2 new restaurants to try (and 1 to look forward to)
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NOW SEATING
Good Stuff Eatery | Season 4 Top Chef-contestant Spike Mendelsohn is expanding his D.C.-based burger mini empire, Good Stuff Eatery, to Rittenhouse. With an eye toward sustainability and a good lookin’ selection of burgers (beef, turkey and portobello) and wedge salads (classic, American, Greek or Caesar), Good Stuff also boasts a killer toasted marshmallow milkshake complete with charred flecks of ’mallow. Open Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Sun., 12 p.m.-8 p.m. 108 S. 18th St., goodstuffeatery.com.
K-Top | Although K-Top bills itself as an Asian fusion restaurant, a place to make a night of it might be a more apt description. On the ground floor, the menu is heavy on Korean dishes, with kimchi jigae and baby octopus dolsot, but venture further and you’ll find a selection of Chinese, Japanese and Thai plates as well. Upstairs K-Top is kitted out with plenty of private karaoke suites, where the hourly prices drop depending on the size of your food-and-booze tab. Bonus points, K-Top is open until 3 a.m. on weeknights and 4 a.m. on weekends. Open Mon.-Thu., 4 p.m.-3 a.m.; Fri., 4 p.m.-4 a.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.- 4 a.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-3 a.m. 911 Race St., 267-909-9306, k-top911.com.
LOOKING FORWARD
SouthStar Lofts | Carl Dranoff’s SouthStar Lofts, at Broad and South streets, is going to be home to two exciting new eateries. The first is Juniper Commons, the latest from Kevin Sbraga. According to Sbraga, “It’s going to be a fun, casual American restaurant with a throwback to the ’80s.” An ’80s throwback? We’re pretty sure he’s not talking about raspberry vinaigrette and Jell-O Pudding Pops. First word on the street was that Juniper Commons was going to be a rotisserie spot, but Sbraga says it’s a little too early to make any assumptions. Sbraga’s neighbors at SouthStar are going to be Doug Quint and Bryan Petroff of New York’s Big Gay Ice Cream. The pair started out serving chocolate and dulce de leche-dipped soft-serve — the Salty Pimp -— from a food truck five years ago before moving into brick-and-mortar digs in Manhattan, L.A. and now Philly.
