Helm To Open Mid-March


There comes a time in every baby bird’s life when he must leave the safety of his mother’s nest and strike out on his own. For two up-and-coming Philly chefs, Kevin D’Egidio and Michael Griffiths, that time is now. The duo is opening up a BYOB called Helm at 1303 N. 5th Street (just north of Girard), hopefully in mid-march.

Between the two chefs, they have quite the culinary pedigree. D’Edigio has worked at (the now closed) Tangerine and Lacroix, was the sous chef at Will and the executive chef at Stateside. Griffiths has been the sous chef at Lacroix, and worked at Ela, Rittenhouse Tavern, and most recently at Fork where he left his sous chef position at the end of last week.

According to Griffiths, Helm is going to be low-key. “This is definitely not fine-dining. It’s going to be a more casual, fun atmosphere,” he says. The blackboard menu will change daily based upon the most seasonal and available vegetables, and as such, will be “largely vegetable based.” Entrees will be in the low-to-mid $20 range.

Foobooz can’t wait to see these two flap their wings.

Helm [Foobooz]