The fling-out windows and sidewalk dining remain.
Chef-partner Kiong Banh has put on an eclectic, accessible American bistro menu priced at $22 and under. It's open for dinner daily; lunch and brunch will start later.
New in Manayunk
Tom Konidaris is retooling his Manayunk mainstay, Zesty's (4382 Main St.), into Munk & Nunn, a Mediterranean-influenced gastropub serving small and medium plates - most priced under $20. Opening will be May 8. Focal point will be the 30-seat, granite-top bar accompanied by refinished church pews, paintings of European churches, a wrought-iron gate, and a video screen. Konidaris acknowledges that at age 67 - and with nearly 40 years owning Philly restaurants - he could have packed it in. But he's decided to hang in there.
Briefly noted
Gary Dorfman is moving Jake's Philadelphia Cheesesteaks from the Liberty Place food court into a new storefront at 122 S. 12th St., off the corner of 12th and Sansom. With Sean Stein (ex-Red Sky and Pearl), he will open Jake's Sandwich Board on May 10, a seven-day sandwich operation that will include a whole roasted pig on a carving station. Sandwiches will be offered as "haystacks" (on a stack of fries), as salad bowls atop a house salad with dressing, and as "naked bowls" (sans roll). Dorfman's finale at Liberty Place will be 4 p.m. Friday.
The University City District will expand its summer Dining Days to two weeks, July 15-29. This time, a record 29 restaurants are on board to provide three-course dinners. See the list at www.universitycity.org.
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