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Jen Carroll’s Concrete Blonde getting derailed by skittish investors doesn’t necessarily mean that Philly will go without a seafood small plates experience. Over at newly re-conceptualized Fish, which is back in action as of Friday after a brief interruption in regularly scheduled service, a new menu gives the restaurant’s namesake specialty the small plates treatment. Downsized dishes include striped bass with Linquica sausage, fingerling confit, kale, and caldo verde; chicken fried monkfish with creamy bean salad, radish, chipotle vinaigrette; and chargrilled octopus with chickpea, braised lamb shank, shishito pepper, and yogurt. In addition to smaller plates, the newly revived restaurant has larger dishes for sharing and a courtyard with seating for up to 24. Keep reading to check out the menu.

Philly is already home to two Iron Chefs, Masaharu Morimoto and Jose Garces. But if rumors that Bobby Flay’s been shopping around for a condo here are true, that could soon raise the count to three. According to Dan Gross, the crowned king of Bobby’s Burger Palace was spotted over the weekend scoping out digs at 10 Rittenhouse, the swanky high rise that sits across from Stephen Starr’s Dandelion just North of Rittenhouse Square on 18th Street. It's not so far fetched. After all, he does have two of his Bobby's Burger Palaces in close proximity, and Bobby Flay Steak at Atlantic City's Borgata. But when asked about the possibility of buying real estate in Center City, Flay’s spokesperson reportedly denied that the restaurateur and Food Network star was looking at properties here. Go figure. [Daily News]

Earlier: Bobby’s Burger Palace Is Now Open at the Cherry Hill Mall

Renovations to Reading Terminal Market are complete, and this morning Mayor Michael Nutter and other dignitaries gathered there for a ribbon cutting ceremony that ushered in a new era for the historic market. It also served as a kickoff for a weeklong series of events celebrating the market, its upgrades and newly expanded space. The $3 million-plus project realigns the market’s Avenue D, opening it up, and creating an additional 2,500 square feet of leasable floor space to accommodate new vendors. It also included the creation of new public restrooms, moving the market’s La Cucina demonstration kitchen, and building out a new multipurpose rental space for daytime and evening events that’s been christened the Rick Nichols room, after the Inquirer‘s semi-retired food columnist.

This past weekend, while ordering a sandwich in Pennsylvania, Mitt Romney may have once and for all proven true the assertions that he’s out of touch with the majority of voters. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, his small-town bus tour was forced to abort a scheduled stop at a Wawa in beautifully bucolic Quakertown because more than 250 Democratic protesters led by former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell were there waiting for him. His staff quickly found another of the regional chain of convenience stores' outposts a few miles away. There, Romney did the usual politician thing, shaking hands, kissing babies, and posing for photos. Then he stepped up to store’s deli counter and proceeded to order a sub. A sub! In the heart of hoagie country!