Staff Blog
NOW OPEN: Sycamore BYOB
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Lovely, leafy Lansdowne, just outside West Philly in Delaware County, celebrated the opening of new BYO Sycamore (14 S. Lansdowne Ave.) this past Friday. Located in Regency Café’s original space (that coffeehouse and music venue moved to 29 N. Lansdowne Ave.) Owners are Stephen and Jennifer Wagner and chef Meg Votta, a CIA alum who’s worked locally as exec chef at West Chester’s Simon Pearce, the Joseph Ambler Inn and Feast Your Eyes Catering.
Votta’s menu is refined American — plates include a pancetta, onion and goat cheese tart; crab cakes with brandy crema and mustard chive sauces; a pork shop with a port reduction, figs, gorgonzola and sweet peas; and from-scratch tagliatelle with three-meat gravy.
One cool featch at the BYO: a proper cocktail list. All you gotta do is supply the booze. Drinks here include the Peachtree (whiskey, peach nectar, black tea, mint); the Farmer’s Market (gin, grapefruit juice, basil, lemon curd, seltzer); and the La Paloma (tequila, grapefruit soda, lime juice, salt rim).
Hours: Wed.-Sun., 6-10 p.m. Menus after the jump.
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