Fork & Barrel owners will be taking over Joe Pesce at 1113 Walnut Street with a new restaurant named The Grainery. The concept for the restaurant is going to be a mix between Fork & Barrel and Bethlehem's Bookstore Speakeasy and is being tagged as a “sort-of brewpub.” The restaurant

A new Matthew Izzo location is taking over what used to be the Blue Lotus Gallery located at 111 S. 12th Street. The gallery closed at the end of January and although it’s impossible to see the progress going on within (unless you read his Twitter), Matthew Izzo already has

Pure Fare will be opening later this year at the old 21st Street Gourmet 959-square-foot spot at 119 S. 21st Street. Pure Fare was slated to open in the fall of 2010, then the spring of 2011 and now they say winter 2011. So what's taking them so long?! Oh

Michael Klein says that work began last week on a new restaurant at 210 W. Washington Square from Stephen Starr (obvi) and Aimee Olexy (of Talula’s Table). Spring 2011 is the planned opening date and the designing architect on the project will be Richard Stokes, the man you can thank

June 30 will be the last working day for the piers at the former Navy Yard. Don’t be too sad; the city saves $20M the minute these ship ports close. Some of the reasons the ports are closing? Hmm...probably the opening of the Cape Liberty cruise port in Bayonne or

According to his ad, Ralph Berarducci, the owner of Portofino Restaurant at 1227 Walnut Street, is looking to open a new “fine Italian restaurant” and is hiring a sous chef.

A new restaurant by the name of King Tut will be replacing what was formerly the Leila’s Café hookah bar on 13th and Pine Streets. The cuisine (according to the poster on the window) will be a fusion of Egyptian, Roman, Greek and Indian with a “Middle Eastern Hookah” type

Hill International (formerly Walnut Street Capital) CEO and owner of Philadelphia Union Trust Garrett Miller, along with partner Joe Grasso, will be taking over the multi-million dollar vacant spot on 15th and Sansom (formerly Roy’s) and opening a restaurant named American Oak, which will also have a basement club named

Ah public records. What would we do without them? Most of the news outlets in Philly have already told you that Cliff Lee bought a unit in 1706 Rittenhouse (the actual address is 250 South 17th Street, for those who would like to do their own records search). But we

Fameco Real Estate just announced that La Colombe Torrefaction has signed a lease for 1,230 square feet at The Residences at the Ritz Carlton located at 1414 South Penn Square. Fameco says the cafe will open in April as the 5th Philly location for the coffee company. This La Colombe