"You'd better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone for the times they are a changin'" - Bob Dylan

I'm sad to report that yet another neighborhood favorite has bit the dust.  While B and I always had deliciously unhealthy meals at Adsum (recall foie gras poutine anyone?), it looks like the restaurant never took to the concept and the space now going to join the growing ranks of straightforward (yawn) Philadelphia gastropubs.

In happier news, those Christian Gaal fans out there will be happy to know that since the closing of Noble he has found a new home at Farmer's Cabinet.  Ironically we already had reservations for dinner at Farmer's Cabinet, a prohibition-themed American food eatery that focuses on rustic dishes, classic cocktails, and good beers, for Restaurant Week last Friday.  We tried to say hello but Christian is stuck working the service bar in the back for now.  In any event, we found Farmer's Cabinet good, but with some definite kinks left to be worked out.

I started with the roasted corn soup and B had the Bibb salad.

The soup was creamy and delicious and the salad, Bibb lettuce topped with green beans, bacon, and a bleu cheese vinaigrette, was good but nothing special.

For dinner B & I both ordered the pork chop.

Topped with napa cabbage and granny smith apple slaw and served with baby carrots, confit turnips, and truffled pork jus the pork dish looked wonderful, and mine tasted alright, but B's was severely underdone.  He sent it back, and unfortunately it was still raw.

For dessert we both had the strawberry rhubarb pie, which basically tasted more like strawberry jam inside pie crust.

 [the group at dinner]

 [B and I]

All-in-all we weren't wowed but I have a general rule that I don't judge restaurants on Restaurant Week performance, so we'll probably give it another try down the road.  Hope Christian is working out front by then!