The Cezanne and Beyond exhibition opens at the Philadelphia Museum of Art today and several Philadelphia restaurants are putting together menus inspired by the French impressionist.

An appetite for Cezanne: Art show inspires 3 restaurants to put Provence on their menus [Philadelphia Daily News]

Joseph Poon’s Joe’s Peking Duck will be opening Sunday, September 28th at 108 Chestnut Street.

The El Fuego location at 21st and Chestnut is looking to open Monday, September 22nd. [The Clog]

Jonathan Best Cheese & Dairy is a mainstay at the Chestnut Hill Farmers Market and is going to be opening a branch at the Reading Terminal Market.

Liquid Diet has a cool photo of the Yards men posing in their now functioning new brewery. Also of note is that by early 2009 there should be a tap room in which to sample beers. [Liquid Diet]

Zinc has a new chef, internally promoted Justin Bennett will add small-plates to the menu. [The Clog]

The Daily News takes a look at the new wave of French Bistros (Cochon, Coquette and Zinc) and how they’ve gotten here.

Let frite-dom ring [Philadelphia Daily News]

Adam Erace is in Philadelphia Weekly this week reviewing Zinc Bistro a Vins and he isn’t overly excited.

Storefront windows look out on an anonymous block of 11th Street you’ve probably never been to unless you live in the neighborhood. That’s where Zinc belongs—squarely in the Wash West/Gayborhood/Midtown Village vortex. The matchbox-sized cafe is good enough for a quick weeknight bite or glass of wine. But right now, it doesn’t warrant a special trip.

Zinc or Swim [Philadelphia Weekly]
Zinc Bistro a Vins [Official Site]

Trey Popp checks out Zinc Bistro a Vins and likes what he finds.

The food, as you’d expect from a bistro, is also straightforward and unfussy. A “wild mushroom ragout tart” appetizer actually came in a puff pastry that was splendidly unsoggy, considering the juicy load of fungus and Morbier cheese it carried. An omelette napoleon featured half a dozen paper-thin layers of egg alternating with spinach and roasted-red-pepper spreads, and was remarkably soft and light for its size.

The Kitchen Zinc [City Paper]
Zinc Bistro a Vins [Official Site]

ZINC Bistro a Vins has opened at 246 S 11th Street and has posted their menu on their still under construction web site.

Menu after the jump. Here’s hoping they got their French correct.

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