Periphery serves its final meal
After announcing in October that he intended to close his acclaimed Monte Vista restaurant at the end of the year, Periphery owner and chef Mark Weaver decided to punch the final ticket Sunday.
The restaurant, which featured Mediterranean and Southern American flavors in its dishes, posted a photo of its signature smoke roasted chicken, signaling that it was the last plate served.
“It’s the dish that ended up defining us so I suppose it was proper to snap one last picture to use in announcing we aren’t going to quite be able to make it to the end of the year,” Periphery posted on its Facebook page, saying it was permanently closed.
Periphery opened in early 2017 just north of downtown at 2512 Main Ave., near Woodlawn Avenue, and never failed to make the cut as one of the best restaurants in the city in the annual Express-News “Top 100 Dining & Drinks” guide.
In an April 2017 review, Express-News dining critic Mike Sutter awarded Periphery two stars, making it a “standout restaurant of its kind” in the four-star rating system.
Periphery is the third high-profile restaurant inside Loop 410 to close in the past three weeks, joining Fontaine’s, a Southernstyle restaurant that was open for just a few months, at the intersection of Elmira and North St. Mary’s streets; and The Granary ’Cue & Brew, a barbecue restaurant inside the Pearl that also was a staple best restaurant in the “Top 100 Dining & Drinks” guide. Both properties were owned by chef Tim Rattray.
Southtown restaurant Feast also has announced it will close Dec. 31.
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Owners Mike and Kari Sireno will open the doors Dec. 27, and they plan to have at least five of their beers available. Mike Sireno hopes to have his house Hefewiezen, Belgian wit, a pair of ales and a special Russian imperial stout named Morepheus flowing for opening day.
Plans are to grow the lineup to eight beers, and they have installed a 20handle tap line they hope to fill as they expand their seasonal recipes and options.
“This has been a long time coming,” said Mike Sireno, who co-brews the beers with his son Jacob. “We started this process in October 2018 and totally gutted everything that was here.”
The kid-friendly facility has 3,600 square feet of interior space and another 1,000 in a covered outdoor patio area that will contain game stations and televisions.