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Loading ...Posted on Monday, May 18th, 2009
Lynda’s Mediterranean, the Middle Eastern spot on Passyunk Avenue opened so quickly, we barely got wind of it. Thanks to our eagle-eyed commenters, we found out it closed shortly after we posted the menu.
We hear Lynda’s was not long for this world due to a lack of restaurant personality and food not exciting enough to [...]
Posted in Food, Food Nerd News | 16 Comments »
Posted on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
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With 21st and South being just a couple of blocks from Foobooz World Headquarters, we have selfishly been looking forward to a G-Ho Tria Cafe but today we learn the deal is off.
Tria is still actively seeking a third location and the owner of 2054 South Street, James Romeo is actively looking for [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
We came across this little ditty tucked into Dan Gross’s column today:
…Vice stayed limber with shots of Patron in the DJ booth with promoter Brett Perloff throughout his set. Perloff, who recently parted ways with the Stein family at Pearl (1904 Chestnut), in which he was a partner, says he’ll open a [...]
Posted in Drink, Opening Soon | 8 Comments »
Posted on Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
A well-connected Starrling tells us that neither of the potential Starr restaurants – the Broad Street Diner and the Letto Deli – we’ve been following here at Foobooz are likely to come to fruition. Personally, we don’t care so much about the Letto Deli; after all, there’s another Starr location right down the block and the [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Sorry, Queen Village! If all goes smoothly, Tria #3 will be located in the former M.A.B. paint store at the corner of 21st and South. Which would make G.Ho the winner of this particular neighborhood smackdown.
The owner of the building contacted Foobooz to say that he’s “agreed in principal to lease terms with Tria owner [...]
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Posted on Monday, 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 [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Which neighborhood will get the next Tria? It’s been a pretty hot topic of conversation around these parts. Every time we ask owner Jon Myerow to confirm the burblings of Bella Vista or G-Ho, he tells us no deals have been made. And we believe him! From the looks of this craigslist posting, he’s still [...]
Posted in Food, Food Nerd News | 14 Comments »
Posted on Friday, September 26th, 2008
It’s been a crazy week for us as yesterday Eschaton brought us down for a bit by linking to our Sarah Palin post. But nothing a little sliding the memory meter to the right couldn’t fix. Thanks for the link Atrios.
Chima gets taken out behind the wood shed in a good old fashioned butt-whipping.
We have [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
*Photo by B. Krist for GPTMC
It’s a new week and that means a new version of Restaurant Yenta! Since you were all so eager to share your thoughts last week on the Not-So-Jolly Latham Situation, we’ve got another corner conundrum we’re considering. This time we’re heading deep into the heart of the Italian Market to [...]
Posted in Food Nerd News | 9 Comments »
Posted on Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Once upon a time, a really strange and inexplicably appealing bar named Jolly’s lived in the semi-subterranean ground floor of the Latham Hotel on the corner of 17th and Walnut Streets. A few doors down, still within the structure of the Latham, there was another bar, a piano bar, called the Redhead Lounge, also owned [...]
Posted in Food | 12 Comments »
