Feeding Frenzy

Restaurants opening, closing and pending

by Drew Lazor

NOW SEATING

Chef Mark Tropea and pastry chef Krystal Weaver debuted their Liberties Walk BYOB this past Tuesday. Tropea is doing a contemporary American menu — dishes include scallop crudo with preserved lemon, chives and vanilla salt; black trumpet mushroom-crusted tuna with fava beans, black truffle and foie butter; and a passion fruit panna cotta with polenta cake, sweet corn salsa and milk chocolate sorbet for dessert. There're 35 seats, with room for about 10 al fresco. Hours: Tue.-Thu., 5-10:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 5-11 p.m.; Sun., 5-10:30 p.m. More on Meal Ticket.

PaperStreet promoter Tommy Up's lively burger and shake lounge will officially debut to the public tomorrow at 5 after two weeks of much-blogged-about soft-opening activities. On the menu, designed by Time chef Josh McCullough: single- to triple-patty burgers on Martin's Potato Rolls, with a smart array of customizable toppers; three non-beef burgers, including the seared-white-bean "Cali-Bunga"; lobster fish sticks with a Dewar's aioli dipping sauce; and $10 "adultshakes" (milkshakes imbued with booze). They'll do 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. on weekdays and noon to 2 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday (food till 1 nightly; lunch coming soon) to accommodate the daytime Piazza crowd. More on Meal Ticket.

WAITING LIST

>> Good Food Market (goodfoodmarket.net), a high-end grocery store and prepared-food takeout, should soft-open at 12 W. Willow Grove Ave. in Chestnut Hill by mid-August.

>> Buttercream baker Kate Carrara's Cupcake Truck will shower Philly with deliverable confections by the last week of July. Follow its progress at buttercreamphiladelphia.com.

>> Tastee D's, a West African restaurant from Delaware-based caterer Adedotun Adepoju, is coming into the former Django space at 526 S. Fourth St. The chef hopes to be open before August.