Woo-hoo! I just got the Fat Bastard rose. (See May 17 post.) I'll let you know Thursday how it tastes.

Tonight, I'm heading to Tinto restaurant, 114 S. 20th St.; 215-665-9150, in Philly for dinner. This is Jose Garces's second restaurant. (He also owns Amada, the Spanish tapas bar.) It should be interesting. Tinto is a wine bar based on Basque country cooking. I'm a huge fan of Jose's - super guy, super chef - so I'll give you quick highlights on Wednesday. More in an upcoming 55 Hours story in June.

Locally, Costa Dimas, owner of Costa's Grill & Wine Bar, is opening his second downtown Wilmington restaurant today. It's called the Exchange and is in the bottom floor of the old Delaware Trust building on Market Street between Ninth and 10th streets. It's open for lunch, dinner and has a late night menu.

Menu features “upscale comfort food,” with such offerings as barbecue ribs, spaghetti with fresh basil and tomatoes, steak au poivre, tuna burgers with wasabi mayonnaise and Cuban paninis. Appetizers, such as sweet and sour chicken, crispy noodles and lettuce wraps, and poblano nachos with chicken, jack cheese and guacamole, will run between $7 to $9. Dinner entrees are between $11 to $22.