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]

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]

Rubb, the barbecue spot of former Lacroix chef Matthew Levin has one tough looking pig for a logo.

Rubb [Official Site]

Carolina Blue and Bomb Bomb BBQ were the winners in the restaurant division and Blind Pig BBQ was the big winner in the Grill Master’s category at Saturday’s Garry Maddox BBQ Challenge.

Stephen Starr’s four restaurants were shut out as was Matt Levin’s forthcoming Rubb.

Update: Buddakan took 3rd for ribs and Jones was 2nd in chicken. [Starr Restaurants on Twitter]

The Gary Maddox BBQ Challenge is this Saturday from 4 to 7pm at Citizens Bank Park. The event is open to the public (you don’t need tickets to the Phillies game to attend) and food tickets make money for the Youth Golf & Academics Program, an academic enrichment program founded by Garry Maddox to support children who reside in troubled city neighborhoods.

This year Stephen Starr has been brought on board and four of his restaurants, Barclay Prime, Jones, El Vez and Buddakan will be competing.

Check out the complete list after the jump, sorry Illadelph, no Bebe’s.

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Matt Levin will be opening Rubb, his “punk-rock bbq” spot on Main Street in Manayunk this fall. Michael Klein gets the menu today. We say yes to it all but especially the spicy chicken sandwich with pickles and sweet cabbage as well as hush puppies with poblano ketchup. We’re also intrigued by what Levin means by bug juice.

Also of note, the Illadelph was right, Levin will be at Saturday’s Stephen Starr-Garry Maddox BBQ Challenge.

Therein lies the Rubb [The Insider]
Photo by Coleen Dyer [Flickr]

Manayunk is getting a couple of new restaurants sure to generate some buzz. Former Sovalo head, Joseph Scarpone is opening a wine and panini bar called agiato. Ex Lacroix chef Matt Levin is setting up a barbecue restaurant on Main Street that will be called Rubb. [The Insider]

Resurrection Ale House names Union Trust alum Joe Chmiko as its chef. [Meal Ticket]

Drywall was recently delivered for Jolly’s Dueling Piano Bar, the latest incarnation of the piano bar that is aiming to open at 20th and Chestnut in mid-September. [Facebook]

Daniel Stern spills some beans about his two new restaurants, R2L and MidAtlantic. [Meal Ticket]

D.P. Dough is looking to sell its first calzone somewhere between August 10th and 19th. [DP Dough]

Pickled Heron was originally aiming for a spring opening. Now the French Bistro on Frankford Ave is aiming for late September. [Meal Ticket]

15% off is a good way to kickstart business. That’s the plan at Sakana Sushi Cafe. [Meal Ticket]

Spamps in Conshohocken is taking over Viggiano’s restaurant for a venture to be called Spampinato’s Italian restaurant. [The Insider]