Michael Klein has some background info on the team behind Snackbar, the brand new bar/restaurant at 20th and Rittenhouse Place. [Table Talk]

Table Talk also has some more detail on Bleu’s closing, including the name of its replacement, Parc. Incidently Klein had all of the Bleu closing to make way for a Starr French bistro information a year ago. [Table Talk]

Are there cursed restaurant spots? Well 12th and Locust has claimed another restaurant as Lula has closed. The Mediterranean tapas spot was the latest in a long line of failed restaurants that includes Sukhothai and Pamplona, Citron and Dmitri’s. Did we miss any? [Feeding Frenzy]

The popular Vietnam in Chinatown is planning a second restaurant at 814 S 47th Street in West Philadelphia. Vietnam Cafe is being built from the ground up and is still a year away. [Feeding Frenzy]

Tori’s Brickhouse has become Tori’s Restaurant and taken up residence on the 100 block of South Street in the former Mallorca spot. [Table Talk]

Looks like Bleu on Rittenhouse Square has made like dust in the wind and headed to the restaurant graveyard. The story we heard says investors stormed in last week and shut the place down.