Pearl -- filling the old Little Pete's at 1904 Chestnut St. -- is on the radar as the city's midwinter restau-lounge opening.
I'm hearing that this two-story Asian fusion, designed by DAS Architects, will be ready shortly, but that the owners (Red Sky's David, Scott and Sean Stein and nightlife impresario/attorney Brett Perloff) plan to shake out the bugs before it opens in late January-early February.
How radical.
That's DAS's rendering at right. Here are a few ideas from the working menu of chef Ari Weiswasser (ex-Gilt, Daniel and Picholine in New York City, and most recently Striped Bass):
•Peking duck springroll, Asian vegetables, Chinese mustard mayonnaise
•Citrus marinated hamachi, cumin-nori mustard, Asian pear
•Broiled miso cod, sweet and sour scallion, shiso
•King Prawns, kaffir lime, Coconut rice, Asian bouillabaisse
•Stir fry cashew chicken, Asian vegetables, jasmine rice, oyster sauce, scallion