Studiokitchen: The Restaurant
Shola is (finally) opening a restaurant in Philly… which i’m looking forward to because I am sooooooooooo bored by food in this city…
Studiokitchen fans, hold on to your hats. The enigmatic chef Shola Olunloyo has announced his plans to open his very own restaurant.
Diehard foodies might be familiar with Shola through his now-defunct project Studiokitchen, which involved you and a group of friends paying Shola a prix fixe to cook for you in his house.
Today Shola posts that he is indeed opening a restaurant in Philadelphia. It will be about 30 seats and will serve dinner 5 nights.
Why ?
It works, it’s different and ultimately people want value both in the experience and the cooking, if all the energy went into the cooking and the food rather than the hype and the book matches.
It does not require multiple investors whose vision or interest may diverge from yours.
It is the “un-restaurant”
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Man, this is probably going to be crazy expensive. But I’m so down for going. Any idea when it’s opening?
i heard he’s shooting for fall. so soon
This whole “studiokitchen” thing kind of reminds me of this thing that my old boss up in Boston brought me to. It was an invite only thing, we met by the State House, and we were bussed to some guys (palatial) house up in Marblehead. Basically, it was an “underground” dining club called love+butter. It works just like that, you meet up with about 15 other people at a non-desrcript location, get bussed to another location, and are fed a ridiculous 5 course meal. It was 50 bucks per person, and our meal was RIDICULOUS! Everyone brought a bottle of wine. I’ll try to remember the menu as best as possible
First course: Marinated watermelon and arugula salad with pesto and some other kind of dressing
Second Course: Lobster and corn soup – it was chilled, and spicy. Tied for my favorite dish
Third Course: Rabbit Bolognese with tagliatelle pasta.(my other favorite dish)
Forth Course: Some kind of pork (I was getting a little tipsy by this course, so things become fuzzier) with sweet and spicy pears and shittake mushrooms
Dessert: Some kind of toffee and dark chocolate confection. It was a mix of mouses and cake, with a little bit of peanut butter.
All in all, it was awesome. Well worth the 50 bucks, plus you meet some interesting people.
Kristin (my old boss) sent me this link when I moved back home so I could find an underground anywhere I go – note there’s none in Philly, but here’s hoping…http://www.saltshaker.net/underground-dining-scene
weeks away…
http://www.speckfoodandwine.com/
finally there will be some interesting food in this fucking city
Luke, I hope I am never so jaded as you. Eating out in the city 1/20th as much as you has still left me with wonder and excitement about Philly restaurants.
That said, WE ARE SO GOING TO THIS PLACE.
there is plenty of great food
but i just find myself bored all the time
last week we at at elements in princeton
it was phenomenal . there is nothing like it in philly. why?
i don’t need wd-50. just give me interesting every once in a while
now taking reservations for the studiokitchen aspect of the restaurant.
starts in october. 8 seats per nite. no dietary restrictions. $120
When are we going?
jesus christ this looks like it’s dead.
goddamn it
Well that fucking sucks.
“It does not require multiple investors whose vision or interest may diverge from yours.”
Apparently not the case.