Saturday (11/3) night was the last night for Washington Square, the Stephen Starr restaurant at 210 W. Washington Square. It opened with a bang in mid-2004, with design by New York's Rockwell Group (awesome courtyard seating) and menus from New York-import chef Marcus Samuelsson. But unless you sought drinks in that awesome courtyard, you just didn't go recently. Business fell off fairly rapidly after its mid-2004 opening; heavy construction in both the Ayer Condos (in its building) and next door at what became Oceanaire didn't help. Samuelsson left after six months in some sort of huff; nobody got his idea of "global street food." Starr tells me that the restaurant will be retooled into something else for an opening next spring. I keep hearing "Indian" as the concept. Starr says that all 50 employees have been absorbed into his other restaurants.
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Even if it were just local "street food," I probably wouldn't eat it. Sounds like there'd be bits of unwanted things stuck to it.
Posted by rrachell | November 5, 2007 9:09 PM
Posted on November 5, 2007 21:09
Global street food? explain please. Food was awful. I knew it is going to close sooner or later. Morimoto is the only good restaurant he he has that is decent, the rest? forget about it.
From Michael Klein: No one really knew what "global street food" is/was.
Posted by Genki Desu Ka | November 10, 2007 5:03 AM
Posted on November 10, 2007 05:03
We need good Indian in Philly! Bring it on Stephen!!
Posted by Rose | November 10, 2007 9:33 AM
Posted on November 10, 2007 09:33