New menu, new chef
Jared Frazer, formerly at Pif and Ansill, is in his second week Coquette Bistro; Old City's Konak reconfigures.
New chef de cuisine working with Cary Neff at Coquette Bistro at Fifth and Bainbridge Streets: He's Jared Frazer, most recently at Tallula & Eat Bar in Arlington, Va., but formerly in role roles at the late Ansill and Pif, plus Perry's in D.C. and Alphabet Soup in Audubon, N.J. Click here for his menu. Coquette has been through several chefs de cuisine in its two years.
Konak, the Turkish restaurant in Old City, has redecorated (lighter, more contemporary, waterfall). Chef Melek Basaran's new menu emphasizes fish fish, such as branzino, red snapper, striped bass, Black Sea anchovy, mackerel and red mullet. There's also a constantly changing dessert tray. Specials include a three-course prix-fixe dinner based on whole fish for $25 on Wednesdays, and free wine with entree on Thursdays. Bellydancer still performs Friday nights, and there's a guitar player Saturday nights. Click here for the menu.