Feeding Frenzy

Restaurants opening, closing and pending

by Drew Lazor

>> NOW SEATING

This Delaware-based cafe chain recently expanded into Center City by acquiring the space that formerly housed Millennium Coffee. Forgive us if its name surfaces memories of grandpa chasing us off the porch for bumping The Chronic on our plastic boom boxes. It's not inner city brouhaha, gramps—it's the mouthpiece of the streets! Bite This: The chicken and cheddar sandwich is topped with horseradish dill mayo, tomatoes and mesclun greens.

The biz grapevine tells us that the Palm's caught the changing-of-the-guard flu: GM Curt Schaber, who helmed the restaurant's major expansion in summer 2005, has been let go. (The staff won't reveal details, but our source says it was simply time for a change.) Who's the new guy? Jim Haney, late of the Palm's Atlantic City branch. Before joining the organization, Haney put in time with Dave & Buster' s and ESPN Zone. No word on whether he'll be getting Cruis'n USA.

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Tammaro Caso's Neopolitan BYO should be ready for business before the holidays. Caso and his family ran a local restaurant by the same name a decade ago before he decided to move to Italy. His new incarnation will celebrate the old country: He crafts everything from mozzarella to pasta in-house, 'cause "that's the way an Italian restaurant should be." Bite This: Caso serves his Orecchiette Alla Tammaro (shrimp, broccoli rabe, white beans, celery and garlic) in an almost brothlike sauce.

>> LITTLE VITTLES

Seafood Unlimited (270 S. 20th St., 215-SEA-FOOD) is offering a ton of happy hour specials: Every day from 5 p.m. to close, load up on cheap lagers and a $5 menu that features Buffalo shrimp and blackened chicken quesadillas.

The Little Inn (9 Old State Rd., Media, 610-565-8212) is now owned and operated by brothers Lazaros and Mihales Karasavas. Both hold more than 10 years experience in the industry.