Upstares & Sotto Varalli will be married together into Sotto Varalli’s space (the first floor restaurant.) For years now, Upstares & Sotto have fused their menus together to create one menu offering the best of Northern Italian and Seafood with a Mediterranean twist. The merged restaurant will be called simply “Varalli”.
After 21 years of service, the Upstares restaurant will be remodeled to become a gastro-pub. It will be called Perch Pub- a name reflecting an elevated place for resting or sitting in a prominent location. Patrons will ‘roost’ above Broad and Locust Streets (the Avenue of the Arts) and enjoy a large selection of crafted local micro-brewed beers on tap, a full bar and an American-inspired menu of comfort food made from scratch – even the ketchup. Perch Pub will be relaxed, unpretentious - complete with pool table, dart board, juke box, HDTV’s and a large drop-down projection screen for those big games. The interior will have a feel of a time-less pub. Opening is slated for later this month.
Perch promises to have “altitude with NO attitude” complete with culinary excellence.
Chef Perch Pub : William Carroll

Chef de cuisine: Upstares & Sotto Varalli 2001-2011

Prior Work History:
Elephant & Castle – Corporate Chef – Philadelphia, Boston, New York
General Lafayette Inn – a restored 1750’s gastro-pub and brewery. Chef
Alamo Grill – southwest comfort food
Traviata – contemporary Italian cuisine

Culinary Institute of America – graduated 1988
Perch Pub – 1345 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Northeast corner of Broad and Locust Streets
www.perchpub.com 215-546-4090

For any questions, please contact me directly on my cell phone – 215-680-6998 or by email at varalli @aol.com Joe Varalli