Clark Gilbert going into Margot space in Narberth
Exclusive: The veteran chef, last at Taquet in Wayne, will go affordable with his BYOB plans.
Clark Gilbert, whose background includes Taquet, Fountain at the Four Seasons, the Saloon and La Terrasse, is cooking up a BYOB at 232 Woodbine Ave. in Narberth, which last was Margot, also a BYOB. (Owner Margot McGinley told me that she closed her three-year-old bistro last month as the birth of her third baby approached.)
Gilbert is calling it Gemelli and he's positioning it as a dinner-only neighborhood place in its look, feel and ambitions when it opens in very early September. (Minor redecorations.)
Menu will be Italian-American with "French sensibility" -- simple, straightforward -- and, as he stresses, value. He wants the check to be around $30 per person, and he'll offer a five-course tasting menu for $40.