Four restaurants have seemed to be on the brink of opening for quite some time.
1. Mix, the combo coffeeshop, salad stop and brick-oven pizzeria with a bar in the RiverWest condos at 21st and Chestnut Streets, may open as soon as next week. Owner Victor Fellus is deliberating whether to open without the liquor license.
2. The second location of El Fuego, at 2104 Chestnut St., is aiming toward mid-August. Construction hold-ups.
3. Privé, the Mediterranean tapas/lounge coming together at 246 Market St. in Old City, is waiting for word on the liquor license. It's at least a week away.
4. Minar Palace at 1304 Walnut St. expects the long-awaited PGW work to be done Wednesday 7/30 and possibly Thursday 7/31, which will lead to a call to the city to do the health inspection. So... The "two to three weeks away" that I heard on July 8 sounds like it should have been "four to five weeks" -- meaning mid-August.