Dominique Filoni got a big job on Rittenhouse Square, after all.
You may recall that the St. Tropez-born chef who leaped into the local food radar from his stint at Tierra (later known as Savona) in Gulph Mills and his ownership of the now-closed Bianca in Bryn Mawr, where he won a Food & Wine award for best new chef in 2004.
Filoni, now 37, stepped into Lacroix at the Rittenhouse when Jean-Marie Lacroix was toying with retirement, and for a while it seemed like a lock for him to take the job that went to Matt Levin. That didn't happen, and Filoni went to D.C.
Now, Filoni has landed the exec-chef's spot at Parc, the Stephen Starr-backed French bistro coming to Parc Rittenhouse, the condo building across the square at 18th and Locust Streets. Parc will occupy the spaces that housed Bleu and Potcheen.
Opening is up for June 28.
Photo: Philadelphia Daily News