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Holy Smoke Bar, Restaurant & BBQ opens in Roxborough
Holy Smoke Bar, Restaurant & BBQ opens in Roxborough
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Chef Keith Taylor has done more than you.
After graduating from Cornell's culinary program in 1988, the Nutley, N.J. native ended up working for Disney at several high-end resorts. He then spent a decade cooking in Manhattan restaurants, including a gig with David Burke. In addition to founding his own catering and consulting firm, Sami Rose, Taylor's lent out his services to restaurants, event planners and pro sports teams (Nets, Jets, Devils, Giants, Red Sox, Pats, etc.). In 2001, the chef was hired to spearhead the reopening of the Houston Marketplace at UPenn, which brought him to the Philly area.
Seems like the non-stop Taylor might be ready to key down his career sprint to a brisk jog, because he's just put roots down in Roxborough with Holy Smoke, a 140-seat restaurant and music venue (472 Leverington Ave., 215-482-7500, holysmokephilly.com) that's taken over for what was Chuck U. Farley's. (Farley's owner Frank Mitchell is Taylor's partner.)
The menu is expansive, touching on both sides of Taylor's background, American southern and Caribbean. Voodoo shrimp and conch fritter starters give way to oyster po'boys, Carolina-style crab cakes, low country jambalaya and red fish etouff�. All barbecued meats� � ribs, jerk chicken, beef brisket, etc. � are smoked on-site.
The space features three bars, including one Taylor's dubbed "Legends" � it features around $80,000 worth of musician-based art from muralist Dane Tilghman. Also notable: They have the widest selection of Victory beers on tap outside the brewery's Downingtown headquarters.
Hours: Tue.-Thu., 5 p.m.-mid; Fri.-Sat., 5 p.m.-2 a.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-mid; closed Mon.
Great Food! My entire party enjoyed their meal. I had the ribs...SLAMMIN. My husband had the catfish.....FRESH!
I was there on March 6th, 2009 for their grand opening and I must say I was impressed. My wife and I started off with a few drinks which were perfect and she ordered the Linguine Port Orleans and I had a Double order of the Carolina Crab Cakes. Both dishes were presented tastefully and professional. I sampled some of the shrimp from my wife's dish, but (sorry honey) I wasn't going to share my crab cakes, they were THAT good. Next time I am in Philly, I will be back at Holy Smoke to try some of their other dishes.
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