Count five days in the life of Time (1315 Sansom St., 215-985-4800), the posh "modern country-club/comfort-food" spot from Jason and Delphine Evenchik, around the corner from their wine bar/bistro Vintage.

Time came about last year when Tony Goldman, their landlord, bought the building, which at the time housed Ludwig's Garten.

Initially, they had considered opening a Vintage in another neighborhood. "But with a space this big to play with, we thought [a concept like Time] would work," Jason Evenchik says. The bar menu focuses on "brown liquors" (whiskeys, ryes, bourbons, single malts).

Chef Keith Murphy, last at Vintage, came up with a dinner menu mixing old-school specialties (cote de boeuf, venison tenderloin) and steaks (flatiron steak frites, at $17, is the cheapest entree; top price is $34 for a 16-ounce rib eye).

It's open nightly, with lunch and brunch expected in several weeks. Tonight is the grand opening, with live music.

Trading spaces

Michael O'Mara, chef-owner of M/O Cafe & Grill in Voorhees, bought San Miguel Mexican Cuisine in Washington Township a couple of months ago. Saying that the global-bistro concept works better in Washington Township and Mexican cuisine is a better fit in Voorhees, he's swapped them and lowered prices. And so: San Miguel is at 910 Haddonfield-Berlin Rd. in Voorhees (856-566-4225), and M/O is due to open tomorrow at 373 Egg Harbor Rd., Washington Township (856-582-1444).

What's coming

¡Cuba! - guess the cuisine - is looking at an April 28 opening near the top of Chestnut Hill (8609 Germantown Ave., 215-967-1477). Owners are former travel agent Miguel Castañeda, a Cuban emigre, and his son, Michael. General manager Christian Leo helped run Cuba Libre in Old City for five years. It's a cute storefront with modern decor accommodating about 30 people in the main room and about 10 more in the back. It will open as a BYOB, but they hope to obtain a liquor license. Chef Orjenia Lopez, also Cuban-born, will keep most entrees under $20. The restaurant will be open seven days for lunch and dinner, and live jazz is planned for Friday nights.

The Ho Sai Gai location at 10th and Race Streets, closed for about nine years, is less than two months from reopening after a dramatic renovation that, in a nod to the Convention Center expansion, will include a high-tech conference room on the second floor.

Prive just won approval from its Old City neighbors, and so a liquor-license application is underway for the planned Greek-influenced tapas spot at 246 Market St., in the former Lena/Bluezette space. Co-owner Bill Lavdas says they hope to open in June.

Dolce Valley Forge hotel, which replaced the Valley Forge Hilton (301 W. DeKalb Pike, King of Prussia), has installed as executive chef Jeffrey Power, a Culinary Institute of America grad last at Blackfish in Conshohocken after turns at Center City's Le Bec-Fin and Striped Bass. June will mark the opening of Restaurant Three01, featuring Power's spins on traditional Continental cuisine. The hotel in March opened T. Burke's, a French bistro/bar.

Deals

East Falls businesses will mark the reopening of Midvale Avenue this weekend with discounts from noon to 4 p.m. Among restaurants: Johnny Manana's, Buckets Bar & Grill, Franco's Trattoria, the Pour House, Shan Chuan Chinese, Café at the Mills, and pizzerias Slices and Golden Crust; get discounts at www.eastfalls-pa.com.

A dozen Main Line restaurants on or near Route 30 will serve $30 three- or four-course dinners from April 28 to May 2. See the list at www.dinetheline.com.

Briefly noted

Old City's nearly five-year-old Red Sky is running on limited hours as an agreement of sale is pending. Owners David, Scott and Sean Stein recently opened Pearl (1904 Chestnut St.) with partner Brett Perloff. David Stein said gift certificates would be honored at Pearl or at Red Sky during the opening hours, and they're pointing people to www.redskylounge.com for more information.

Capriccio - which opened in the Warwick Hotel in December 1988, making it one of the earlier espresso bars in Center City - lost its lease. Owner David Wagaman says he's planning to reopen in a few months in a "high-profile location." Operators of the Warwick are planning their own coffee bar, with a liquor bar, to open in June. The Coffee Bar will focus on coffees and "charged" beverages, plus breads and pastries, soups and smoked-meat items as it becomes a mini-market for the residents of the Warwick Condominiums, nearing completion on the top eight floors of the hotel.

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