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Main Line Restaurant Week Kicks Off September 24th

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on September 13th, 2012

Across the Main Line and the ‘burbs, restaurants are teaming up to participate in Main Line Restaurant Week 2012. From September 24^th to the 30^th chefs will offer special prix fixe menus and specials. This year the specials include discounted lunches and three course dinners for $20, $30, $40, or $50 per person. In the weeks leading up to the events gift certificates to popular restaurants are being given away on the Main Line Restaurant Week website, so try your luck!

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Swine Dining with Yards Brewing Co. at Paramour

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on August 22nd, 2012

As the end of summer looms nearer Paramour is preparing a BBQ around the close of the season. Sunday September 16^th from 5 to 7 p.m. Paramour will be holding a Pig Roast Dinner with Yards Brewing Company. The chefs at Paramour will be preparing a roast pig for a family style buffet with BBQ classics for sides. Yards will be on hand to supply craft brews to complement the dinner. The price of attendance for the Pig Roast Dinner is $39, beer, tax and tip included.

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Craig LaBan Reviews Paramour in Wayne

Posted by Foobooz on April 23rd, 2012

Craig LaBan gets to reviewing Paramour in the Wayne Hotel and finds the Main Line restaurant mainly missing the mark.

The savory kitchen, though, just kept missing the mark when it needed finesse, from the gesture of its complimentary amuse-bouches (chewy raw fluke was sliced too thick, then dabbed with a coconut emulsion that tasted like piña colada; the next night a crouton topped with seared beef, supposedly corned and smoked, was virtually tasteless) to the luxury seafood entrees. Some beautiful scallops were oddly seared to such a deep and tacky-textured brown, their caramelized crusts literally stuck between my teeth. A thick brick of gorgeous sea bass had a nice pairing with creamed corn and beans, but was underseasoned and overcooked.

One Bell – Hit or Miss

Paramour [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Paramour [Official Site]

Impressive Saturday in Store for Teresa’s Next Door

Posted by Foobooz on February 3rd, 2012

Bryan from the Brew Lounge tips us off to this awesome Super Saturday beer list at Teresa’s Next Door in Wayne. The Main Line gastropub will have six flavors of Russian River including Pliny the Elder, two vintages of Founders Breakfast Stout, a Troegs double IPA and two Cantillon on the hand pump.

Regional rail schedule to Wayne [SEPTA]
Teresa’s Next Door, the Super List for Saturday [Brew Lounge]
Teresa’s Next Door [Official Site]

Shake Hands with Beef at Paramour

Posted by Foobooz on January 24th, 2012

Paramour, Why Not Farm and Sixpoint Craft Ales are joining together for a special Farmer’s & Brewer’s Dinner tonight. Executive Chef, Michael Giampa, will prepare a seven-course dinner featuring Scottish Highland beef from Why Not Farm in Glenmoore, PA with specially selected beer pairings from Sixpoint Craft Ales. The dinner, complete with beer pairings is $65 per person.

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Ella’s American Bistro Opens Today in Wayne

Posted by Foobooz on December 19th, 2011

Ella’s American Bistro opens today on Sugartown Road in Wayne. Devon Hill BMW’s Cortright Wetherill Jr. is the owner and Matt Schuler is the Executive Chef. The bistro will serve casual bistro fare and as is expected nowadays, will focus on local and sustainable sources for produce, cheese and meat.

Schuler was born in Lancaster County and attended Johnson & Wales University in Charleston, South Carolina. He has recently served as the culinary instructor at The Pennsylvania School for Culinary Arts in Lancaster. At Ella’s, he will blend his knowledge of Lancaster’s farming community with his southern connections and classical training.

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Xilantro Disappoints

Posted by Foobooz on September 19th, 2011

It was too loud, the flavors muted, the margaritas unbalanced and the prices too steep. Craig LaBan is not impressed with Wayne’s Mexican spot, Xilantro.

But given these prices – high $20s into the low $30s – the flavors on the plate were a resounding disappointment. The tortilla soup, usually richer elsewhere with layers of dried-chile zing and earthy tortilla, was bland, bland, bland. The guacamole was mashed tableside to order, but was oddly pasty and lacking zip, requiring additional salt and lime simply to give it life. The chips, for goodness sake, weren’t even very crunchy.

One Bell – Hit-or-Miss

Xilantro [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Xilantro [Official Site]

Suburban Snacks: Paramour Details

Posted by Foobooz on August 17th, 2011

This Fall the Wayne Hotel will get a new restaurant, Paramour. The sophisticated bar and restaurant will serve modern American cuisine in a chic space aiming to welcome guests looking for a special-occasion meal or a fun spot for a cocktail and quick bite. The Paramour is the result of a two-year rehab of the hotel that included an expansion of the original restaurant space.

The restaurant will feature four areas for guests to enjoy. An outdoor veranda boasts a garden-like feel. A contemporary lobby lounge features high-backed cream leather chairs and a working fireplace. A bistro bar is adorned with semi-circle banquettes and a the main dining room offers views of the chef’s bar and open kitchen.

Chef Maurice Kim deRamus heads the kitchen. Chef deRamus has over 15 years of experience, most recently as Executive Chef at A La Maison Bistro in Ardmore. Dinner menu prices in the dining room will range from $9 to $38. An all-day menu will be served in the bistro bar, lobby lounge and on the veranda with prices ranging $5 to $18.

Paramour Photos and more Snacks »

Suburban Snacks: Wayne Hotel Gets New Restaurant, Burbs Get Two Chickie’s

Posted by Foobooz on August 4th, 2011

The Wayne Hotel is getting Paramour, a new restaurant which will combine a bistro lounge and a fine American dining experience. [F8b8z Jobs]

Chickie’s & Pete’s will be opening this fall in Audubon and Warrington. [Grub Street]

Joe’s Crab Shack will replace the Houlihan’s in Bala Cynwyd. [Main Line Times]

Saffron will bring Indian dining to the Huntingdon Valley. [The Insider]

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