Peacock on the Parkway, the lobby of the Windsor at 1700 Ben Franklin Parkway, since the early 1990s, was retooled this week into a somewhat refined white-tablecloth Japanese concept called Kujaku, which means "peacock."
No surprise -- the owner of Peacock still has a hand in it. Managing partner Bo Choi, who owns Uzu Sushi in Old City (after a turn at Fuji Mountain), has brought in as chef Maurice DeRamus, last at Zen in Northern Liberties. Kujaku is open for "late breakfast" ("9 o'clock or so) through late lunch ("3 or so") weekdays.
Breakfast menu includes American items (eggs, tofu scramble, challah French toast) and soy ginger hanger steak ($12), grilled glazed salmon ($12) and maple duck hash ($12). Lunch menu is more Asian, with a full line of sushi/sashimi.
Sunday brunch, dinner and a liquor license are on the way soon, says Choi, who is proud of his fish freezer, which chugs at 72 degrees below zero.