Ansill space has a tenant

**begoonie** · 06-10-2011, 04:16 PM

This should be very good for that space.

Restaurant notes: Ansill space has a tenant | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/10/2011

**Marilyn** · 06-11-2011, 12:51 AM

Very exciting news!

**loveisnoise** · 06-12-2011, 05:08 PM

I was really hoping that Crown Fried Chicken would open up an organic fried chicken takeout joint there.

**Ramón** · 06-15-2011, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by loveisnoise

I was really hoping that Crown Fried Chicken would open up an organic fried chicken takeout joint there.

Hey, I have not eaten there yet, but i did hear that the organic burger joint on SS is pretty good.

**Hospitalitygirl** · 06-15-2011, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by Ramón

Hey, I have not eaten there yet, but i did hear that the organic burger joint on SS is pretty good.

It is.

**loveisnoise** · 06-15-2011, 11:03 PM

No comment.

**ShoshTrvls** · 06-16-2011, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by loveisnoise

No comment.

Really? I've had several good experiences at burger.org -- probably the best vegetarian burger I've found in the immediate areaa.

**BarryG** · 06-16-2011, 08:43 AM

So if we are going to rail on new restaurants for opening in bad locations (see Sbraga thread), I think that this and QV in general is a difficult location. Good luck to him but like Sbraga this place will need to be a destination restaurant to make it.

**arjay** · 06-16-2011, 10:22 AM

Yes, but they're playing in different leagues - the Sbraga space is bigger and the rent is surely a lot higher. His bar for success is set a lot higher.

**qvfalcon** · 06-16-2011, 10:49 AM

Hope the neighbors on the block of 200 Bainbridge Street are sick of seeing an abandoned restaurant on their corner and will actually let them get a permit for outdoor seating, but I doubt it!

**GoBirds** · 06-16-2011, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by BarryG

So if we are going to rail on new restaurants for opening in bad locations (see Sbraga thread), I think that this and QV in general is a difficult location. Good luck to him but like Sbraga this place will need to be a destination restaurant to make it.

Difficult? adsum and catahoula seem to doing tons of business.

**Brooke** · 06-16-2011, 11:55 AM

I have never even heard of Mica...guess I'll have to give that a try.

**Peanut Chew** · 06-16-2011, 01:13 PM

Are there two Adsums? The one at 5th and Bainbridge is empty. Every night, including Fridays and Saturdays.

I believe QVNA makes bars/restaurants agree to no sidewalk seating or it fights the license transfer. So there probably won't be sidewalk seating.

**loveisnoise** · 06-16-2011, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by Peanut Chew

Are there two Adsums? The one at 5th and Bainbridge is empty. Every night, including Fridays and Saturdays.

I believe QVNA makes bars/restaurants agree to no sidewalk seating or it fights the license transfer. So there probably won't be sidewalk seating.

Maybe when you walk by, but when I walk by it is filled.

QVNA does not make bars/restaurants agree to no sidewalk seating.

**qvfalcon** · 06-16-2011, 01:33 PM

neighbors came out in droves fighting David Ansill's request for an outdoor seating license citing noise concerns and fearing it could end up in the hands of an owner that might turn it into a Mako's crowd.

**loveisnoise** · 06-16-2011, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by qvfalcon

neighbors came out in droves fighting David Ansill's request for an outdoor seating license citing noise concerns and fearing it could end up in the hands of an owner that might turn it into a Mako's crowd.

Not in droves-but they did come out. And in the end, that idiocy was determined because the next door neighbor was a douche. Maybe they still are, so pardon my tense.

Meanwhile, The Irish Times got outdoor seating without any problems. Why? The next door neighbor said OK to it. That's basically what it comes down to. Either way, it is a flawed system and no one cares to fix it so c'est la vie.

**Insoluble** · 06-16-2011, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by ShoshTrvls

probably the best vegetarian burger I've found

Man, that's like saying the "least corrupt Philly politician".

Originally Posted by Peanut Chew

Are there two Adsums? The one at 5th and Bainbridge is empty. Every night, including Fridays and Saturdays.

Maybe it depends on the night, but I've seen it pretty full before. Adsum probably isn't representative of QV though since it straddles the border of QV and Bella Vista, is a block from South Street, and is less than a block from a couple of established restaurants that see plenty of business (hence spillover traffic).

**ndebergerac** · 06-16-2011, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by loveisnoise

Maybe when you walk by, but when I walk by it is filled.

QVNA does not make bars/restaurants agree to no sidewalk seating.

I'll 2nd that, the place in generally packed on weekends.

**GoBirds** · 06-16-2011, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by qvfalcon

neighbors came out in droves fighting David Ansill's request for an outdoor seating license citing noise concerns and fearing it could end up in the hands of an owner that might turn it into a Mako's crowd.

Remember, the former czar of the zoning board, auspitz, lives across the street from the Ansill spot and at that time wielded absolute power. His opposition to the Ansill outdoor seating was detailed in a Philly mag article.

**loveisnoise** · 06-16-2011, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by GoBirds

Remember, the former czar of the zoning board, auspitz, lives across the street from the Ansill spot and at that time wielded absolute power. His opposition to the Ansill outdoor seating was detailed in a Philly mag article.

Did he compare it to a pastrami sandwich like all of his other awesome moments in zoning?