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Back in April '09, Felicia D wrote about the tentative expansion plans of Aimee Olexy and Bryan Sikora of Kennett Square's lauded Talula's Table. (Here's David Snyder's 2008 review of their farm table dinner.) Back then, they'd signed a temporary lease to open a 40-to-50-seat full-service bistro across the street from Talula's, revisiting their restaurant roots (the couple ran the hit BYO Django in Philly pre-Talula's). By August, however, the project was put on hold due to funding troubles.
Now, Olexy tells Meal Ticket that she and her husband's plans to open up a new location in the quaint Chester County hamlet are officially defunct � but they've got something else in the works. "I'm over the idea of opening a restaurant in Kennett Square," says Olexy. "When people here ask [about the plan], I tell them, 'Well, it's kind of dropped off, but I've started to broaden my scope � specifically to the city.'"
While there is "nothing credible" to report at this point, Olexy says she and Sikora are most definitely exploring the prospect of returning to Philadelphia to open a restaurant. "I feel very entrenched here � we'll be [in Kennett Square] for a long time," says Olexy, all the while indicating that her heart will always have a place in the big city. "But I can see doing both [Kennett Square and Philly] as a doable option now. I couldn't wrap my head around it then, but now I can."
Olexy confirms that she and her husband have met with Stephen Starr to discuss a potential restaurant project in Philly. Could the couple be involved with the pending resurrection of Starr's Blue Angel (706 Chestnut St.) � where Sikora worked � as one reliable source tells us? Olexy won't specify at this time. "I'm friends with Stephen, so we talk to him about all kinds of stuff all the time," she says.
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