Stephen Starr is out at Atltantic City’s Chelsea just a year after the casino-free hotel opened. Teplitzky’s and Chelsea Prime will soldier on without Starr’s backing. According to the Press of Atlantic City’s story, most of the staff was kept including the executive chefs.

Starr Restaurants checks out of the Chelsea [Press of Atlantic City via Grub Street]

Wah! No Wagamama for us, at least not yet says Meal Ticket. The next Wagamama is set for May 2010 in Washington D.C. [Meal Ticket]

Marcie Turney’s and Valerie Safran’s next establishment has a liquor license and a name. Barbuzzo will be opening along the Safran & Turney corridor in November. [Phoodie]

Cake Shakes on wheels. That’s what we think of when we consider the possibility of Stephen Starr doing food trucks. [Philadelphia Inquirer via the Illadelph]

Speaking of meals on wheels. Lansdowne’s Mission Burrito is giving up its bricks and mortar to focus on their “Burrito Bandit,” a mobile lunch truck that you might be seeing around town more. [Meal Ticket]

Slate’s chef Eric Paraskevas is going out on his own with terra, a 40-seat bar beneath Tavern on Camac. [The Insider]

From New York’s Eater, we get the clearest idea yet as to what Stephen Starr is looking for in Stella Pizza. The blog reports that Stephen Starr and company were wooing Lucali chef and owner Mark Iacono to consult for Starr’s Philadelphia pizza project. It was evidently an offer Iacono could refuse, though he did receive the fine parting prize of Starr gift certificates!

Stephen Starr Wants His Own Lucali in Philly [Eater]

Zavino (previously known as ‘Za Vino) has a web site and some other news. Pizza will be somewhere between Neapolitan and Sicilian. The opening is set for October. Michael Klein has some more on the menu. [The Insider]

Stephen Starr’s pizza place at 2nd and Lombard has a name. it’ll be Stella Pizza. Stella is Italian for star. [The Insider]

Stephen Starr’s $5.95 burger deal has been going gangbusters at Butcher & Singer. The Illadelph reports that lunch is doing 1,500 covers a week with 90% ordering the burger.

Now Starr has a dinner equivalent. Starting tonight, you can order the 24oz bone-in rib eye for just $18.

Stephen Starr Ups The Ante, Offers A 24 oz. Rib Eye For $18 At Butcher & Singer [The Illadelph]

Long rumored for a re-conceptualization, Stephen Starr’s Tangerine closed after dinner service on Saturday.

Tangerine calls it quits [Meal Ticket]

The Gary Maddox BBQ Challenge is this Saturday from 4 to 7pm at Citizens Bank Park. The event is open to the public (you don’t need tickets to the Phillies game to attend) and food tickets make money for the Youth Golf & Academics Program, an academic enrichment program founded by Garry Maddox to support children who reside in troubled city neighborhoods.

This year Stephen Starr has been brought on board and four of his restaurants, Barclay Prime, Jones, El Vez and Buddakan will be competing.

Check out the complete list after the jump, sorry Illadelph, no Bebe’s.

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Michael Klein reports that Stephen Starr has taken over Rat’s Restaurant in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. Former culinary director for Jose Garces and US Bocuse d’Or representative Kevin Sbraga is in as chef.

Starr takes over Rat’s in N.J. [The Insider]
Rat’s Restaurant [Official Site]

Today’s the official grand opening of Stephen Starr’s SquareBurger. But it seems everyone with a blog or keyboard has already been to the Franklin Square burger shack.

Metro Philadelphia was there on Monday for the soft opening, finding patrons already dedicated enough to get back in line for a second burger. [Metro Philadelphia]

Phoodie gives a rundown on the menu of SquareBurger salutes the Cake Shake and gives props to the concept, for not overthinking it. [Phoodie.info]

Unbreaded finds the Philly Dog to be the most enjoyable menu item. [Unbreaded]

The Secret is Salt got to sample just about everything and looks forward to returning for another shake. [The Secret is Salt]

Grub Street provides the tale of the tape on the sub-$5 burger. [Grub Street]

Grub Street also asks, is it ok that the SquareBurger uses frozen fries? [Grub Street]

And a third post from Grub Street? Turns out there’s no lines around 2pm, at least on Wednesday. [Grub Street]

Thrillist is there for the top to bottom rundown of the shack in the square. [Thrillist]

And just for good measure, KYW 1060 was there as well. [KYW1060]

And here’s the menu, in case you missed it. [Meal Ticket]

Michael Klein reports today that Stephen Starr’s Franklin Square burger stand will be opening Monday. SquareBurger will be the name. No word on whether the burgers will actually be square.

Foobooz commenter Sbr suggested the name back in April. We’re sure the check is in the mail!

That burger joint in Franklin Square [The Insider]