Monday (8/25) lunchtime will mark the rollout of Privé, the bi-level Mediterranean resto-bar at 246 Market St. in Old City from South Jersey restaurateur/cousins Bill and Nick Lavdas. It's the old Lena and Bluezette, in the storefront with the curved-iron facade. You first heard about it here in December.
The space has been given a sleek, slick makeover (light strands dangling in front of the windows, a spotlit mosaic mural, gorgeous cut stone), though it retains Lena/Bluezette's odd, inefficient geometry (tiny lounge in the front, space-eating staircase and kitchen corridor down the middle, and small, loungey dining room on the first floor, while the second floor again has the small, loungey back room, a larger bar and cool window seating overlooking Market Street).
It will serve lunch and dinner daily.
Here are the lunch menu, the dinner menu, and the late-night menu from 23-year-old chef Peter Karapanagiotis.
Privé
246 Market St.
215-923-8313