Feeding Frenzy

Restaurants opening, closing and pending

by Drew Lazor

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Published: Jul 18, 2007

>> NOW SEATING

Open for nearly a month, Mira Kim's café/coffee spot is up and running on the ground floor of the multilevel office building at 10th and Chestnut. Kim took over the space vacated when the owner of Jim's Deli passed away last year; they're offering many of the same choices (burgers, deli sandwiches) with a Korean kick � look for maandu, dumplings filled with pork, shrimp or kimchi.

>> WAITING LIST

Casey Parker, who you might (OK, probably) know from his time tending bar at Fergie's, the Khyber or the Royal, recently shared a few preliminary details about Jose Pistolas, the new beer 'n' burrito spot he and partner Joe Gunn (Joe Gunn, Jose Pistolas ... get it?) are opening in the former Copa Too! space. They'll have a 12-tap system and a 100-bottle international beer list. Food will be affordable kitchen-crafted Mexi (not crappy assembly line like Qdoba). No opening date is set just yet.

Valerie Safran and Marcie Turney, the unstoppable duo who we regularly thank for Grocery, Lolita and Open House, will open Bindi, a homestyle Indian sit-down, in Grocery's café side come mid-fall. Why the rejiggering? "We have decided the café business is not for us," says Turney. "We are restaurant people." They'll rely on local farmers for many ingredients, and since it's a BYO, Turney's designing mixers based on common drinks you might find Indian street vendors hawking (think exotic fruit juices, flower extracts, etc.). Bite This: Menu items will include Malabar fish stew and lamb with garam masala and autumn vegetables.

Eulogy owner Mike Naessens has plenty to share about his complete overhaul of 33 S. Third, a down-the-steps space that was Bar Named Sue one minute and nothing the next. Once buried in peanut shells, the 50-seat space will now evoke the Art Nouveau aesthetic popular in early-20th-century Belgium. He'll serve 30 beers by the ounce, and personal glass rinsers at each table will ensure optimal tasting specs. The menu will also feature a variety of wines, cheeses, chocolates, panini, salads and more. Should be ready before the end of the summer; Naessens' restoration of the historic Broad Axe Tavern in MontCo will be up by late fall.

 

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