The globetrotting Chris Hora today (8/13) opens Root, his 38-seat BYO based on Slow Food, at 1033 Spring Garden St. (215-765-0904). Here are lunch and dinner menus. Lunch is served Tuesdays through Fridays, dinner Tuesdays through Sundays.
Marty Grims says Tuesday (8/19) will be Day One of Du Jour Market & Cafe, a 60-seater inside and outside plus takeout, at the Symphony House at Broad and Pine Streets. Speaking of Symphony House, rumblings are that the planned revival of Girasole -- once a popular Italian at 13th and Locust -- is not happening.
A bunch of other projects are in a holding pattern as they await construction and licensing issues. Prive at 246 Market is looking at 8/25. Earth Bread + Brewery in Mount Airy is shooting for the first week of September. Minar Palace at 1304 Walnut? That's a mystery. I hear that PGW finally showed up to hook 'em up but found more issues. El Fuego's new spot at 2104 Chestnut: "About a week." The East Passyunk location of Adobe Cafe (1919 E. Passyunk) is due to get its health inspection on Monday (8/18), which means it's a "couple" weeks away. Owen Kamihira says "four to six weeks" for El Camino Real, his Tex-Mex border bar in Liberties Walk in Northern Liberties.
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Oh Michael, stop taunting us with Minar Palace! I keep walking by there and each time it looks like less than absolutely nothing is happening. Even if I had had the foresight to have stashed a few orders of Chicken Tikka Masala in the freezer, I'd never have thought that the wait would be YEARS before they re-opened. It hurts, Michael, it really hurts!
Posted by Allison K | August 13, 2008 10:56 PM
Posted on August 13, 2008 22:56