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Quick Bites: Bad News Edition

Posted by Foobooz on 20th August 2009

The Freehouse in Wayne is a drama queen of a location. JD McGillicuddy’s is not opening there. MLD floats Mexican as a possibility. [Main Line Dine]

The writing was on the wall for Blush when chef Nick Farina and much of his staff headed down the road to Verdad. [The Insider]

Margot closes in Narberth. This bad news is coupled with some good though. Former Taquet chef de cusine Clark Gilbert is taking over the space as an Italian BYOB, Gemelli. [Main Line Dine]

Bertolini’s at the King of Prussia Mall has been shuttered by its corporate overlord Morton’s.

Did you blink? Spring Garden Street’s Siam Lotus reopened for a split second but was shut down by L&I this week.

Latimer Deli gets the candy stripe treatment too. [Meal Ticket]

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Tale of the Tape: Verdad

Posted by Foobooz on 7th August 2009

VerdadVerdad (Spanish for the truth), a tapas and tequila bar opens today in Bryn Mawr at the site of the former Carmine’s Creole Cafe.

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R5 Update

Posted by Foobooz on 31st July 2009

Verdad is set to open Friday, August 7th at the old Carmine’s Creole Cafe in Bryn Mawr. The menu is “Euro-Latin tapas” and Restaurant Club has the menu. [Restaurant Club]

Main Line Restaurant Guide asks the reasonable question, what is going on in Wayne? With the closing of 8 or so independent restaurants and bars over the past couple of years. And with JD McGillicuddy’s addition, the Conshohockization of the Wayne Ave continues. [Main Line Restaurant Guide]

Azie on Main starts lunch service today and brunch starts next week on  Sunday, August 9th.

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Quick Bites

Posted by Foobooz on 21st July 2009

Paul opens this evening opposite Effie’s on Pine Street. Among the menu items, crab spring rolls, wild Atlantic halibut and bouillabaisse. [The Insider]

When the Penthouse Club opens August 7th, chef Bill Elmer will be cooking up more than just steaks. [Meal Ticket]

City Tavern’s Walter Staib is at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello this week filming his new TV series, A Taste of History. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Slate is now doing lunch, brunch and happy hour. Meal Ticket has the deets. [Meal Ticket]

Horizons chef Rich Landau has been selected to cook at the James Beard House. It will be the first vegan restaurant to be so honored. [The Insider]

Coo’s Sports Bar & Lounge is the name of the bar coming to the 800 block of North Broad Street. Not much else is known but the coming soon banner sports a Coors Light logo, so probably not going to have Chimay on draft.

Jim’s Soft Pretzels, a mini-chain in town is coming to South Street. [Meal Ticket]

JD McGillicuddy’s is going into the former Freehouse location in Wayne. Expect an August 1st opening. [The Insider]

Just a degree of John Mims separation away, Carmine’s in Bryn Mawr has closed and will return as Verdad, a Spanish tapas restaurant. [The Insider]

The Saxby’s at the base of the Comcast Center has closed. For now the coffee shop is serving as a promotional display for Table 31.

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