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Friday, June 5, 2009
Tough act to Swallow

Mark Tropea, a Restaurant School grad who spent his last seven years as executive sous chef at the Desmond Hotel in Malvern, is cooking up Sonata, a 45-seat BYOB that will replace Swallow in Liberties Walk in Northern Liberties (1030 N. American St.).

He hopes to open in July, after a paint job, some new decorations and staff training. Tropea marvels at the new, lightly used restaurant equipment he inherited from Swallow. "It's like getting a Mercedes with a thousand miles on it," he told me.

Food: contemporary American "with a little flash, but not enough to scare people away"; entrees $22 to $28, with some higher gusts.

Name: Sonata is music composed to be played, rather than sung. "I can tell you I'm a good chef, but I want to get my point across by my food," he says.

Hours: Tuesdays through Sundays for dinner. Lunch will start if traffic supports it.

Posted by Michael Klein @ 11:36 AM  Permalink | File Under: TableTalk | 1 comment
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Posted 01:41 AM, 06/06/2009
esterrick
So what did in Swallow?
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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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