Hot Potato Cafe, whose slogan was “Where Philly Comes to Eat Potatoes!,” was best known for being featured on Gordon Ramsey’s show, Kitchen Nightmares, in January 2009, only to shut their doors less than two years later.
A liquor license application was spotted their old space this week at 529 E. Girard Ave, made out to Deuces Place Inc. Finding out information on the new owners is proving a little tricky, but we’re fairly confident that the new concept will bear no relation to Deuces Bar at 201 W Westmoreland St. in North Philly.
Local food sleuth Michael Klein suggests that the new owners currently own a whiskey bar in New York, and are not looking for too much publicity just yet. We’re inclined to believe Mr. Klein (because the man knows all), and suppose we’ll have to wait and see exactly what these folks have in store for Girard Ave.