Northern Liberties Real Estate has created a new way to think about development in Philadelphia at 860 North Leithgow Street, a property owned by Jesuele Joseph. NLRE is planning to begin construction of a 2700-square-foot single-family home with a design that blows the lid (did we really just say that?)

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)

As you may have heard, the Spaghetti Warehouse, formerly located at 1026 Spring Garden Street, closed this past December. While there will be no more serving of mediocre-yet-reasonably priced Italian food, there are new plans for this larger-than-average warehouse space. The North Philly Landmark building will be turned into a

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

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