In Washington Square West

1214 Chestnut Street, which used to be retail store Unica, will be taken over by a new mystery restaurant. Shimshon Zaken has applied to the Zoning Board of Adjustments for a certificate for an eat-in-only restaurant on the ground floor. The posted zoning notice (as well as the facade of

Coming to the former Blue Lotus Gallery at 111 S. 12th Street is Jar Bar. Based on the Catalyst cleansing system, which is a five-day juice cleanse, Jar Bar will focus its menu on a raw food diet; how trendy of them! Raw foodism (breaking out the technical term)

While Makiman Sushi (web designers, please help them out here) has made its name in Northeast Philadelphia over the past several years, it is now getting its shot in Center City. The new location has opened its doors at 1326 Spruce Street, a tucked-away location that hasn’t fared so well for other

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

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

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

Spruce Street Espresso will be opening a new location and owners Faith and Betty Ortiz are eyeing up the commercial space in the Oddfellows building (currently being remodeled) at 1201 Spruce Street; a 1500-square-foot first-foor space only one block away from the current location renting at just shy of $4000

Josh Lawler and Colleen Kelly will be opening a new restaurant, The Farm and The Fisherman, at 1120 Pine Street, formerly the restaurant Paul owned by Paul and Effie Bouikidis of Effie’s Greek fame across the street. The Farm and The Fisherman will be a 30-seat BYO restaurant that will