Nothing gets Wilmington residents quite as excited as a new restaurantāunless itās a celebrity sighting. I recently experienced both thrills on one evening.Ā The Brandywine Restaurant at 2000 Pennsylvania Ave.āwhich many call āthe old Michael Christopherās buildingāāhad an invitation-only preview, and Brent Celek, a former Philadelphia Eagles tight end, was in attendance. I donāt follow sports, so I relied on …
Manisha Collet-Govinden, the opening chef at Bar Reverie in Greenville, is no longer at the restaurant.Ā Ā Owner David Dietz had āmoved mountainsā to bring the family to Delaware. (They previously owned a restaurant in Paris.) But ultimately, it was not a good fit. The new chef, Steve Taplin, started Sept. 17 after working on new dishes at Dietzās BBC …
Bardea Food + Drink is one of the restaurants trying a temporary surchange to help them beat inflation. Photo by Valeria Boltneva/Pexels Since Valentineās Day was on a Monday, many restaurants had four nights of solid reservations. The business was welcome, considering that most experienced a disastrous January due to mask mandates, bitterly cold weather and ailing staff. But a …
