Seriously Accomplished Food on Main Street

There’s no end to praise Brian Freedman heaps on Clark Gilbert’s Gemelli on Main.

At his best, Gilbert sends out gems like the mammoth portion of beef cheeks, a gorgeous plateful of shimmering, ink-toned flesh from New York’s renowned Pat LaFrieda. All the earthiness of the meat—sticky and melty and beyond fork-tender—was balanced by deliriously sweet caramelized cippolini. The slick of sauce, the reduced and concentrated braising liquid, served as a perfect vessel for showing off its constituent house-made veal stock. And just when all of this heartiness threatened to overwhelm, the celery-root risotto swept it up to a brighter level.

Gemelli Is a Miracle on Main Street [Philadelphia Weekly]
Gemelli on Main [Official Site]