Bar Terroir's Max McKee and Chef Philip Cleary are sharing a kitchen at Cheeky's in St. Petersburg today — July 14, Bastille Day — for a single-service French pop-up timed to France's World Cup semifinal kickoff at 3 p.m.
The menu runs to moules frites, foie gras burgers, and escargot — a French brasserie-adjacent lineup built for the occasion. Per the operators' Instagram, doors open early for the match, with Bastille Day programming taking over after the final whistle.
The event pairs two operators from the St. Pete market for a collaboration with no announced repeat date. The pop-up format — a guest concept folded into a host venue for one service — means tonight is the only confirmed window for this specific menu from this specific pairing.
McKee and Cleary are threading two occasions through the same evening: the World Cup semifinal draw brings people in early; the Bastille Day framing holds them through the food. Whether the two take the collaboration further is not yet on record.
