2017 is hardly underway and it has already been an extremely busy year for hometown favorite Philip Speer, who opened his latest project, diner-cum-French bistro Bonhomie, this Thursday, March 23.

Cultural prognosticators may not look to them as fervently as they observe hemlines, but restaurants tell us just as much about the zeitgeist as fashion houses. The self-conscious fusion of the ...

My fiancee stole a cursory glance at the Bonhomie menu and then surveyed the minimalist space from our seats at the end of the open kitchen. “What exactly is the concept again?” she asked. I’d tossed ...

I swear, I’m not stalking you!” I said to chef Philip Speer as I appeared at the door of his new restaurant for the third time in a week. He seemed unconvinced. And much as I hated to admit it, he had ...