Can this town take another gastropub?
We shall see.
Jim Kirk and Jake Hampson, bartenders/managers at Bishop's Collar, are converting the former Savannah at 1836 Callowhill St. into Kite & Key Tavern.
Kirk promises lots of beers and solid food on the par of South Street's Ten Stone (a Hampson employer) and Northern Liberties' N 3rd.
They hope to open at the end of May or early June.
"Kite & Key"? "We were kicking it around," Kirk says. "Since we're in Franklintown, off Ben Franklin Parkway, we thought, `Why not?' "