Old City’s Newest Restaurant Old City Kitchen Offers Weekly Chef Led Dinners and Cooking Classes

Photographer turned restauranteur, Laura Eaton waited for the perfect opportunity to open her restaurant. As an owner of a photography studio, the demand for the space grew so much that Eaton ended up opening Old City Social, which was a larger studio.  This move led to the opportunity to take over the space next door, which is now Old City Kitchen at 218 Market St.

“I decided to finally get into the restaurant game. I avoided business concepts related to food like the plague, until we actually had a plague. Suddenly the idea of having a commercial kitchen and the ability to offer food made a lot of sense,” Eaton explains.

So what makes Old City Kitchen different from your typical restaurant? Well, for starters Eaton offers chef led dinners that changes weekly.  “There is no set menu, chefs will be offering a variety of cuisines, something different every week. For example upcoming dinners include Sunday Brunch with Chef Aziza Young and a CBD Dinner with Chef Mike McKinley.Dinners and reservations can be made on Oldcitykitchen.com.

In addition to the weekly menus, Old City Kitchen will also offer cooking classes, pop up opportunities for local businesses, as well as offering a ghost kitchen. At the moment Eaton is still filling the cooking class roster with chefs and bakers but so far they are offering a pasta making course, cake decorating with many more classes to be added soon. The next pasta class is “Pasta Making 101 with Chef Edward Stojan,” happening in April.

Currently Old City Kitchen can host 12-13 for brunches and dinner events and can increase the seating to 24+ for rentals or other event formats. “We have a nice back room that can accommodate even more. We also have the ability to connect our event space Old City Social, which is right nextdoor,” Eaton adds.

For Eaton this fresh take on dining couldn’t have happen in a better location, adding “Old City has been my “business home” for over 15 years. I just love the people, the vibe, I couldn’t imagine doing this anywhere else.”