barryg

The location struggles for some reason. I liked The Treemont, and the prices were very fair for that style of food in Center City. That stretch of 15th St is mostly pubs and mid-range chains, not really any cheffy fine dining places so maybe it had a hard time fitting in. The replacement is called Fine Palate: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/the-insider/Fine-Palate-Le-Bok-Fin-pop-up-restaurant-Phila.html Sounds a little more approachable than The Treemont. $8 cocktails and small plates for pre- or post-theater sounds good to me.

I am not one to obsess over the cleanliness of an eating establishment, but this isn't like they slipped up, overlooked something, or made a simple mistake. The place was completely infested and they did nothing about it until the authorities got involved. I've never been to Yang Ming, and I know it won some kind of "best in America" award (these are highly suspect), but is it really so good that the crowds will return? I like American-Chinese food when in the mood, but it's not destination cuisine for me.

Would you go back after the roast infestation?

Michael Klein has a good list of openings coming up: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/the-insider/The-fall-2015-restaurant-forecast.html I am also interested in Coeur, this is a concept that I think can actually have longevity in this space. I'm really looking forward to checking out SOUTH too, Zanzibar Blue is much missed. Finally I'm glad to see Sate Kampar joining Stargazy and Bing Bing on Passyunk Ave, adding variety to the options there.