A new eatery serving comforting, home-style dishes is set to open in Philadelphia.
Home Kitchen, owned by Jerry Maurice, will open at 3300 Fairmount Ave. as a takeout-and-delivery-only restaurant.
“It’s a Haitian-inspired take-out concept centered around the idea of a ‘daily table.’ What we’re trying to do and offer is simple and comforting food, with the objective of bringing people together and making people feel at home, like the name ‘Home Kitchen,’” Maurice told What Now Philadelphia.
The menu will feature daily two-plate specials, including seasoned fried chicken and slow-simmered stewed chicken in a savory sauce, served with plantains, rice and beans.
Featured items will rotate Thursday through Saturday: braised beef on Thursday, fried red snapper on Friday, and spaghetti with hot dogs or smoked herring and paté on Saturday. Sides to accompany the plates include pikliz, a spicy pickled slaw; akra, savory root fritters; and marinad, fried dumplings.
Maurice looks forward to creating a space where people can experience a different cuisine.
“The most rewarding part is basically trying to make people comfortable. When people are eating the food, I want to create the feeling of peace, the feeling of love. I’m very excited,” he said.
He also said there are future plans for Home Kitchen.
“This is just the beginning. We’re trying to finish this first. In the future, we’re going to offer more social interaction between people, to see how they feel about the food and, basically, make them kind of connect to each other,” Maurice said.
Home Kitchen is set to open in April and will operate Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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