and charcuterie cases. "There's many experiences you can have here -- the perimeter is a retail shopping experience." Check out our previous coverage for the full rundown of cheese, single-estate olive oils and vinegars, housemade charcuterie, prepared foods, artisanal breads and pastry that will be sold here.
In the center of the white-subway tiled space, wooden cafe tables can accommodate up to 75 diners for lunch and dinner. Bottles of wine can be purchased to go from the on-site PLCB store, or opened for diners by their server and consumed with a meal. Plates range from European-inspired antipasti, vichyssoise, panini and housemade pastas to a classic American deep-dish pizza stacked with oven-roasted San Marzano tomato confit and fresh mozzarella, a nod to Garces' Chicago roots. "We worked on that pizza recipe for months," he said with a smile. "I want it to be just right."
Highly recommend: Cranberry Loaf. Large round brioche loaf with dried cranberries (& a bit of candied ginger, maybe?), sprinkled with big crystals of sugar. Bought it because they said it was the pastry chef's favorite, and he was right. (Though the counter workers did tell me it was a sourdough base, when I asked... not by a long shot.) Will be eating it for breakfast for the foreseeable future.
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