Provenance
French restaurant · Society Hill
408 S 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Highlights
French-Korean tasting menu with creative dishes and wine pairings
French-Korean tasting menu with creative dishes and wine pairings
"At Provenance I tasted a parade of more than 20 exacting, arresting moments across a two-and-a-half-hour tasting menu—tiny matte-red cylinders of raw tuna with foie gras and brûléed blood orange, oysters brightened with kimchi liquor and black truffle, and wobbly uni with consommé jelly—Nich Bazik’s long patience and painstaking renovation of a 200-year-old row house translate into a cuisine that freezes time and compels you to savor each precise, layered bite." - ByThe Bon Appétit Staff
"There’s nothing else in Philly quite like Provenance, a restaurant that serves a $225 tasting menu that shows off 25-ish pristine French-Korean dishes. This is food in HD—you can taste every element of the lineup, which includes velvety uni with buttercup squash and ruby red bluefin tuna topped with foie gras and black truffle. An 11-seat soapstone counter where chefs hand out three-bite portions could easily feel serious. But Provenance gets loud and lively, thanks to Motown music, an open kitchen, and couples polishing off their wine pairings with fermented satsuma plums. If you’re a French mother sauce aficionado, the food alone warrants an immediate visit. But if you aren’t, you should still go. Provenance is the best dining experience you’re going to have in a town that’s full of them." - arden shore, team infatuation
"There’s no other restaurant in Philly quite like Provenance, the Society Hill spot serving a $225 tasting menu that shows off 25-ish pristine French-Korean dishes. This is food in HD—you can taste every element of the lineup, which includes velvety uni with buttercup squash and ruby red bluefin tuna topped with foie gras and black truffle. An 11-seat soapstone counter where chefs hand out three-bite portions could easily feel serious. But Provenance gets loud and lively, thanks to Motown music, an open kitchen, and couples polishing off their wine pairings with fermented satsuma plums. If you’re a French mother sauce aficionado, the food alone warrants an immediate visit. But if you aren’t, you should still go. Provenance is the best dining experience you’re going to have in a town that's full of them." - candis mclean, alison kessler
"Philly's best restaurant is also one of it's most surprising. The Society Hill spot serves a $225 tasting menu that shows off 25-ish pristine, often whimsical French-Korean dishes. This is food in HD—you can taste every element of the lineup, which includes velvety uni with buttercup squash, ruby red bluefin tuna topped with foie gras and black truffle, and duck confit and unforgettable fresh corn polenta with pops of trout roe mixed in. It's definitely one to save for your most special, special occasion, but dinner will never be stiff or be boring. Provenance gets loud and lively thanks to Motown music, an open kitchen, and couples polishing off their wine pairings with fermented satsuma plums." - candis mclean, alison kessler
"Back in the day, Le Bec-Fin was as extravagant as you could get in Philly. You could argue the same to be true about Provenance, a modern French-meets-Korean tasting menu restaurant in Society Hill. This is food in HD. You can taste every element of the $225 per person, 25-dish lineup of velvety uni with buttercup squash, ruby red bluefin tuna topped with foie gras and black truffle, and duck confit with unforgettable fresh corn polenta and pops of trout roe. The courses aren’t served on gold plates, but they are handed to you over a stunning soapstone counter by the head chef. Close enough." - alison kessler
