sh*t happens. Philly lost a great one…I hope it comes back.

Me neither. Name three.

Oh, do tell us what a top tier culinary city would have done to prevent this tragedy. Print money so that all residents could get korean taco or glass of wine? This may well be the stupidest comment on this blog to date. Not sure what the “aa comment” comments are in reaction to, but there’s nothing wrong with a blog reporting a closure and the rumors that it’s more than a seasonal shut down. I don’t know what food journals of record you subscribe to, but it generally seems the nature of the beast behind good food journalism necessitates reporting the gossip. Otherwise, you just have press release regurgitation.

Without a polished, cutting edge restaurant that offered unique well-executed items not found elsewhere.

Ansill was upscale, but not stuffy. It wasn’t uber-expensive. The food pushed many culinary frontiers. (Lambs Tongue, Bone Marrow, Shirred Duck Eggs).

Diners were made to feel comfortable and the food was the focus, not the Disney-theme park surroundings.

Interesting wines by the glass were available, a tasting poured at the table to insure you actually liked it, and to show you were actually (winkwink) receiving what you ordered.

Philadelphia has lost more than just one restaurant. It’s lost some credibility as a “restaurant city”. A top tier culinary city would not have let this happen.

For the record, both the phone message and the sign on the door infer that this is merely temporary; whether or not that’s true remains to be seen.