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Posted by Foobooz on August 6th, 2008
Philadelphia Weekly’s Adam Erace dines at celebrity chef Eric Ripert’s 10 Arts in the Ritz Carlton and finds the French cuisine meshes nicely with the local menu items.
Eric Ripert swept into town doing all the right things: sniffing green beans at Reading Terminal, extolling boar prosciutto from D’Angelo’s and—most important—bringing in Le Bernardin sous chef (and Somerton native) Jennifer Carroll to run 10 Arts.
The French-inspired menu shares 60 percent of its DNA with Westend Bistro, 10 Arts’ sister restaurant in the D.C. Ritz-Carlton. Carroll deserves props for making it locally relevant with Delaware Valley treasures like Pennsylvania brook trout, soft pretzels and Kennett Square mushrooms. Don’t let her pedigree fool you. She’s still just Jenny from the block.
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August 8th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I’ve been to 10 Arts 2x so far and loved everything. The menue reads very plain and the preperation is simple but tastes amazing. I guess you chalk that up to a great chef and good ingredients. 10 arts food/Jennifer Carroll reminds me of the Chris Lee days at Striped Bass. I hope this time I don’t get blue balled by a chef who wants to go back to New York!