Loading ...Restaurant Yenta: Starr Struck Again?
Posted by Kirsten Henri on October 13th, 2008
Well, Stephen Starr, you certainly are keeping our rumor-mongering restaurant yenta crew busy these days. First with the takeover of the Broad Street Diner and its potential Greek-ness and now we hear that you may have purchased the Letto Deli in the Midtown Gayborhood.
Readers may be familiar with the spot at 208 S. 13th Street between Walnut and Locust Streets – it’s basically half a block from Woody’s and about two blocks from another SRO spot, El Vez.
So what do you think Starr should do with the place, assuming this is true? Will he revive the gastropub idea he killed on Chestnut? A third Continental? The first official Starr Gay Bar? What does 13th Street not have that it needs?
Please do tell us your thoughts.
208 S. 13th St., phila, pa
Related Tags: Midtown-Village, restaurant-yenta, Starr
October 13th, 2008 at 10:59 am
fancy pizza
October 13th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Umm, not really another restaurant! Just within a few blocks we have numerous Indian, upscale Mexican, Cypriot/Mediterranean, Creole/Cajun, old and new-school Italian, eclectic American and authentic Chinese restaurants, wine bars, Irish pubs, sushi places, a gelateria and a tea house. Fogo de chao is close enough to count as the steakhouse, and doesn’t the city have enough already? How about a beer distributor? A bakery?
October 13th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Not to discount the potential success of a gay bar in that area or the utility of a bakery I’d love to see a great Thai restaurant or a gastropub.