THE CHEF
Dettera's Executive Chef Jeffrey Power strives to bring sophisticated food to Ambler while providing a comfortable and accessible atmosphere. A Le Bec-Fin alumnus, Power creates seasonally-driven menus with a creative edge. The classically-trained chef believes in the importance of a community and uses locally-sourced ingredients whenever available. His staff is a reflection of his own philosophy that it's the people that make a restaurant great and that the customers always come first.
THE RESTAURANT
Dettera is located centrally on Butler Avenue in Ambler across from the historic Ambler Theater. Nestled among independent stores, art-house movies, and live theater, Dettera is the first and only wine bar in Ambler.
Dettera's décor evokes a warm, cosmopolitan ambiance with its two-tiered dining space adorned with unique architectural features like exposed trestle ceilings, shadowbox light fixtures, stunning red silk umbrella chandeliers and a custom-made wine cellar atop a spectacular vineyard drying rack suspended over the bar that spans the main and second floor dining areas.
THE OWNER
Dettera is the vision of owner Frank Lutter. When the Dettera building went on the market in 2008, Lutter – a commercial contractor / developer - purchased the property. A lifelong wine and food lover, Lutter eventually decided to take the unique space and transform it into a high-end Restaurant & Wine Bar – the first wine bar in his hometown. Lutter engaged the services of friend and architect, Joe Lombardi of Paoli to help create this Center City dining experience in historic Ambler.
