JBFA-winning Restaurateur Ellen Yin’s beloved Fork, the flagship of Excessive Avenue Hospitality Group and iconic Outdated Metropolis restaurant, has ushered in 2025 with updates to each the back and front of home. With the appointment of a brand new Govt Chef, and following a considerate renovation to the 27-year-old restaurant, Fork is poised to evolve and proceed its legacy of excellence because it embarks on the following chapter.
New Chef at Fork
The crew is happy to announce Sam Henzy as the brand new Govt Chef of Fork, becoming a member of a legacy of nice cooks who’ve honored native foodways and contributed to Fork’s ever-evolving pursuit of excellence and unimaginable hospitality. Chef Henzy brings practically twenty years of expertise to the position together with time spent on the world-renowned Noma in Copenhagen, 3-Michelin-starred Quince in San Francisco, Angler, a live-fire seafood-focused sister restaurant to Saison San Francisco, and a number of other years spent alongside celebrated Philadelphia chef, Greg Vernick, at Vernick Meals & Drink. Henzy is happy to carry what he has realized in these Michelin-starred kitchens and produce that very same respect for components to Fork.
Gadgets from Henzy’s menu debut embody:
Amberjack Crudo
with butternut squash, pomegranate and sicilian pistachio
Smoked Bluefish Rillettes
with dill oil, salmon pores and skin crisps
Glazed Child Carrots
with black sesame, aleppo, native recent cheese and mint
Smoked Kabocha Squash Capelletti
with brown butter, calabrian chili and crispy sage
Pansotti
with bitter greens, native milk ricotta and walnut bread pesto
Grano Arso Pappardelle
with braised beef cheek and parmesan
Butter Poached Monkfish
with charred fennel, broccolini, pine nut and cherry pepper tapenade
Roast Duck
torchon confit, parsnip, endive and mandarin
Renovation at Fork
Fork’s latest renovation, led by Philadelphia-based Inside Designer Marguerite Rodgers—Fork’s authentic designer and long-time collaborator—introduces a recent, refined model to the Excessive Avenue Hospitality Group flagship. Marguerite (Meg) and her crew labored intently with Ellen to thoughtfully replace key parts of the restaurant, mixing restored and repurposed supplies with new parts. The objective was to honor and protect the restaurant’s storied character whereas emphasizing its longstanding dedication to sustainability each on and off the plate.
On the coronary heart of the redesign is a placing U-shaped bar, topped with wealthy cherry wooden from Meg’s private assortment and flanked by bespoke black walnut bar stools and charcoal black oak chairs from FYRN San Francisco. A customized liquor show, that includes metal and glass cabinets by native fabricator Alli Fab and millwork by Up to date Artisans, serves as a chic point of interest and divides between the bar and eating areas. The cubicles surrounding have been meticulously restored, with pine wood-topped tables and signature church pews thoughtfully introduced again to life by Jim Moore of Staack Moore Woodworking. New sconces illuminate with comfortable lighting, and the area now effortlessly extends the bar space for informal drinks and bites.
The principle eating room acquired a handful of modifications together with customized wooden paneling by Staack Moore which introduces texture and heat, whereas a delicate coloration shift from Tuscan yellow to deep inexperienced creates a complicated backdrop. New banquettes and upholstered chairs supply up to date consolation, whereas classic floral, fruit, and vegetable prints adorn the partitions. The placing pendants within the eating room, initially designed by Meg Rodgers, had been expertly restored by Chris Lynn of Fake Fax.
Performance was a key focus of the renovation and because of this, launched a brand new ready space and a powerful customized wooden and tile server’s station by Up to date Artisans which provides the completion to the open kitchen.
A refined flooring refinishing in each the eating room and kitchen (quickly to be accomplished) will add the completion, making certain each element contributes to a timeless and elevated eating expertise.
Sounds about time to revisit Fork Restaurant in Outdated Metropolis, don’t you suppose?
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