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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Percy Street opening Nov. 17

Nov. 17 is the firm opening of Percy Street Barbecue at Ninth and South Streets (the former Crescent City).

It's the latest project from Steve Cook and Michael Solomonov of Xochitl and Zahav, with chef Erin O'Shea. (She previously was chef at Marigold, which Cook/Solo sold earlier this summer to chef Robert Halpern.

Cook/Solo commissioned a video of their Texas BBQ tour. (Watch here.)

Initial hours will be 5 to 10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, till 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Bar will stay open until 2 a.m. After a few weeks, it will be open for lunch and offer a late-night menu.

Design is by Elisabeth Knapp, who also designed Zahav and Xochitl.

O’Shea will be cooking on two bright red smokers they brought back from Texas at a cost of $40,000.

Previous stories here and here.

(Searching for info about Rubb, Matt Levin's BBQ joint planned for 4445 Main St. in Manayunk? Same here. I see that there's a zoning hearing scheduled for Nov. 18. Meanwhile in Manayunk, chef Joe Scarpone says he is looking at a late-November opening for agiato at 4359 Main St. and its retail sibling, agiato bread co., at 4351 Main. A drive-by, though, shows that to be quite optimistic.)

Posted by Michael Klein @ 10:49 AM  Permalink | File Under: TableTalk | 1 comment
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Posted 11:55 AM, 11/04/2009
Holly Moore
I'm sure Percy Street will serve very good barbecue. Nice video too. But a few days eating around Austin Hill Country doesn't replicate the craft of second or third generation pit-master at Louie Mueller's or Kreuz Market. Folks down there wouldn't know what to do with $40,000 dollar smokers except trade them in on a pick-up truck.
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Michael Klein chronicles local people, places and things (in easy-to-digest portions) three days a week in his Inquirer column "INQlings." He also covers the restaurant scene in his Thursday Food column, "Table Talk." See his work at http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/michael_klein.
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