Pumpkin alum Christopher Kearse's solo debut - a BYO at 1911 E. Passyunk Ave. with the search-engine-unoptimized name Will BYOB - opens the reservation book (215-271-7683) on Aug. 10 in anticipation of an Aug. 24 debut.
Modern French-inspired menu will focus on ingredients that are locally grown, harvested and foraged. Kearse will serve dinner Tuesdays through Sundays, brunch on Sundays and offer a four-course $40 prix-fixe menu on Sundays.
Props to Kearse and developer Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corp. for a timely build-out. When I spoke to Kearse moments after he signed the lease in April, he said he'd open in late August.