Table Talk: Legal Sea Foods planning airport eatery

Three years after setting up in the Court at King of Prussia,

Legal Sea Foods

is preparing to open a second area location this spring, at Philadelphia International Airport.

Roger Berkowitz, who heads the Boston-based seafood chain, said Legal would take the space between Terminals B and C previously occupied by a TGI Friday's.

The only missing detail is the exact name. At Boston's Logan International Airport and at its newest location in Dedham, Mass., Legal uses a concept called Legal C Bar, selling smaller plates aimed at quick turnover.

Berkowitz is toying with changing the "C" to "Sea" in case Philadelphians don't get the pun.

Monty Kainth, who had worked for his family's Palace of Asia Indian restaurants for many years, said he couldn't turn down the opportunity to go out on his own in 2005. He opened a stand at Peddler's Village in Lahaska, Bucks County - not exactly a hotbed of Indian cuisine.

"It was a test market for me," he said.

The next year, he moved Cross Culture into a restaurant space in a similarly Indian-deprived area: Doylestown's West State Street restaurant row. And in November, he and managing partner Manish Chopra opened a second Cross Culture in yet another area lacking in Indian cuisine: 208 Kings Highway East in Haddonfield (856-428-4343).

The BYOB's name, he said, is a nod to his approach. "I'm trying to capture the mainstream American audience," he said, adding that "99.9 percent of my customers in Doylestown are American." Menu focuses exclusively on Northern Indian cuisine. His next location will be in a more South Asian-savvy area: Princeton.

Q BBQ & Tequila

, which owner Kevin Meeker installed on the site of his longtime Philadelphia Fish & Co. earlier this year, will add a burger menu next week, leading to a new name: Q Barbecue, Burgers & Tequila.

The Falafel Factory, a takeout due to open midmonth at 32 S. 18th St., will offer not only the traditional fried version of the chickpea sandwich but also a baked version. Owner Rob Rimeris says the baked has less fat, sugar, cholesterol, and sodium than a 6-inch turkey from Subway - and is 30 percent larger.

Birches on High Street in Burlington, formerly Tommy G's, has closed.

In the openings department: Next Thursday is the projected public rollout of Amís (Marc Vetri's Roman trattoria at 13th and Waverly Streets). Jan. 21 is the scheduled opening of R2L (Daniel Stern's slick American on the 37th floor of Two Liberty Place). "February" is the target for Garces Trading Company, Jose Garces' cafe partnership with the Liquor Control Board at 1111 Locust St.