Food cart husband and wife team halted on restaurant plans
Written by Albert Hong, Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Food
The husband and wife team Chef Benjamin Miller and Cristina Martinez, who operate their food cart at 8th and Watkins streets on Sunday mornings, have halted operations on establishing their South Philly Barbacoa restaurant at Isaiah Zagar’s warehouse located on Watkins Street. According to Passyunk Post, Miller gave a presentation early January to the East Passyunk Crossing Civic Association’s zoning committee on opening their own restaurant in the space but “met considerable resistance from the neighborhood about a restaurant opening there.”
Miller and Martinez are still looking for a suitable location but for now, they will continue to serve their immensely popular slow-cooked lamb and pancita steamed in maguey leaves in their food cart. You can find them outside Las Rosas Bakery in South Philly early Sunday mornings starting from 6 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
