Table Talk: Rustic French BYOB is new in Ardmore

Darlene Boline Moseng, who did catering and private chef-ing, is into her third week of A La Maison (53 W. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, 484-412-8009), a rustic French BYOB in the Main Line storefront that was Jewel of India.

Moseng, a graduate of the Restaurant School, is keeping it traditional on a blackboard menu - coq au vin, short ribs, steak frites (dinner entrees: $21 to $28). She's backed in the kitchen by Maurice deRamus (Zen in Northern Liberties, Kujaku on the Parkway), and Marabella's alumna Lori Sexton is running the front of the house. Sunny-yellow bistro decor is accented with copper pots and a shiny Elektra espresso machine on the counter.

It's open for lunch Tuesdays through Fridays, dinner Tuesdays through Saturdays, and brunch Saturdays and Sundays.

What's new/coming

Chef Keith Taylor is hoping for a soft opening next month for Holy Smoke, 473 Leverington Ave. (just off Ridge Avenue) in Roxborough, replacing Farley's. He'll serve Southern barbecue, plus brick-oven pizza and chicken 'n' waffles

Market Street Pizzeria & Italian Bistro, open for weekday lunch and dinner and from noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays, has opened in Camden's Victor Lofts (1 Market St., 856-541-4100).

Reconfigurations

Yello'Bar, at Grays Ferry Avenue and Catharine Street in Grays Ferry, has been retooled into more of a corner pub. Prices have come down, and new chef Mike Mallough is doing more specials plus a late-night menu (hours are extended till 1 a.m.).