{"id":2170,"date":"2026-07-07T15:10:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:10:39","slug":"the-award-winning-emmett-in-kensington-is-opening-a-second-restaurant-upstairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2170","title":{"rendered":"The award-winning Emmett in Kensington is opening a second restaurant \u2014 upstairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When chef Evan Snyder and business partner Julian van der Tak began searching for a home for Emmett a few years ago, they envisioned a restaurant that could do it all: an ambitious chef\u2019s counter, hearth cooking, and a broad exploration of Mediterranean flavors. The Girard Avenue space they found wasn\u2019t large enough. So when Emmett opened in early 2025, they focused on becoming a neighborhood restaurant first.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2168\">A dozen businesses have opened in Ardmore this year. Here\u2019s a list of what\u2019s new, and what\u2019s on the horizon.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Now, less than two years after Emmett began earning national acclaim, they\u2019re completing the original plan.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>This fall, the partners plan to open Jean (pronounced \u201cgene\u201d), a 15-seat fireside tasting-menu restaurant above Emmett at 161 W. Girard Ave., the former home of destinations such as Modo Mio and Cadence. Rather than expand across town, they chose to build the missing piece just upstairs.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe could have opened another restaurant somewhere else,\u201d van der Tak said. \u201cBut the best part is I can walk 12 steps and be in both restaurants.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>For nearly two years before opening Emmett, Snyder and van der Tak staged pop-ups while searching for a property that could accommodate both a neighborhood restaurant and a chef\u2019s counter. They never found one.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe original idea was always a larger restaurant that combined what upstairs will be with what downstairs became,\u201d van der Tak said. \u201cIt was always meant to have a chef\u2019s-counter feel and blend these cultures, but we simply couldn\u2019t do it here because of the space.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Rather than seek a new location, they decided to finish the concept in the former apartment above the restaurant.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn many ways, upstairs is the concept we originally imagined for Emmett,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cDownstairs became what it is because it was our first restaurant, because of the demands of the neighborhood, and because initially people didn\u2019t yet trust us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Jean will center on a seven-foot wood-burning hearth, where Snyder and chef de cuisine Antonio Pizzo plan a 12-course tasting menu inspired by French North Africa \u2014 particularly coastal Morocco \u2014 and the southern Mediterranean. Emmett\u2019s menu draws more heavily from the eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>For van der Tak, who grew up in southern France, the menu reflects childhood memories shaped by the country\u2019s colonizing of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Lebanon.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cEspecially in southern France, those influences are deeply ingrained in the food, the personalities and the people,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s essentially become part of the southern French identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2165\">House of the week: A three-story brick home in Graduate Hospital for $675,000<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A tagine that begins cooking as guests are seated and roasts over the hearth throughout dinner will be served family-style with Egyptian flatbread, dips, ferments, and pickles after a series of smaller courses.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Jean\u2019s timing, Snyder said, reflects growing confidence in Emmett\u2019s audience. Since opening, the restaurant has been listed among Esquire\u2019s Best New Restaurants in America, become a finalist for the James Beard Award for Outstanding New Restaurant, and was named to The Inquirer\u2019s 76 list.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Snyder believes customers are ready for something more ambitious. \u201cWe\u2019ve earned that trust,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cNow we\u2019re asking guests to trust us a little more and let us present a more ambitious experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Despite the tasting-menu format, the partners insist that Jean won\u2019t feel formal. Inspired by Henri Matisse\u2019s Moroccan paintings, the dining room is designed as a fireside parlor with custom ceramics by Lauren Rider and Megan Stover, glassware from Philadelphia\u2019s Remark Glass, and artwork by local artist Jacob Des.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Wine director and general manager Marissa Chirico will oversee an Old World-focused wine program alongside a small selection of batched classic cocktails. Snyder expects the menu to start around $225, though pricing has not been set.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to be the guy who opens charging $225 or $300 just because everyone else does,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cWe\u2019re still a family-run, community-driven restaurant. I don\u2019t want people to feel gouged. I want them to leave feeling they got value.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Construction has continued without interrupting Emmett\u2019s nightly service. Before Jean opens, Snyder plans to preview the concept through collaborative pop-ups in other cities.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen people hear \u2018tasting menu,\u2019 they assume you\u2019re chasing something,\u201d van der Tak said. \u201cThat\u2019s not what this is. The opportunity came along, financially it made sense, and what\u2019s important to us is that the restaurant feels approachable and never stuffy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The name continues a family tradition. Emmett is named for Snyder\u2019s son. Jean is the middle name of van der Tak\u2019s son and also honors his maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a name with a lot of family history for me,\u201d van der Tak said. \u201cContinuing the theme from downstairs, it\u2019s a very deeply personal project for us. We want to carry on our family legacy and do something that\u2019s really important and close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2163\">\u2018Star Wars: The Experience\u2019 will debut at the Franklin Institute for the saga\u2019s 50th anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean, serving an ambitious hearth-fired tasting menu, allows Emmett chef Evan Snyder and partner Julian van der Tak to grow while staying put on Girard Avenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-restaurants"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The award-winning Emmett in Kensington is opening a second restaurant \u2014 upstairs - 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