AD Amorosi lobs out this rumor, “is Stephen Starr doing designer Mexican for his Broad Street diner?” [Ice Pack, City Paper]

Paxia, the former Molcajete Mixto is having their official grand opening Monday. They’ll be offering a $25 three-course dinner. [Food and Drinq]

Phoodie.info has what John McCain ordered at Devon Seafood the other day. And yes, we think this does make Devon the new Bookbinders. [Phoodie.info]

Bar 210 at Lacroix is aiming for the second week of September for an opening. The Clog has the rundown of the design. We’re intrigued by the leather floor. [The Clog]

Bridge hoppers will be glad to hear that Old City’s Swanky Bubbles was unscathed from a fire yesterday morning and was open for business last night. [Dan Gross, Philadelphia Daily News]

In the still not open category, Earth Bread + Brewery and Minar Palace have yet to open their doors. Your guesses are as good as ours and maybe theirs.

In the still closed department, Blue Comet in Glenside hopes to be back in 30 to 90 days. [Ice Pack, City Paper]

And in the gutted and we didn’t notice dept., the Elephant and Castle at 18th and Market is no more.

We spotted the zoning notice a couple of weeks ago but now it’s official. A Goodburger is coming to the 1700 block of Chestnut Street. Goodburger is out of New York and specializes in charcoal grilled burgers. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

Two more restaurants for Bella Vista. La Golosa is taking the former home of Dessert on 6th Street and French BYO, Cochon is aiming for a September 21st opening. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Michael Klein reports that the Swanky Bubbles in Cherry Hill paid $1.6 Million for their liquor license. It may very well be a record. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

707 is adding brunch starting Sunday, September 9th. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

Adam Erace checks out Cherry Hill’s Swanky Bubbles for the Courier Post and finds the food as “middling” as its Old City counterpart.

How does a sushi restaurant mess up a tuna steak? I ordered the grilled yellowfin ($22) rare. It arrived well done, dry and that ugly gray-beige color of canned tuna fish. A foamy ginger-walnut butter tasted like neither ginger nor butter, and the walnuts were so finely chopped, it appeared as if some breeze-born dirt from the expensive Short Hills landscaping had landed in my plate. Worse was a pile of chopped tomatoes and yellow squash tossed in a hoisin-style sauce, an odd and clumsy combination.

Exceptionally gummy, edamame gnocchi ($12) sounded more interesting than they tasted.

The potion of pea-green pillows was quite large for an appetizer, but who would want to eat so much of something so heavy? Ditto on the Baltimore Roll ($9). I liked the filling of scallions and sweet fresh crab, but the thick jacket of sushi rice made this maki unpleasantly glutinous.

There were some highlights. Hoisin lacquered the stack of Fiji ribs ($13) in a rich mahogany glaze that left tangy barbecue stick on my fingertips. Deep and complex, the smoky baby backs pulled easily away from their bones, and a shower of sliced scallions and sesame seeds lent color and crunch.

Summer living is easy at Swanky Bubbles [Courier Post]
Swanky Bubbles [Official Site]

Swanky Bubbles is going to save lots of people bridge fare. The former Olive Restaurant in Cherry Hill is being transformed into a Swanky Bubbles, similar to the Old City original. [Savor This, Courier Post]

Also in Jersey, save the date. South Jersey Restaurant Week takes place from March 11th to 16th. [SJ Hot chefs]

Another restaurant is coming to Passyunk East. This one at 1600 S 1tth St. Chiarella’s Ristorante will be the name, and if the name sounds familiar, it�s the same family and name as a Wildwood bistro and a now-closed South Philly pizzeria. [Blogalicious]

A second location of College Pizza has been shelved for UPenn. College Pizza is concentrating on their recently opened spot at Strikes bowling alley. [Daily Pennsylvanian]

If you thought you saw more Sly Fox in 2006 than you ever had before, your eyes weren�t deceiving you, production was up, 94.3% to be exact. The Phoenixville/Royersford brewery also released twelve new packaged products. There will not be as many new products in 2007 but one you can expect to see is Sly Fox�s Royal Weisse which will be available in cans this Spring. [Sly Fox Beer]

And speaking of craft beer in cans. If you haven’t tried Sly Fox in the can, well we can’t blame you. We prefer drinking at bars. Ha! We crack ourselves up. Well tonight Sly Fox and all other cans are half-priced at Good Dog.