The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)
Chef Jose Garces bringing another new restaurant to Radnor
Amada is expected to open in early 2023
After just celebrating a new restaurant in Radnor, Chef Jose Garces is ready to add another.
Garces, the James Beard Award Winning Iron Chef, will be bringing one of his most popular concepts, Amada, to Radnor (555 East Lancaster Ave.) early next year.
“Amada is near and dear to my heart,” said Garces. “It was the very first restaurant I opened when I went out on my own in 2005. It will be a great addition to the exciting and rapidly growing Main Line dining scene. We have so many
Garces fans from over the years come join us in Old City, and now we are bringing the concept right to them in their own backyards.”
The Radnor Amada will feature an expanded selection of Amada’s signature Spanish tapas (Tortilla Española, Wagyu Brochettes, Amada’s Empanadas), Cochinillo Asado (a whole roasted suckling pig) and Paella Valenciana (rabbit and chorizo paella), plus new dishes exclusive to Radnor developed for the on-site wood fired oven.
From the bar, Amada’s wine program exclusively features wines from Spain with over 100 selections from both popular and emerging regions in the country, plus cocktails inspired by Spanish ingredients, and Red and White Sangria. Amada Radnor will be open seven days a week, with hours for lunch, happy hour, dinner and weekend brunch to be announced closer to opening. For more about Amada, visit http://philadelphia. amadarestaurant.com/.
“We are thrilled to expand our relationship with the Main Line,” Garces said. “We started off last week with fast casual, with Buena Onda, and are now moving into something a little more elevated with the opening of the Radnor outpost of Amada, one of my flagship restaurants. The reception we have gotten in two weeks since we opened Buena Onda has been amazing. We can’t wait to meet even more foodies and get even more involved in our new community as we open our doors next year.”
Amada is Chef Garces’ first restaurant. Since opening in 2005, the rustic-chic restaurant and bar has embraced the rich traditions of Spanish cuisine from the Andalusian region. For Radnor, Amada’s capacious dining room will feature an open kitchen, an intimate private dining room for special events and corporate functions, a spacious bar area reminiscent of a typical Spanish bodega. The new outpost will also have two outdoor patios for daily dining, as well as large group dining and private events
Named after his grandmother who ignited Garces’ love for the kitchen at a young age, Amada was Garces’ first solo venture, which won him the James Beard Award for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic. Now, 15 years later, Garces brings Amada to the Philadelphia suburbs.
“One of the most exciting aspects of this upcoming opening is that we’re outfitting the kitchen with a wood-fired oven from Mibrasa, charcoal ovens used by the top chefs in Spain for years, which allows for a whole new set of culinary possibilities within the space,” Garces said. “I’m looking forward to developing some dishes that take advantage of the unique properties of the wood fired ovens.This is an expression of the evolution of the Amada concept. We will be keeping many classic Amada dishes, but also creating new experiences for our guests. We can’t wait to show you what we’re cooking up. “
News of Amada coming to Radnor comes hot on the heels of the grand opening of Buena Onda just last week. The sister restaurants will be located just a few hundred feet away from each other and together they will be a real win-win for local foodies with options for fast casual to elevated fine dining.