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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Jose Garces' wurst case scenario
A "Ferris Bueller" tribute shirt. (via www.80stees.com)

Chicago boy Jose Garces is bringing to town a piece of his hometown lore for his beer-and-brat house planned for the old Letto Deli at 13th and Chancellor Streets.

It will be Frohmans Wursthaus.*

Eighties' movie buffs will recognize the "Frohman" (or Froman) name from the Windy City-set Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Ferris drops the name of "Abe Froman" -- as in, "the sausage king of Chicago" -- in a bid to score a table at a fancy restaurant.

Frohmans is on track for a late-fall opening. Garces' project at the Cira Centre, JG Domestic, is up for September.

* Post updated with corrected spelling. (h/t Foobooz)
Posted by Michael Klein @ 11:55 AM  Permalink | File Under: TableTalk | 3 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:22 PM, 07/15/2010
    I approve of this headline and of the restaurant name.
    — mikeyil
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:25 PM, 07/15/2010
    Will he have a wine store there too?
    — PaulDeon


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Michael Klein, the editor/producer of philly.com/Food, writes about the local restaurant scene in his Inquirer column "Table Talk." Have a question? Email it! See his Inquirer work here.
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