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Also in Meal Ticket’s interview with Matthew Levin are these juicy tidbits on Masano, Matthew Levin’s “progressive bar food place” aiming for a winter opening in Northern Liberties.

• Masano is a merging of his name and that of his sons, Sam and Noah
• Located at 201 Green St
• 4,000 Sqft
• Warehouse Feel
• Prix Fixe and a la carte
• “Food forward” like his tasting menu at Lacroix
• Raw bar
• Servers in rock mechanics shirts and Chucks

Checking in with Matthew Levin: Rubb, Masano … something else? [Meal Ticket]
Photo via 201 Green

Grub Street gets some precious nuggets of information about Percy Street Barbecue, the South Street barbecue restaurant from Steven Cook and Michael Solomonov slated for an October opening. It’ll be very Texan with brisket as king. There will also be salvaged materials from an unlikely spot. [Grub Street]

Meal Ticket has the latest on Rubb, Matt Levin’s Manayunk BBQ spot aiming for a September opening. It’ll be a small 25-seat spot with four smokers, each using a different wood. The menu highlight will be the exclusive Elysian Fields lamb served with a North African pepper sauce. Also, Levin’s pig mascot needs a name. Can you beat the names already posted?  [Meal Ticket]

Noble: An American Cookery goes under the LaBan microsope this weekend. How may bells will LaBan bestow on the ambitious Sansom Street restaurant.

Before you vote, check out these other Noble reviews.

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Long rumored for a re-conceptualization, Stephen Starr’s Tangerine closed after dinner service on Saturday.

Tangerine calls it quits [Meal Ticket]

Friday

It’s your second chance to check out the Philebrity Happy Hour at Octo on the Delaware River.

Saturday

Here’s what we have planned. Reading Terminal Market and doughnuts for breakfast. Walk to Franklin Square and get a Butterscotch Krimpet shake. Diabetic Shock break. Down to Citizens Bank Park for the Gary Maddox Barbecue Challenge.

Sunday

Sunday is burger night at Bistro 7. Grass-fed beef burger with Amish Cheddar.

There was talk of a big party for Top Chef contestant Jennifer Zavala complete with a broadcast of the first episode of the Bravo series on the big outdoor screen at the Piazza at Schmidt’s, just across from her El Camino Real. But today we find out from Michael Klein that she’s out at the Northern Liberties border bar.

“Top Chef” hopeful Jennifer Zavala leaves El Camino Real [The Insider]

Update: Zavala to join Xochitl [The Insider]

In what restaurant would you find these lampshades?

Philadelphia is changing its process when it comes to restaurant inspections. Although it stops short of the “scarlet letter” approaches of Los Angeles and Toronto, it does promise more inspections and a more scientific approach.

Joining a national movement for food safety, restaurant inspectors in Philadelphia have abandoned the “floors, walls, ceilings” focus that experts say catches chipped paint but often misses real public health threats such as undercooked food and chefs’ unwashed hands.

Instead, the city is phasing in a more scientific, “risk-based” approach that emphasizes food workers’ knowledge and behavior – do they know how contamination is spread and how to prevent it? – and calls for more frequent inspections of eateries that pose greater risks.

Turning up the heat on Phila. food-safety inspection [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Coquette’s Cary Neff drops us a line that Jared Fraser, former Chef de Cuisine at Pif is now running the kitchen at Coquette.

It’s just the latest twist for the French bistro at the corner of 5th and Bainbridge which has seen a litany of kitchen changes since its opening. By all accounts though Fraser is a good one, so here’s hoping he sticks around a bit.

Coquette Bistro & Raw Bar [Official Site]

We were talking cocktails earlier today so why not check out Noble American Cookery for a drink and a burger.