Hearing about lots of new places popping up or are soon to open, including:
- Thorobreads at 115 Christina Landing Drive, directly across from the Riverfront Market at the new residential towers and townhomes; 472-0055, is now open and is serving soups, salads, sandwiches, sweets and spirits. Owners also run The Exchange and Costa's.
- The old Brandywine Brewing Co. in downtown Wilmington at Eighth and Orange streets, will become a new restaurant soon ....Stay tuned.
- Thorobreads at 115 Christina Landing Drive, directly across from the Riverfront Market at the new residential towers and townhomes; 472-0055, is now open and is serving soups, salads, sandwiches, sweets and spirits. Owners also run The Exchange and Costa's.
- The old Brandywine Brewing Co. in downtown Wilmington at Eighth and Orange streets, will become a new restaurant soon ....Stay tuned.
- Heard the old Pala's Cafe is going to become an Asian restaurant? Got any scoop on that?
- Have you checked out Sapori Ristorante Italiano, 3801 Kennett Pike, Suite 120, Greenville Center, 654-7613 a new, upscale Italian restaurant right across from Talbots in Greenville? I glanced at the menu - and shared it with Eric Ruth. It looks very enticing with some very authentic Italian - not Italian-American - dishes.
- Lucia's Cucina, 3801 Kennett Pike, Greenville, 654-7613, an Italian take-out owned by the Lubrano family. (Same shopping center as Sapori and Janssen's.) Sicilian pizza, stromboli, paninis, seafood dishes, chicken, veal, desserts.
- Cosi, 3828 Kennett Pike, Greenville. A chain eatery based on a Parisian café. I've been to Cosis in Philly and D.C. Not bad.
- Lucky's Coffee Shop & Restaurant, 4003 Concord Pike, Wilmington, 477-0204. The former Ranch House has a new look. New owners also run the Corner Bistro. Unbelievable banana cream pie. A review is coming soon.
- Pancho & John's near Stanton on Rt. 4, soon to come - supposedly, a new Mexican place - not far from Delaware Park.
- Prince on Delaware in Old New Castle. The location - old Cellar Gourmet. The eatery will be run by owner/chef Prince Johnson, a Culinary Institute of America grad who was formerly a private chef and caterer for the president of Swathmore (Pa.) College.
- Blue Pear Bistro, 275 Brinton Bridge Road, village of Dilworthtown, south of West Chester, Pa.; (610) 399-9812. Reservations strongly suggested. (The bistro is next door to the Dilworthtown Inn; the photo by Bob Craig is of the bistro's second floor lounge.) I wrote about this casual, "hip-storic" eatery, created in an 18th century general store, a few weeks ago - it's run by Bob Rafetto and Jim Barnes, the guys who also own the Dilworthtown Inn. I'm dining there soon and will fill you in! Looking forward to it.
- Have you checked out Sapori Ristorante Italiano, 3801 Kennett Pike, Suite 120, Greenville Center, 654-7613 a new, upscale Italian restaurant right across from Talbots in Greenville? I glanced at the menu - and shared it with Eric Ruth. It looks very enticing with some very authentic Italian - not Italian-American - dishes.
- Lucia's Cucina, 3801 Kennett Pike, Greenville, 654-7613, an Italian take-out owned by the Lubrano family. (Same shopping center as Sapori and Janssen's.) Sicilian pizza, stromboli, paninis, seafood dishes, chicken, veal, desserts.
- Cosi, 3828 Kennett Pike, Greenville. A chain eatery based on a Parisian café. I've been to Cosis in Philly and D.C. Not bad.
- Lucky's Coffee Shop & Restaurant, 4003 Concord Pike, Wilmington, 477-0204. The former Ranch House has a new look. New owners also run the Corner Bistro. Unbelievable banana cream pie. A review is coming soon.
- Pancho & John's near Stanton on Rt. 4, soon to come - supposedly, a new Mexican place - not far from Delaware Park.
- Prince on Delaware in Old New Castle. The location - old Cellar Gourmet. The eatery will be run by owner/chef Prince Johnson, a Culinary Institute of America grad who was formerly a private chef and caterer for the president of Swathmore (Pa.) College.
- Blue Pear Bistro, 275 Brinton Bridge Road, village of Dilworthtown, south of West Chester, Pa.; (610) 399-9812. Reservations strongly suggested. (The bistro is next door to the Dilworthtown Inn; the photo by Bob Craig is of the bistro's second floor lounge.) I wrote about this casual, "hip-storic" eatery, created in an 18th century general store, a few weeks ago - it's run by Bob Rafetto and Jim Barnes, the guys who also own the Dilworthtown Inn. I'm dining there soon and will fill you in! Looking forward to it.
5 comments:
Just checked out the "Cosi" menu. Looks like a warmed over Panera to me, minus the bakery. And what are heck are turkey "tenders"??? All their turkey sandwichs say they're made w/ turkey tenders. Is that a step up from a chicken nugget/tender?? Why, oh, why, can't these type of places use REAL sliced turkey straight from the bird? We can't give all our fresh turkey business to Capriotti's and Just like Mom's, can we???
My brain may be fried right now from deadline pressures, but I think I remember Cosi's offering s'mores. They gave customers little burners and you cooked your own at the table??? I could be wrong; it's been a while since I've been to a Cosi.
I was curious about the new Cosi restaurant so had lunch there today w/ 3 other coworkers. All agreed it was just ok, nothing special. Everyone found their sandwiches too bland. I enjoyed the "Cosi Bread" that came with my salad, but the little bag of dried up baby carrots, not so much. I'm totally not getting the "Parisian bistro" feel either. It neither felt like that nor did they offer anything faintly Parisian in taste or flavor. And I have to say I've never seen S'Mores offered in Paris.
Prince on Delaware is actually located a few doors closer to the river than the site of the Old Cellar Gourmet. It is a few doors up from the overly-priced Jessops. Time for Prince to become Royalty in Olde New Castle!
They have smores at Cosi in Philly.
Just down the street from Suzanna Foo's (if that's still open)
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