Staff Blog
Weeping Phoebe’s Debutante Ball at Chick’s
posted by Felicia D'Ambrosio
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| Tuesday is Market Cocktail Day at Chick’s CafĂ© |
Chick’s CafĂ© and Wine Bar will introduce their new high bartendress to Philadelphia next week at Weeping Phoebe’s Debutante Ball, also known as Chick’s Summer Cocktail Dinner.
Phoebe Esmon was hand-picked by former head bartender Katie Loeb (now at Oyster House) to enlarge the Chick’s tradition of complex cocktails loaded with fresh produce and herbs. Every Tuesday, Esmon shops the farmers market for likely ingredients for her Market Day Cocktails, which recently featured a muddled blueberry, cilantro and jalapeno concoction of cachaca and lemon juice.
The dinner on Monday, July 27 will pair five of Phoebe’s original cocktails with chef Jim Piano’s Medi-inspired cuisine. Expect an aperitif made with house-infused chamomile and cherry blossom vodka topped with Prosecco; a Plymouth gin, cucumber and green Chartreuse elixir matched with Italian crudo; and a spicy rye whiskey, orange pekoe tea and muddled mint cooler accompanied by a Spanish-influenced barbecue plate.
Chick’s promises “surprises, liquid and otherwise,” as well as stand-up comedy from local John Conor. Tickets are $45 per person, plus tax and tip. And that spectacularly evocative name? The teary moniker comes from Esmon’s cottage industry, Weeping Phoebe’s Bitters.
Summer Cocktail Dinner, Mon., July 27, 7 p.m., $45, Chick’s CafĂ© and Wine Bar, 614 S. Seventh St., RSVP to 215-625-3700 or chickscafe@gmail.com.
