Though most of the foods (salads, soups, sandwiches) are intended to go, there's seating for eight. It's open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, till 7 p.m. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. on Thursdays, and from noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.
What's new
Sign of spring: A
Swallow sighting. New this week, Swallow (1030 N. American St., 215-238-1399), in the Liberties Walk development in Northern Liberties, is a sexily candlelit 38-seat Euro-style BYO bistro owned by the husband-and-wife team of Jason and Cindy Caminos, who met a dozen years ago at Culinary Institute of America. Mains on the menu are $18 to $24. It's open nightly now, with lunch and brunch due soon. See the menu at
http://go.philly.com/foodanddrinq.
What's coming
Victor Fellus, a partner in Old City's Soho Pizza, is cooking up
Garlic to occupy the ground floor of the RiverWest condos at 21st and Chestnut Streets. The 50- to 60-seater, which he'd like to open in May, will be a combo coffeeshop, salad stop, and brick-oven pizzeria with a bar. Think Cosi meets Saladworks meets Bertucci's.
An update on Prive, bound for the Lena/Bluezette space at 246 Market St. in Old City: Partners Nick and Bill Lavdas - Nick owns the Corner Bistro in Haddonfield, while cousin Bill owns Victory Lane Bar & Grill in Berlin - hope to open in mid-May after a total renovation. (The timing may be ambitious, as the liquor-license application is about to be filed.) Chef Peter Karapanagiotis will do Greek-influenced Mediterranean tapas. Karapanagiotis says he started cooking five years ago at his family's George's Place in Cape May and at the nearby Pier House. He spent a brief stint as a saute/saucier at Buddakan, followed by two years at Brasserie Perrier, most recently at its cafe at Boyds. The Lavdases are shopping for furnishings in Italy and Greece.
