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Archive: March, 2011
Next Wednesday, Barbuzzo (110 S. 13th St., 215-546-9300) is hitting us with some extra-local love, pairing five courses of seriously seasonal ingredients with five beers crafted by Victory Brewing Company, based in Downingtown. We're talking about a local bison tartar in a warm guanciale-truffle vinaigrette, washed down with Victory's crispy Braumeister Pils, or decadent foie gras-stuffed rabbit saddle with black kale and spiced walnuts, complemented by a seasonal Yakima Glory IPA, which we're not going to see for very much longer. Also look forward to housemade longaniza (a sausage loosely related to chorizo) and several savory items being braised in or brined in beer. For $55, your tasting/pairing includes dessert (excuse you, prosciutto gelato) and a special amuse bouche. Reservations are crucial. See you there, but first check out the menu in full after the jump.
Tonight's five-chef collab at The Corner (102 S. 13th St.) should be capital-K Killer — there still might be a few seats left, so give a ring at 215-735-7500. Looking ahead, though, it's time to prep our brains and gullets for another cheffing get-together, this one scheduled for March 28 at Peter Woolsey's Bistrot La Minette (623 S. Sixth St.). The dinner, which will have 6 and 8:30 seatings ($65 a head, or $90 with with wine pairings), will feature five chefs, in addition to host Woolsey (on decadent canapé duty), focusing on a quacktastic theme: duck. Peek after the jump to find out who — and what — will be cooking. Call 215-925-8000 for rezzies.
Yo, Irish veg-heads. If you're like me, this week might leave you feeling more blue than green — no corned beef, no lamb stew, mostly boiled potatoes and cabbage. This year, our luck is turning around, courtesy of Philadelphia's gourmet vegan oasis, Horizons (611 S. Seventh St.). Chef Richard Landau's Emerald Isle Tasting Menu debuts tonight and will be available through St. Patrick's Day on Thursday. For $45 per person, your party can enjoy a five-course meal, and, should you feel the need to tap into the true Irish spirit, for an extra $20 you can enjoy a special beer pairing. Check out the menu after the jump. For resrvations, give Horizons a buzz at 215-923-6117.
Notes from the Weekend is a Monday feature that sees the members of Team Meal Ticket compiling all the food/drink highlights uncovered during prime eatin' time, Friday to Sunday. Consider this a place for good deals, great dishes, wicked cocktails, recipe triumphs (and tragedies), bizarro conversations and more. We're eager to share our notes, but especially excited to read yours.We encourage you to leave notes from YOUR weekend in the comments. Have at it! (View past NFTW installments at citypaper.net/notes.)
View galleryThe photos are are hanging crooked on the walls, and it's driving Jason Cichonski insane.
The former Lacroix head man is deep into his gig as opening chef at Mica (8609 Germantown Ave., 267-335-3912), owned by Blackfish's Chip Roman, but the fussy frames hanging just outside the kitchen of the former ¡Cuba! refuse to cooperate — so much so that he's temporarily abandoned his cutting board a couple times to right the asymmetrical wrongs. If you've ever tried his food at the Rittenhouse Hotel, it goes without saying that he'll apply identical attention to detail to what's rolling out into the revamped dining room at the 40-seat Modern American eatery.
Perusing the 8,000 square feet of carefully curated retail dreamscape that is Terrain at Styer’s (914 Baltimore Pike, Glen Mills) can work really up an appetite. But the suburban outfitter’s attached Garden Cafe is much more than a refueling spot (though their Monin-syrup spritzers and giant chewy cookies do the trick in that respect) with chef Keith Rudolf, a Supper veteran, holding down the back of the house.
Every month, the Cafe runs pre-fixe BYOB dinners that bring a bit of big-city swagger to Delaware County. On Friday, March 25, Rudolph’s $45 menu unfolds with John Dory tartare accented with Yuengling jelly, while April’s dinner is a Brooklyn themer featuring chicken liver mousse and Shellbark Hollow ricotta beignets. Check both menus in full after the jump.
On March 1, Daniel Klein, a longtime baker who's put in pastry time at Striped Bass, Circa, Morimoto, Le Bec-Fin and Twenty21, took over what was Flying Monkey Deuce (1112 Locust St.) to open Cake and the Beanstalk, fulfilling his lifelong goal of running his own joint.
Klein, a Penn State hospitality grad, is keeping things simple to start out, offering house specialties like his banana/chocolate/walnut cake, chocolate/pecan/almond "tree nut" cookies (he also crushes these up for his cheesecake crusts), Chestnut Hill coffee and gigantic one-pound brownies, with or without walnuts ("If it's a $2.50 brownie, I want to make sure it's worth that $2.50," says Klein.) He'll soon begin offering a small selection of panini (on Le Bus bread) and salads, as well.
The seating/layout of Flying Monkey is pretty much the same. Klein's mostly tweaked out the décor — check out all the "Jack and the Beanstalk"-themed art on the walls, as well as the Dr. Seuss kid's table hand-painted by Klein's fiancée.
Cake and the Beanstalk is open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tentatively set to open its doors by April (May at the latest), Aksum Cafe (4630 Baltimore Ave.) has been showing us signs of developmental progress in West Philly. Sure, this part of town is especially rich in Moroccan and Ethiopian cuisine, and coming from Aksum's kitchen (to start) will be daily dinner service and weekend brunches, offering items such as Fattush salads, grape leaves, grilled calamari over chickpeas, lamb stews and hummus, among countless other Mediterranean offerings. Eventually, they hope to move into a daily lunch menu that features all-day breakfast.
Monday, March 7
Aimee Olexy and Stephen Starr have a chef for their upcoming restaurant on Washington Square.
Tuesday, March 8
Check out shots from the brand-new The Farm and Fisherman on Pine.
They're making some nice progress at the South Philly Santucci's.
Wednesday, March 9
The Farmers' Cabinet, from the Fork & Barrel crew, opens super-soon on Walnut.
Monkey Bar is the concept taking over the currently vacant Society Hill Hotel space.
Here's the full menu for the March 15 chef's collab dinner at The Corner.
Thursday, March 10
Catering by Miles is setting up shop in the old Apamate.
Resurrection Ale House is bringing back its infamous fried chicken (for one night only).
Friday, March 11
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