Quick Bites


Cooper’s Brick Oven Wine Bar, the wine bar by Jake’s owner Bruce Cooper is looking to open within a month in Manayunk. [Food and Drinq]

Ristorante Valentino at Pine and Juniper has taken on a new partner, Nicholas Maldonado who was the original GM at Bar Ferdinand. The place has been revamped and a liquor license is in their future. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

Privé is just days away and Michael klein has a sneak preview of the lounge and menu. [Food and Drinq]

O’Neals Pub on 3rd has revamped their outdoor patio into a bit of a beer garden. There will even be a TV for sports in the great outdoors. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

The M-Room is adding dinner to its menu. Stuffed clams with chorizo, London Broil with sherry mushroom Espagnole sauce, Texas BBQ pulled pork Po-Bo and New York Strip are among the highlights of a menu that tops out at $15.95. [The Clog]

Twenty21 calls it quits after Friday night. What was going to be a renovation has become a closure as financing for the overhaul fell through. [Food and Drinq]

Elsewhere in the last call department tomorrow night is the last for Melograno at their 22nd and Spruce location. They’re moving to 2010 Sansom Street and Mémé is moving in to the Melograno space. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer] July 27th, not June 27th.