Feature photo: Le Burger at Townsend, photo by Nicole Schofield
Celebrate with food, drinks and events at the places below!
Café Click, in celebration of Bastille Day Café, will host a St. Germain pop up from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 11.
Forsythia celebrates Bastille Day in Marseille- July 11 and features specials from the sea all weekend long! Their French AF dinner held Thursday, July 11 is a five-course prix fixe menu for $95 with an optional wine paring for $65. The menu features and seafood selections will be highlighted all weekend long in honor of Bastille Day. Link to menu here. Click for Reservations @ Forsythia.
Jansen, Mt. Airy’s contemporary and award-winning New American restaurant by Chef David Jansen, is commemorating the French festivity with a limited-time Bastille Week menu leading up to the holiday. From Tuesday, July 9 through Friday, July 12, guests can enjoy a carefully-curated three course prix fixe menu for $65 per person with Jansen’s recreations of French classics, including dishes such as Potato and Leek Vichyssoise with sautéed shrimp, Coq au Vin with white wine braise, carrots, fennel, Yukon gold potato, turnips, and mushrooms, Poached Norwegian Salmon with olive oil potatoes, endive salad, and dijon chive beurre blanc, and Crème Brûlée with fresh berries. Reservations are highly encouraged and can be made via Resy.
Parc, Philadelphia’s beloved French bistro, will host families and friends alike starting at noon on Sunday, July 14. Guests can enjoy an ice cream and macaron cart from noon to 7 p.m., face painting and balloon artists noon to 4 p.m., caricature artists from noon to 3 p.m. and live music from noon to 8 p.m.
Townsend, Chef Townsend Wentz’s French restaurant and bar on East Passyunk Avenue, is celebrating Bastille Day by teaming up with Philly’s top vinyl boutique, Latchkey Records, for a special collab happy hour. Slated for Sunday, July 14 from 4:30 – 8:30pm, folks can enjoy $10 cocktails and spritzes, lots of spinning vinyl from Latchkey’s extensive collection, and a shareable $35 three-course prix fixe menu with French-inspired treats including Foie Gras Mousse with hibiscus gastrique and fennel-cocoa crackers, Escargot accompanied by garlic sausage, favas beans, and sherry vinegar, and Roasted Duck Breast fashioned with fondant potato, spring vegetables, and sauce au poivre. Townsend will also be serving up their fan-favorite Le Burger ($18), stacked with fresh Bibb lettuce, garlic aioli, and six-month aged cheddar on top of a house-made brioche bun. Reservations for Townsend’s Bastille Day happy hour are not required – walk-ins are welcome!
The Barnes Foundation‘s seventh annual Barnes on the Block, in collaboration with Mural Arts Philadelphia, will take place on Sunday, July 14, noon–5 pm. Barnes on the Block with Mural Arts Philadelphia is presented by PNC Arts Alive. Taking place on the grounds of the Barnes Foundation, Barnes on the Block is a free block party that encourages neighbors to connect through various forms of creativity. The popular event features a variety of food trucks and the Barnes on the Block Beer Garden by Constellation Culinary Group, plus entertainment and activities for guests of all ages, including family-friendly art making, live music, and dance performances. Throughout the day, guests can enjoy live painting led by Mural Arts Philadelphia; a pop-up ceramics studio with The Clay Studio’s Claymobile; DJ sets by Ben Arsenal and DJ Giz; and a celebration of hip-hop through dance with TAMEARTZ. Guests can also have a personalized poem written by Marshall James Kavanaugh, make their own identity symbol with Cesar Viveros and Lemus, create a collage with Collage Philadelphia, and more.
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