Greatest Hits And What You Missed: Fieri In Philly, Sabatino Leaving Stateside, A Crazy Menu Change At Sophia’s, Le Bec Announces Interim Chef and The Night Georges Perrier Went Insane (This Week)


Yeah, it was Valentine’s Day week, but it certainly wasn’t all kissy-face in the restaurant world. Closures, chef changes, abandonments, total fucking meltdowns–this was the week that was, and here’s what you might’ve missed.

George Sabatino Leaving Stateside It’s for his own restaurant, but still…

Guy Fieri Comes To Philly And the citizenry go apeshit

Bryan Sikora Leaving A. Kitchen Okay, so that’s two chefs gone

Tria Wine Bar Crew Taking Over Old Rum Bar Space The new place will be called Tria Taproom

Circles Thai In Bala Cynwyd Is Closed Or maybe open. Or closed

Walter Abrams Out At Le Bec, Steve Eckerd New Interim Chef And now three. Helluva week

Sophia’s Drops A New Menu And Concept Trust me, you’ve got to read about it to truly understand

It Happened Last Night… In which Georges Perrier just loses his fucking mind

Little Baby’s Ice Cream Announces Expansion To Cedar Park, then Mars