Michael Klein’s Table Talk column features, Avril…A new BYOB from former Daily News food editor and her chef husband:
Avril – French for April – is the name of a 50-seat white-tablecloth BYOB being planned at 134 Bala Ave. in Bala Cynwyd by April Lisante, who spent 10-plus years as a reporter, food writer, and editor at the Philadelphia Daily News, and her husband, Christian Gatti. Food will be provincial southern French with a little northern Italian, including homemade pasta and bread plus flatbread from a pizza oven. Appetizers will be in the $8-to-$12 range, with entrees $22 to $32. They hope to open Aug. 1. Lisante met Gatti on assignment in 2003 for a hot-young-chefs feature. His background includes City Tavern (Concepts by Staib), White Dog Cafe, and Audrey Claire.
