Buy a little bit of Susanna Foo
Everything from the Walnut Street landmark, down to the bare urinals, will be sold off online.
Susanna Foo closed her eponymous restaurant at 1512 Walnut St. last month, cashing out after 22 years as a developer wants to convert the building into retail with apartments above.
You think she got her kids to hire a U-Haul to get everything out of there? No. She called DoubleTake Auctions, the same outfit that sold off everything from Brasserie Perrier earlier this year.
As you might imagine, owner Russell Heidenrich is one busy dude these days, what with restaurants closing down. He says he has four floors' full of equipment and supply, decorations, fixtures and electronics. This online auction will have more than 1,000 lots -- even the urinals in the men's rooms -- and he expects to pull in $150,000.
The auction should go live Monday or Tuesday, he said, adding that some photos now on his site depict Susanna Foo's Gourmet Kitchen in Radnor. That restaurant, where Foo is based, is not part of the sale, he said.