Cast your eyes to 10th and Spruce. Not only is the short-lived Sauce (on the northeast corner) getting new life as a casual Mexican spot from the owner of Old City's GiGi. Just heard from Konstantinos Pitsillides, whom you may remember from the recently closed Meze in South Philly, that he's taking over the venerable Logan's, the coffee shop on the northwest corner, as a BYOB. (Logan's declined to confirm this, but I hear that it's about to shut down.) Pitsillides says the concept of Kanella -- that's Greek for "cinnamon" -- will be Greek Cypriot. What's that? Pitsillides, who grew up on the Mediterranean island, calls it an amalgam of Greek, Turkish, French and Italian -- basically a round-up of the conquerors. He hopes to open in March. Pitsillides worked in London for 14 years and briefly worked at Bistro St. Tropez.
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Awesome! Every meal I had at Meze was stellar, I kept hearing that Pitsilliades was going to open a new place but it never materialized. Hopefully he'll be making the cypriot ravioli.
Posted by Buckethead | January 9, 2008 2:40 PM
Posted on January 9, 2008 14:40