Friday

Fish has added a late night lounge menu to its offerings. It’s available every night till 1am. Late night lobster grilled cheese. That could happen.

Saturday

Rain or shine the Bloktoberfest is a go, so stop over for a beer and some of the city’s best food trucks.

In New Jersey Flying Fish is welcoming Iron Hill to the state with a Brewers Reserve event featuring beers from the two brewers at the Iron Shade in Maple Shade. Starts at 1pm.

In the evening there are a few tickets remaining to Spinal Tapas’ Must Eats: The Event at Philly KitchenShare. Order them up right here.

Sunday

Resurrection Ale House is kicking of its brunch this weekend. Brunch is served on both Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 3pm. Stop in early to try a taste of Schneider Weise pouring from a wooden cask.

Paesano’s in the Italian Market will have an expanded menu. Look for tripe with egg and a Paesano Burger topped with fries, balsamic vineagr, garlic mayo, pancetta and gorgonzola dolce. We thought we were done salivating over burgers but maybe just this one more. [The Insider]

Prohibition Taproom opens for lunch starting today.

Pommes Frites in Old City. The restaurant eating space at Chestnut and Strawberry is looking to break the hex with European Republic, an off-shoot of a popular Long Island fry spot. [The Insider]

Flying Monkey’s Locust Street location opened Monday. We will continue to not refer to it as Flying Monkey Deuce.

The Insider has Gemelli’s opening Euro bistro menu. The BYO opens next week in Narberth with Clark Gilbert at the helm. [The Insider]

Grub Street snaps shots of Fish, set to open at October 5th. [Grub Street]

Win Signature Restaurants might be expanding downstairs from Azie on Main in Villanova. Isn’t that the path Maia unsuccessfully went down? [The Insider]

La Fuente is the working name for the proposed Italian BYOB seeking zoning approval for 2nd and Fairmount. [The Insider]

Mike’s Steaks has replaced Frank’s Old Philly-Style Sandwiches in the Comcast Center. Mike’s offers burgers, hoagies and hot dogs in addition to steak sandwiches.

Fuel has opened at 1917 E Passyunk. Q102’s Rocco Cima is the man behind the 500 calories or less storefront. [Meal Ticket]

Rouge sous chef Dustin Chalermkittichai is set to become the chef at El Camino Real. [The Insider]

D.P. Dough passes another hurdle, calzones are coming soon…. [D.P. Dough]

Ambler gets a kick as a branch of Lafayette Hill’s From the Boot has opened. Additionally the posh looking Dettera has also opened on Butler Pike. [The Insider]

Grub Street has a slideshow of Square 1682, the hotel restaurant opening at 17th and Sansom on October 14th. [Grub Street]

Restaurant Week hinted that Ly Michaels’ was going to become Tazia. And now we know the details. Tazia will be a restaurant specializing in tapas sized Asian bites. [The Insider]

Del Frisco’s takes Craig LaBan’s advice and installs a stripper pole. [Philly Chit Chat]

Fish is looking to open next week (licensing permittiing) in the former Astral Plane on Lombard Street. Michael Klein has some details on the under $20 menu. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

The Piano Bar closed at 20th and Arch. We’re only surprised it lasted as long as it did. [The Insider]

Mike Stollenwerk’s Fish is aiming for just after Labor Day at 1708 Lombard. Meal Ticket has an early look at the menu.

Skate with truffle spaetzle and a parmesan broth sounds great. Escolar? No thank you!

Sample menu for Mike Stollenwerk’s Fish [Meal Ticket]

Today, The Bite eagerly looks forward to some new restaurants opening in the coming weeks.

• Kong (August 15th)
• Village Whiskey (Late August)
• Fish (September 9)
• Resurrection Ale House (Early September)
• Rubb (Fall)

As summer closes, new doors opening [Metro Philadelphia]

Grub Street has the details on the pedigreed Fond that’s opening by the end of the month on East Passyunk. [Grub Street]

Jet Wine Bar is looking to open sometime this fall among the hair and nail salons on the 1500 block of South. [The Insider]

The new Tampopo on 44th Street has a few new dishes on its menu, like noodles with braised pork. [Meal Ticket]

Mike Stollenwerk’s Fish is looking to open September 9th. It will not be a clone of Little Fish. [Grub Street]

D.P. Dough looks forward to serving drunk Penn students. [Meal Ticket]

Phoodie hopes Milkcrate Cafe, the cafe and record store setting up on Girard Ave will be the solution to its Fishtown coffee problems. [Phoodie]

Good Food Market has been delayed but the web site is up. [Meal Ticket]

The lowdown and the menu for Fuel on East Passyunk [Meal Ticket]

Remedy Tea Bar is closing this Thursday. Problems with the landlord. [Grub Street]

Little Fish’s Mike Stollenwerk shares some details about his upcoming fish with Drew Lazor. Expect it to be different than the Bella Vista BYOB as there will be a liquor license and the menu will be split into raw, cold, hot and sweet categories. [Meal Ticket]

DiBruno Bros. is aiming to open a wine bar in the Italian Market by mid-August. [Meal Ticket]

Part of the facade of the former Brasserie Perrier crashed down onto Walnut Street Wednesday morning. Sorry, this wasn’t an attention grabbing way of debuting a Center City Apple Store. [Philadelphia Daily News]

Savona in Gulph Mills has been completely refurbished and there’s a sharp new outdoor terrazzo to check out. [Restaurant Club]

Bon Appetit has a spread on Philadelphia in its July issue. Author Andrew Knowlton hits Bella Vista Beer, Distrito, Franklin Fountain, Johnny Brenda’s, Reading Terminal Market and Zahav. Meal Ticket has the scans. [Meal Ticket]

Varga Bar starts daily lunch as of Sunday. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Copper Bistro in Northern Liberties has called it quits. [The Insider]

You had to assume once Little Fish was named one of the best seafood restaurant’s in the country by Bon Appetit that owner and chef Mike Stollenwerk would be looking for bigger waters. And it was confirmed today by Michael Klein that Stollenwerk is taking over the old Astral Plane location at 1708 Lombard Street with fish. The liquour licensed restaurant will more than double the size of Bella Vista’s Little Fish.

Look for the first tables to be served the week after Labor Day.

Little Fish to spawn Fish [The Insider]