Table Talk: Former owner buys back Vickers Tavern

Arturo Burigatto says he couldn't bear to see Vickers Tavern, the Chester County landmark he created in 1972 and sold in 1999, be transformed into a funeral home after its closing early this year.

So Burigatto bought it back and cleaned it up.

Burigatto, who also has Primavera Pizza Kitchen in Downingtown and used to run Kennedy-Supplee Mansion in Valley Forge, bought back Vickers (192 E. Welsh Pool Rd., Exton, 610-363-7998) last week.

Its style is much as it was in the old days - quiet, romantic, genteel - with traditional, French-influenced continental cuisine (oysters Rockefeller, rack of lamb, filet mignon) and tableside preparation (Dover sole, steak Diane flambé). Dinner entrees are $25.50 to $44.

Dave Robinson, who worked at Primavera, Duling-Kurtz House and Le Bec-Fin, is chef. It's open for lunch weekdays and dinner Mondays through Saturdays.

The circa-1832 building housing Vickers, by the way, was a stop on the underground railroad, the home of Quaker potter John Vickers, who hid slaves in his woodpiles.

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