Trey Popp is impressed with Rittenhouse Square’s Di Vino Wine Bar & Restaurant, from the wine selection, right down to the price.

Considering the number of opportunities we gave him to fill our oversize stemware with the priciest juice on the list, I was frankly surprised to receive a bill in which half the wines were between $7 and $10 and none was more than $15. What a pleasure to be taken care of by someone more eager to plug a good bargain than to milk a big markup.

On the Juice [City Paper]

Di Vino Wine Bar has opened off Rittenhouse Square with a different menu than the one we published a few weeks back. The current menu tops out at $18 a plate. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

We were first teased back in March about Joël Robuchon coming to town. Now he’s saying he has been in contact regarding bringing a L’Atelier to Philadelphia but nothing has been decided. [Inqlings, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Kashmir is the name behind the orange liquor license at 1921 Walnut Street. Monkey Bar owners, the Vasiliadis brothers are developing the space as another lounge. [The Insider]

In chef shakeups, Dominique Filoni is out at Parc less than two weeks after a 2-Bell LaBan review. And Terence Feury has left his brother Patrick and the rest of the partners at Villanova’s Maia. [Inqlings, Philadelphia Inquirer]

D. P. Dough is a national calzone chain that is looking to open a UCity location in late December or early January. [Meal Ticket]

The Paddock at Devon is set to take over Wayne’s John Harvard’s come next Wednesday. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

A.D. Amorosi says a World Cafe Live in Wilmington is getting closer to reality. [Icepack, City Paper]

The former Valentino on the Square is being remade as Di Vino Wine Bar, a modern Mediterranean wine bar with “unimaginable” wines by the glass.

Menu after the jump, it ain’t cheap.

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