Philly food and drink scene
Marigold Kitchen partners opening in Center City
The New American restaurant is targeting a summer launch.
Andrew Kochan and Tim Lanza at Marigold Kitchen in 2015
Danya Henninger
Marigold Kitchen’s Andrew Kochan and Tim Lanza are opening their second restaurant, and this one’s in Center City.
Kochan has just signed a lease for the former L’Image Photography Studios at 2121 Walnut St. in Rittenhouse. He will be sole owner, and Lanza will be chef at the as-yet-unnamed bar and restaurant, which will serve a “New American” menu to guests at approximately 55 seats, plus another 15 at the bar.
Marigold Kitchen will still continue operation — Lanza will oversee food at both places. “I hope to follow in the same steps as [Steve] Cook and [Mike] Solomonov,” Lanza told Billy Penn. “Their restaurant group is huge and explosive, but not, like, Stephen Starr huge. I still see Solo with a broom in his hand, sweeping the floor at Zahav.”
Kochan and Lanza, who took over the venerable West Philly BYOB in 2014, are hoping for an early July opening.
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