If your birth year ends in an 8 you’re eligible for a free 3-course dinner at Pond & Bistro Cassis this Friday (8-8-08). Additionally, the 8th person in a dinner party eats for free!

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The outdoor setting at Bistro Cassis now with baby swans! No, not on the menu. But on the grounds nearby. A great backdrop to Cassis’ new Sunday brunch menu.

Swanning Around Bistro Cassis [ZAGAT Buzz]
Bistro Cassis [Official Site]

City Paper heads to the Main Line to sample the menu at Pond, the former Passerelle, that is now headed by former Taquet chef Abde Dahrouch.

The meal met the high expectations, complete with sweetbreads, veal cheeks and lamb stew.

So ended the kind of evening that you don’t get too often � when all the elements fall into place. We had good conversation in beautiful surroundings, and felt cosseted by the waitstaff. And we got the splendid meal that we had anticipated.

On Golden Pond [City Paper]
Pond [Official Site]

In the space formerly filled by Passerelle, Radnor’s Pond and Bistro Cassis get three bells from Craig LaBan. LaBan calls Pond and Bistro Cassis “an elegant display of contemporary French cuisine inflected with the exotic tones of his [Chef Abde Dahrouch's] native Morocco.”
Bistro Cassis is the less expensive bar and bistro where Pond is the more formal “chateaulike” main dining room. But both menus are available wherever you sit. The Bistro menu features more traditional French dishes like escargot, duck pate, and lobster bisque.
Main course hits from the Bistro menu include strip steak and a paella of three different kinds of fish, clams, shrimp, and mussels.
Pond goes beyond the French classics with foie gras with lentils, Tuna tartare with “habanero-infused sesame oil and the prickle of ginger.” Also of note were the tender braised short ribs served with wild-mushroom risotto and smoked bacon.

Three Bells

Pond and Bistro Cassis [Official Site]