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A Happy New Year’s at Le Bec-Fin

Posted by Foobooz on January 3rd, 2011

Two years to the night when Philly Mag 50: Hall-of-Famer Georges Perrier dropped the bombshell that Brasserie Perrier was closing, Perrier had a more predictable announcement this New Year’s Eve. As we speculated less than a month ago, Georges Perrier is not closing Le Bec-Fin. Perrier is bringing on current Executive Chef Nicholas Elmi as a partner and the mezzanine and Le Bar Lyonnais will be remodeled.

Although we weren’t surprised by the news Philadelphia chefs must have been as 60% said Le Bec-Fin would close in Philadelphia Magazine’s chef survey.

Perrier also announced he is opening a bakery in Narberth this spring, The Art of Bread by Georges Perrier.

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Le Bec Fin
1523 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA

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    • Tex

      This will be great news for Philadelphia if he also removes the tacky plastic banner from the front.

    • Snake

      I wonder if some menu changes will be made. People just don’t eat like that anymore. The Bar Lyonnais could be so much better than what it is, I’m happy that they are focusing the renovations there.

    • MattK

      Well, that’s some of the best “New Years” news I’ve heard in a long time!

    • Loaf

      I’m sick of small plates and hipster bars, put some nice clothes on and eat a dinner without texting for a couple hours without a waiter who stinks and has 15 tattos that I can see. Thank you Chef Perrier, good for you Nick and good new for the Narb. I wonder how that will affect Le Petit Mitron?

    • http://SipsBitesandSites.com Maria Valetta

      Actually many people do still eat like that.

      Incredible food prepared meticulously with fresh ingredients and service that flows effortlessly around you while catering to you ever need is still very much in vogue.

      For me, it makes going out to dinner special. Going out to eat is different than going out for dinner in my world, just like a home-cooked meal is not the same as ordering from dining-in.

      Restaurants such as The French Laundry in Yountville, Cyrus in Healdsburg (which I recently dined at) as well as many restaurants in Montreal, Quebec City, Chicago, France, etc. have no problem filling tables by offering lavish tasting menus. This art of eating is not dead, it just simply has not been embraced enough by the younger generations because of lack of exposure.

    • Andy

      “The art of eating is not dead, it just simply has not been embraced enough by the younger generations because of lack of exposure.”

      I know you mean well here Maria, but that’s a rather simplistic and somewhat pretentious view.

      How about the idea of value?

      I agree with @Loaf, the foodie texting between courses and documenting every morsel is over the top. But you’re talking about a miniscule segment of the population that will ever afford to get to “The French Laundry” and restaurants of that caliber (read- price).

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