Once a wintery, old-country-man-in-a-vintage-photograph kind of fabric, tweed is getting a new flavor: A little more cityfied, a little younger, fresher, and all in the form of the latest restaurant from Edward Bianchini (last seen on the French Riviera running the now-closed Michelin-starred Hotel Les Muscadins), Tweed. The restaurant, which opened earlier this month, is bringing country food to the city. Chef David Cunningham told Philadelphia Magazine that he wants all his ingredients to come from a 100-mile radius of Philly — his beef is from a cattle farm in Jersey, his eggs and dairy are from Newtown.
What else? If you’re a fan of Art in the Age’s Root, Tweed’s got it. And of course, there’s tweed everywhere: On the barstools, on the banquettes…
A look at this country food gone posh:
Tweed, 114 S. 12th St, 215-923-3300
Checked out the lamb, duck and beef burgers there last night. Not bad, but not impressed. The Sips-tacular crowd didn’t help.