Feeding Frenzy

Restaurants opening, closing and pending

by Drew Lazor

Drew Lazor MidAtlantic

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Chef Daniel Stern, who just closed his acclaimed Gayle in September, is back in the game already with MidAtlantic. He and partner Suzette Mahoney's "modern taproom," which accommodates about 200 (including 60 outdoors), is focused on the cooking traditions of this very region. That means plenty of comfy Pennsylvania Dutch-inspired plates (chicken and dumplings; pork with apple fritters and sauerkraut), seafood (baked haddock; oyster/salsify stew) and FOUR kinds of scrapple — crab, pork, veggie and chicken. To drink: eight beers on tap, with plenty of bottles, signature cocktails and wines, as well. They serve dinner Monday to Saturday from 5 to 11, with a late-night menu till midnight. Click here to download the full menu. For more pics and info, check out Meal Ticket.

David Gilberg and Carla Goncalves will unveil this BYO in NoLibs tomorrow, Oct. 9. The couple is working with traditional Portuguese recipes/ingredients, but they'll employ a few fine-dining techniques to make it their own. (Food will be served family-style, so bring friends.) On the menu: small plates like cuttlefish and black-eyed pea salad, and grilled sardines with roasted peppers; and large dishes like arroz de pato (baked rice with chourico and braised/pan-seared duck) and carne de porco à alentejana (pork and clams with crispy potatoes). Proposed menu and photos on Meal Ticket.

WAITING LIST

Chef Mike Stollenwerk hopes to have his liquor license settled by this coming Monday to open fish, his new restaurant in what was Astral Plane, then ChrisStevens. The Little Fish owner plans to deliver all the best elements of his tiny Catharine Street BYO on a larger scale — the savory menu is broken down into "raw," "cold" and "hot" categories. Expect dishes like black bass crudo with Himalayan salt, lemon and basil; or octopus carpaccio with tangerine, radish and pistachio crema. Opening menu and photos on Meal Ticket.