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Le Bec-Fin Closed

Observations from the Last Dinner Seating Ever at Georges Perrier’s Le Bec-Fin

Posted by Victor Fiorillo on March 5th, 2012


Since I broke the news that Georges Perrier was selling Le Bec-Fin, I knew I had to eat there, having never had the pleasure. So on Saturday night at 9:30 p.m., I joined scores of other anxious diners at Philadelphia’s most storied restaurant for the final seating of the final service ever under the ownership of founding chef Georges Perrier. There was the blue-blooded Main Line crowd. There was plenty of representation from the food-and-beverage intelligentsia, from Kevin Sbraga to Shola Olunloyo to Hop Sing Lee. There was the New York Times. There was Champagne, gratis. There was a little cocaine (hey, people were longing for the 1970s glory days of Le Bec). And, of course, there was Georges Perrier and new Le Bec owner Nicolas Fanucci.

Some thoughts from the last evening at Le Bec-Fin

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From the Archives: Early Le Bec-Fin Ads

Posted by Victor Fiorillo on March 2nd, 2012

As there clearly isn’t anything to do today, we’ve been searching for Le Bec-Fin material in the Philadelphia magazine archives, hardbound volumes of the mag dating way back to January 1943. Here, a series of black-and-white strip ads for Georges Perrier’s restaurant when it was at its original location on Spruce Street.

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Le Bec-Fin’s Last Night Is Saturday

Posted by Jason Sheehan on February 28th, 2012

For those of you who want a last taste of the restaurant that defined (and re-defined) fine dining in Philadelphia, time is running out. Fast.

Since we broke the news of the sale of Le Bec-Fin to former Thomas Keller loyalist (and former-former Le Bec GM) Nicolas Fanucci, word on the street has been that the new crew would ease the suffering restaurant gently into its next incarnation with a brief shut-down and re-design in April.

Now, though, it appears that timeline has been moved up considerably. A source inside the operation tipped us off that Le Bec has been hemorrhaging money recently and that the restaurant needs to close simply to stop the bleeding. After two calls, two attempted reservations, and a quick pass through opentable.com, we’ve determined that this Saturday, March 3rd, is going to be the last night of service for the old Le Bec. Come Sunday, the doors will be closed, the lights will be out and the end of an era will truly have come.

Right now, we’re hearing that the space will be dark for at least the entire month of March for “renovations.” What happens after that is still very much up in the air.

The End Of An Era: Georges Perrier Cedes Control Of Le Bec-Fin [Foobooz]

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