Restaurants & Bars

'Top Chef' Themed Eatery Opening In Comcast Center

Top Chef Quickfire is a new spot coming to the Comcast Center where fans of the cooking competition can get a bite.

PHILADELPHIA — Fans of the Bravo series "Top Chef" rejoice: a Top Chef themed restaurant is coming to the Comcast Center in Philadelphia.

Called Top Chef Quickfire, the eatery is slated to open in the Comcast Center's Concourse on JFK Boulevard in mid January, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Philadelphia Magazine reports Philly native and season 16 Top Chef contestant Eddie Konrad will lead the restaurant's menu development, which will feature grab-and-go options, an open kitchen and a sit-down counter.

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Bravo and Spectra hospitality are partnering to open the location, which will be the second of its kind behind the Top Chef Quickfire in Chicago's SeatGeek Stadium.

Top Chef Quickfire is named after the cooking competition program's "quickfire" segment, in which contestant chefs are tasked with creating a menu item or completing a kitchen task in less than an hour.

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