Upcoming Philly Restaurant Dubbed A 'Must Visit' By Bon Appétit

PHILADELPHIA — A restaurant coming to Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood is among a list of Bon Appétit magazine's "must visit" eateries for winter.

The publication recently published its list of "The 8 Must-Visit New Restaurants to Try This Winter."

"A slate of exciting new restaurants is opening across the US this winter," Kate Kassin wrote for the magazine. "From a contemporary Mexican spot in DC to a Thai American pop-up finally opening a permanent location in Brooklyn, these are Bon Appétit’s eight most anticipated restaurant openings of the season."

Among those spots is a place set to open in March in Fishtown.

Bastia will be offering costal Mediterranean dining in the same property as the boutique hotel Anna & Bel.

Here's what Kassin said about Bastia:

With Bastia, a Mediterranean-inspired café by day and full-service restaurant by night, Tyler Akin is returning to Philadelphia’s Fishtown. Akin is a chef-partner at modern brasserie Le Cavalier in Wilmington, Delaware’s Hotel du Pont, and he also owned the now closed café Res Ipsa and Southeast Asian BYOB Stock. At Bastia, Akin is cooking seafood- and vegetable-heavy dishes like amberjack crudo with whipped cannellini, finger lime, and clementine, veal tail with olives and vin de Corse, and ratatouille with Calabrian chile and grilled sourdough. To drink, there’s a focus on low-intervention wines from the Mediterranean coastal region, spritzes, and aperitifs. Bastia is opening in the newly converted boutique hotel Anna & Bel, a historic property which dates back to the late 18th century. There will be coffee and breakfast, lunch, and weekend brunch service for hotel guests and Fishtown residents alike.

Bastia's website does not have a menu yet, but it does feature some dishes diners can expect to find on the menu.

Check out the full list from Bon Appétit online here.