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Spiga coming to 13th and Locust

It's billed as a modern Italian restaurant from the Le Castagne team.

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Spiga coming to 13th and Locust

POSTED: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 4:21 PM

Michael Klein, Philly.com

Filed Under: TableTalk

One of the bigger secrets is the Italian restaurant under construction at 1305 Locust St. by the team at Le Castagne. (The deal was signed last summer.)

At least I can now tell you the name: Spiga. Brian Wilson will slide over from Le Castagne to be chef.

Opening date does not seem to be far off.

Spiga will occupy the spot that we old-timers remember as Girasole (before it shut down and later resurfaced at Broad and Pine). More recently it was Pelican Bay, a seafood house, and a series of forgettable bars.

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