Barshak's New Fort Washington Venture Gets a Name
NICE TIDBIT reported by the Inquirer's Michael Klein yesterday: Alison Barshak has chosen a name for the restaurant she is opening in the Fort Washington site formerly occupied by Marita's Cantina. Okay, so "Alison Two," a complement to her superlative Alison at Blue Bell, may not be the most original moniker, but with the quality of food Barshak's kitchens have turned out over the years, she could call the new place "Eat at Joe's" and I'd still be there. The charismatic Barshak made her bones at Striped Bass years ago before opening the ill-fated and short-lived Venus & the Cowboy, then decamped to New York for a while to find herself. Alison at Blue Bell is simply terrific, plating utterly sophisticated and satisfying fare in a suburban office park, of all places, and the news that Barshak was opening a place even closer to my home was well received in the Shallow Center household.
To get the latest from the chef's mouth -- well, from her keyboard, anyway -- you can check out Barshak's blog about Alison Two. How cool is that? S|C
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