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Monday, August 24, 2009
Carambola, 1997-2009

Carambola, for years arguably the best BYOB anywhere near Dresher, closed for good after dinner Saturday (8/22).

Owner Danny Nejberger, who opened in Dreshertown Plaza in October 1997, said the beginning of the end was last summer, when rising gas prices shrank his customer base and commodity prices rose.

The slumping economy led to layoffs at the nearby business parks, he said, and the lunch trade fell 40 percent.

Then the dinner business slumped by as much as 40 percent -- even on Saturdays, his bread-and-butter nights. "I just couldn't sustain the losses," he said.

Posted by Michael Klein @ 10:41 AM  Permalink | File Under: TableTalk | 1 comment
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Posted 02:17 PM, 08/26/2009
PhlFlyGrl
I've lived down the road from this restaurant for a few years and never thought it was open, it always looked closed to me. I never saw any advertising for it and it was only last week did I hear someone mention the place and how great they thought it was. Obviously, this word of mouth endorsement was too late for me. I'm sorry to see another establishment in that shopping center go.
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Michael Klein chronicles local people, places and things (in easy-to-digest portions) three days a week in his Inquirer column "INQlings." He also covers the restaurant scene in his Thursday Food column, "Table Talk." See his work at http://is.gd/5Ozz7
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