Comments on: David Katz Closes Meme

By: foodiesupreme

foodiesupreme — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:50:20 +0000

I ate there once. Wasn’t impressed and never returned.

By: aaa305

aaa305 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:12:34 +0000

That place was wack. Trailed there before and Katz and his staff were all rude and so full of themselves. Why is it that every other chef/owner out there seems to think they don’t have to work the line everyday…and then they scratch their heads wondering why they are closing when their food is actually good.

By: apologiesinadvance

apologiesinadvance — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 02:38:47 +0000

Dan, I’m sure you could cook the hell out of a piece of fish. I’d say that’s just a little different than feeding 100 people with one or two other guys, all within the span of about 4 hours, at a professional level.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:20:20 +0000

I’ve eaten at Meme more than a few times. I’ve always found the dishes to be well thought out with great depth of flavor. There was no pretension in the food. I think Dan is mistaken. Not many home cooks are capable of creating such flavors.

By: Lord Chesterfield

Lord Chesterfield — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:14:45 +0000

I think it was a little conservative menu-wise, but look at that neighborhood. I am sure they had a ton of older regulars that wanted that kind of food; I bet his next venture is more experimental. He definitely knows flavors and how to cook, and the waitstaff was well disciplined, unlike many places. And how can you knock on la minette? Bistrot la Minette probably has the best hype-to-quality ratio of any place in Philly. No one ever talks about it, but it’s one of the best places in town. The only criticism you can level at those two places that they share in common, is that they are not loud, drink your face off, “It’s friday and I am out!” type places. Some would say that makes them boring. I consider it rare and a virtue.

By: Charlie Best

Charlie Best — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:02:15 +0000

This is a sad day! Ive eaten at meme regularly for 4 years including the pork dinner last night and had no idea. Good luck to DK and his staff and hopefully he stays in Philly.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:55:00 +0000

Damn, cleevus kinda nailed it. Didn’t want to kick dirt, but it was an average BYO. The nice thing was that it was easy to get in without a reservation and you could bring your own bottle. The food was pretty standard “farm-to-table” with a fish filet, one simply prepared offal dish and maybe a boring pork dish. All the dishes could easily be replicated by a competent home cook with a whole foods nearby. It was a I don’t feel like doing dishes kinda place, no big loss there…

By: cleevus

cleevus — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:26:38 +0000

place sucked. sounded good, sucked though. kind of like bistro la minette

By: CaptainLogic

CaptainLogic — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:11:48 +0000

meh.

By: AL_TA

AL_TA — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:45:26 +0000

Meme was on my to try list for years… I just never made it there, and now I very much regret it. Lesson to learn – don’t take good restaurants for granted (or they’ll close on you). Morgan’s is great though!