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they get to serve their guests.

From “a five-minute interaction
with doughnuts and coffee” at
Federal Donuts to “a drawn-out
meal at Zahav,” “we want to be
able to do it all,” he said.

Lilah, the Hebrew word
for “night,” encompasses the
feeling of jubilee that Cook and
Solomonov hope to achieve at
their new venue.

“Night is when the magic
happens,” Cook said. “The sun
goes down, and that’s when
these special moments occur.”
CookNSolo’s Director of
Events Neira Jackson hopes that
Lilah will provide guests with
an opportunity to use a venue
that is more personable than a
hotel ballroom. With exposed
brick walls and an “airy” layout,
Lilah will offer a modern take
on an event space, she said.

CookNSolo have had the
idea for Lilah since 2019,
but COVID-19
restric- tions challenged Cook and
Solomonov to reconsider
how they wanted to run their
business moving forward.

“We got a chance to really stop
and reprioritize the things that
were important to us as a restau-
rant group,” Solomonov said.

Zahav is now closed two
days a week, and staff are paid
a starting wage of $16 per hour.

“We’re a better company,
actually,” Solomonov said. “I
feel like the style in which we
serve, the way that we’ve prior-
itized guest experience and the
team’s experience has really
lined up nicely.”
“It’s OK to step out of the
box, it’s OK to try new things,”
Jackson added. “That’s the one
thing that COVID did — it
made us push our boundaries.”
Though Lilah’s small team
of chefs is still developing
dishes, CookNSolo plans on
A rendering of Lilah’s exterior
creating an extensive, custom-
izable tasting menu with both
new fare and returning favor-
ites, such as pomegranate lamb
shoulder with crispy Persian
wedding rice.

Guests can expect a carving
Courtesy of Danielle Mulholland
station, pita sandwich station
and dessert buffet, along with
traditional salatim, or salads,
and inventive dishes such as
foie gras baklava.

“We’re really excited for
this new chapter,” Cook said.

“And to be this core part of
this community: Philadelphia
at-large, Philadelphia dining
and the Jewish community.” l
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