Less than a week old in Sewell's Wedgewood Plaza is M/O Global Bistro (373 Egg Harbor Rd., 856-582-1444), reflecting a slight retooling of the BYOB's name. O'Mara offers small plates ($7 to $13, including edamame ravioli with truffle sauterne broth, and sriracha shrimp on grilled peasant bread) and larger plates ($15 to $24, including banana-chip macadamia nut-crusted tilapia; tempura-crusted veal medallions stuffed with serrano ham, smoked mozzarella and broccoli rabe; and "croque madam," toasted ham and cheese sandwich on brioche, fried egg and mornay sauce served with pommes frites). For now, M/O is serving from 3:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.
The East Passyunk watch
Much happening on South Philly's East Passyunk strip. Mariano Herrerias says he is about a mouth from opening the second Adobe Cafe at 1919 E. Passyunk. It's awaiting the liquor license. Lynn Rinaldi of Paradiso is looking at late August for Izumi - Japanese for "fountain" (appropriately, there's a fountain across from the restaurant at 1601 E. Passyunk Ave.); the BYOB will include traditional sushi plus a small selection of contemporary cooked dishes. Nick Miglino is aiming for the week before Labor Day for Sticks & Stones, his pub at 1909 E. Passyunk.
What's coming
Nick Cassizzi, whose family ran Godfather's on the Promenade in Cape May, is behind a stylish sitdown pizzeria at Belgrade and Clearfield Streets in Port Richmond.
Cassizzi's, opening in about three weeks, will do brick-oven pizza and hot and cold sandwiches in a neat atmosphere; decor on one side of the open kitchen will be old-world Tuscany, while the other will be modern. If the family name seems familiar from the mortuary business, it's because the building was a funeral parlor. Says Cassizzi: "We wanted to do the slogan 'pizza to die for,' but. . . . "
