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Patou is a food lover’s dream as much as it is the heart’s
desire of anyone visiting Old City for sophisticated
nightlife. Chef Patrice Rames, a native of St. Tropez, and
the man who gave Philadelphia Bistro St. Tropez nearly 20
years ago, knows how to create fabulous French food and an
ambiance within which to savor it.
With Patou, his second venture established 2004, Rames pays
tribute to his home, the French Riviera, and his beloved
mother and aunt — who called him “Patou” when he was a boy -
and serves up European style and nightlife in his adopted
city, Philadelphia. Patou is the sultry, slightly wild,
younger sibling of Bistro St. Tropez. Patou’s 6,000
square-foot expanse captures the essence and style of the
Riviera with its sweeping bar, dramatic lighting, soaring
sky-lit ceilings, center-stage gleaming open kitchen,
massive abstract expressionist paintings and turn of the
century French photographs by internationally recognized
artists, and private dining galleries for intimate affairs.
Patou’s menu, influenced by the cuisines of the French
Riviera and neighboring Mediterranean and North African
regions, is generally seasonal, is modified daily, and
utilizes the freshest ingredients and spices in presentation
of its “French-with-adventure” selections.
Chef Rames’ background includes study at L’Ecole Hoteličre
de Nice, and positions within premier professional kitchens
of Bordeaux, the South of France, Paris, London, Chicago and
Houston. Chef Rames came to Philadelphia in the mid-eighties
and in 1987 opened Bistro St. Tropez, a stylish Zagat
top-rated French bistro tucked away among Philadelphia’s
premier interior design showrooms on the fourth floor of the
Marketplace Design Center at 2400 Market Street. |