Les Bon Temps, the Center City offshoot of Bryn Mawr's Carmine’s Creole Cafe, opens Friday (4/11/08) at 114 S. 12th St., the former TPDS Club. Owners are Carmine's John Mims and lawyer Howard Taylor.
Style is Cajun-Creole.
Chalfont-raised chef Brett Naylor, 23, last was at the Brick Hotel in Newtown (a year and a half) after a year at George V in Paris. He tells me that he also did time at Room for Dessert in New York and Marigold Kitchen in West Philly.
It's dinner only for now, but lunch comes on in about three weeks and Sunday brunch is due in a month.
Romantics who remember the space from its restaurant incarnations including Odeon and Bistro Bix will want to ask for Tables 21 or 23; they're the ones on the twin balconies overlooking the first-floor dining room. Phone is 215-238-9100. Website is just showing a home page for now.
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