An orange liquor application just posted in the window of the long-gone Broad Street Diner at Broad and Ellsworth Streets bears the name of Stephen Starr.
From Miami (where he spent the weekend wrapping up negotiations for a Buddakan in South Beach), Starr told me that he has two ideas kicking around and no firm timetable.
Back in January, the diner was on the market for $1.9 million. The listing now says a sale is pending.
(Was Starr listening to Kirsten Henri, who while blogging in January on Foobooz.com dreamed of Starr, Marc Vetri, Mark Bee or the guys from Royal/Cantina taking it over? Starr says that after he signed the letter of intent for the building, he Googled "Broad Street Diner" and found the blog entry.)
Starr has an early July rollout planned for Parc at 18th and Locust, as well as summer openings of two restaurants in Atlantic City: Chelsea Prime (a steakhouse) and a diner called Teplitzky's. He also shut down Striped Bass tonight (6/21) and plans a renovation to a '40s supper club called Butcher & Singer.