IN THE NEWS: Du Jour, a gourmet market and café in Haverford, Pa., will open a new 2,600-square-foot eatery at Symphony House, a new condominium tower in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports. The restaurant will be located on the ground floor corner of Broad and Pine streets and means the retail portion of the residential development is fully leased. philadelphia.bizjournals.com … The Journal also reports that national chain The Cheesecake Factory has opened a restaurant at Willow Grove Park outside Philadelphia. … The Inquirer’s Craig LaBan gives two bells in reviewing Teresa’s Next Door (124-26 N. Wayne Ave., Wayne, PA, 610-293-0119). … Columnist Rick Nichols visits Westin Philadelphia hotel’s new City Grange restaurant on the 17th Street side of Liberty Place, while Michael Klein blogs about the opening of Cameron Seafood (906-916 N. Broad St., 215-765-1000) … Klein’s Table Talk column notes the opening of Belgian Cafe (21st and Green Streets), from the owners of Monk’s, which replaced Fairmount’s long-serving Tavern on Green. Evan Seplow, a veteran of the White Dog Cafe, is chef. … Klein also reports that former Ansill chef de cuisine Kibett Mengech has surfaced as Matthew Levin’s executive sous chef at Lacroix at the Rittenhouse. philly.com …
Philadelphia Weekly’s Kirsten Henri reviews Sabrina’s Cafe & Spencer’s Too (1804 Callowhill St. 215.636.9061. www.sabrinascafe.com). philadelphiaweekly.com … City Paper’s Elisa Ludwig reviews Cary Neff’s Coquette Bistro and Raw Bar (700 S. Fifth St., 215-238-9000, www.coquettebistro.com), while Drew Lazor notes the openings of French spot Cochon (801 E. Passyunk Ave.), Venuto’s Old World Pizza (515-519 South St., venutos.com) and Vango Lounge and Skybar (116 S. 18th St.). citypaper.net … UWishunu.com visits Han-Wool: Korean and Japanese Restaurant (3608 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, 215-382-6221) and Basic Four Vegetarian Snack Bar at Reading Terminal Market (12th & Arch Streets, Philadelphia, 215-922-2317). … Foodaphilia visits El Ranchito (2nd and Master, Philadelphia). einphilly.blogspot.com
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