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Now, don’t get us wrong, we love Georges Perrier: We’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who’s done more in a lifetime for putting Philadelphia on the culinary map. Plus, we know this is an unpopular opinion during this, The Age Of Hatred For All Things French, but Georges is just sooooooo wonderfully, sublimely, unapologetically FRENCH that you cannot help but want to throw your arms around the man and hope he can wheesk vous ay-way to heez pied-a-terre and love vous forever. But Froggy courted what we’re regarding as a major media blunder when Action News touted a “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT” from the Le Bec-Fin owner on Friday, and tongues went a-wagging. Is Le Bec-Fin closing? Is Perrier retiring? And also, what kind of self-respecting Frenchman breaks news on Action News, the pinnacle of zee Ameri-cain Philistine broadcasting? Rumours flew, and poor Dan Gross had to stay at work until 11:59pm on Friday to find out. So what was all the hub-bub? Oh, nothing: Just that Perrier was giving up Le Bec’s Mobil Dining Guide Five-Star Award, you know, because in 2008, that’s so relevant and all. But worse still, the announcement came with signs that Le Bec-Fin may indeed be having problems. With the Mobil albatross gone, the restaurant will now introduce an a la carte menu and allow patrons wearing jeans. Because you really want to go to Le Bec-Fin with a person who thinks it’s okay to wear jeans to Le Bec-Fin. Mon dieu.
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