Article: The Philadelphia Inquirer Michael Klein column: Ladies and gentlemen, start your menus.

Byline: Michael Klein

Sep. 13--While life in the city and suburbs slacks off in the summer, workers get busy pounding out new restaurants to open before the holiday rush.

This year's crop is emerging -- an assortment of concepts as familiar as Italian and new American, and as novel as upscale kosher, Mexican and Scandinavian. A couple of chains. And pubs -- by the yard-full.

And of course, Stephen Starr. He has some new tricks. He even may be spoiling for a new rivalry with Jose Garces, the guy he brought to town at El Vez and Alma de Cuba, but who is building an empire of his own (Amada, Tinto, and more on the way).

The lineup of new ...

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