Provenance
French restaurant · Society Hill ·
Creative French-Korean tasting menu with seafood, foie gras, truffle
Creative French-Korean tasting menu with seafood, foie gras, truffle
"Provenance received one star for its formal, Korean-influenced tasting menu from chef Nicholas Bazik. The meal, which ranges from 20 to 25 courses, runs $225 per person." - Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme
"From chef Nicholas Bazik, this small, chef‑driven, Korean‑leaning restaurant opened in 2024 and picked up a Michelin star." - Melissa McCart
"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