Cedar’s Cafe has recently opened in Frazer (Malvern), in the Westgate Plaza (with Jimmy’s BBQ and Staples). They feature Mediterranean cuisine — lots of Hummus, Falafel, Kabobs and Shawarma. Tasty!
309 Lancaster Avenue, Malvern, PA 19355
Phone: 610-644-5551
http://cedarscafepa.com
Many years ago, before the Wawa was razed and rebuilt, there was a Seafood USA store in a strip mall in the center of Paoli. When it closed (and the mall was torn down), there was no seafood store between Wayne’s Seafood USA and the Hill’s in Exton. Recently, however, Gadaleto’s opened in Frazer, bringing high-quality seafood to the Western Main Line for the first time in quite a while.
Now, Seafood USA is back in Paoli — they will be opening in the building just east of Fellini Café. No word yet on the open date.
Well, the long-rumored Mexican replacement for Wayne’s The Freehouse has a name: Matador.
See thedogatemyhomework’s comment below for more info.
Big changes are coming to the Wayne shopping center that currently houses ACME (a.k.a Wayne Square). The space that once held Eckerd/Rite Aid will be split into two retail spaces, one of which will become Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, a Florida chain restaurant that is partially owned by Dan Marino. This appears to be their first location in the Northeast, though the website lists Delaware as another potential suitor. Though Wayne hardly needs yet another pizza joint, this appears to be a sit-down establishment that will have a bar (assuming their liquor license hearing goes well). Think Bertucci’s, before they started focusing on pasta and other dishes.
ACME will also be vacating this shopping center, when their lease expires in March 2011. Current plans are to remodel the entire space to house 9 smaller retail locations. No word yet on whether any of them will be restaurants.
Whole Wheat Baguette
South Philly Italian bakery Carangi Baking Company has recently opened at 1556 Lancaster Ave. in Paoli, bringing a wide variety of freshly-made breads, pizzas, stromboli and other Italian specialties to the ‘burbs.
Floret Restaurant and Lounge will be opening in February 2010 at 175 King of Prussia Rd. in Radnor, replacing current tenants Pond and Bistro Cassis. This restaurant is a partnership between Scott Morrison (Nectar, etc.), Chef Dan Kremin (Barclay Prime, Buddakan) and the current Pond ownership.
The menu will be based on regional European cuisine prepared with locally sourced American ingredients. Says Kremin, “I cook with the freshest, local ingredients that have been prepared in a simple, approachable and familiar way, so that our guests will want to visit and dine with us frequently without spending a lot.”
Floret’s 90-seat lounge will offer hors d’oeuvres and small plates along with a selection of original burgers and salads to pair with specialty drinks, craft beers and wines. The 150-seat restaurant will feature steak frites, fish pommes soufflé and numerous other market and seasonal additions such as a house cassoulet, Amish raised chicken coq au vin, braised lamb shanks, chicken liver crostini, lasagna al forno and vegetarian shepherd’s pie.
The name “Floret” is inspired in part by the 1986 movie, Jean De Florette, which was filmed in Provençe. This classic French film starred Gerard Depardieu and Yves Montand, (born Ivo Livi) in Mansummano Terme near Florence, Italy.
Floret will honor all Pond party contracts as well as gift certificates sold under the Pond/Cassis name.
Floret | 175 King of Prussia Road | Radnor, PA | 610-293-9411| floretrestaurant.com (coming soon)
Michael Klein reported earlier today that WIN Signature Restaurants, who just opened Azie on Main upstairs and Parker’s Prime Steakhouse in Newtown Square (to go along with several other restaurants they already own), will also be renting out the lower part of Maia. The concept will be American-style comfort food/bar aimed at a younger crowd: wings, pizzas, burgers, ribs, etc.
It continues to amaze us that while everyone else is scaling back during this economy, WIN keeps expanding. How can they ensure high quality across all the brands? Didn’t a successful local restaurant team already try the multi-tiered restaurant in the Maia space and fail? How will WIN fare with a non-Asian theme?
You’ll have to wait until at least Spring 2010 to find out — though we always like to pad at least one more season on the projected times.
About a month ago, we posted that Saxby’s had closed their Malvern location. Now, the fast-expanding Colorado Conshohocken coffee shop chain has taken over the Rt 30 building in Paoli that is currently branded It’s a Grind. Don’t expect any service outage — the staff is saying the same, and the coffee and cups have already switched.
This is a bit of a disappointment for espresso fans, as It’s a Grind had the best of the chain stores. Saxby’s isn’t horrible, but it lacks the richness and depth of IaG.
The Berwyn space that was the Main Street Café is now Baxter’s Black Sheep Saloon. This shouldn’t be all that surprising, considering that Main Street Cafe co-owner Jessica Morrison is the daughter of the owner of Baxter’s Saloon in Paoli.
We don’t have any further details, though one might guess a simplification of the menu would be among minor changes to the place. If you’ve been, comment below.
Philly.com recently reported two possible Tiffin locations coming to the Main Line in the near future. A lease has been signed for a space in the Wynnewood Shopping Center (projected December opening). Owner Munish Narula also says he has a verbal agreement for an undisclosed space in Bryn Mawr (Blush perhaps?)
The original Tiffin in Northern Liberties has been featured in the PhillyMag Top 50 restaurants for the past two years (#30 in ‘08, #50 in ‘09).
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