Ocean Prime makes it official at 15th and Sansom
The replacement for Roy's at 15th and Sansom Streets.
Ocean Prime makes it official at 15th and Sansom
Michael Klein, Philly.com
Signed nearly three months ago, the deal bringing the luxe Ocean Prime to the corner of 15th and Sansom Streets was press-released today.
The "modern American supper club" - which I hear will open in March 2013 after a $5 million build-out - will be number 10 in the collection of Ohio-based restaurateur Cameron Mitchell.
It will replace Roy's.
Ocean Prime's 8,000 square feet - accommodating 260 people - will make it a big player in town. (By comparison, Del Frisco's across the street is about triple the size but is spread out over multiple levels.) Ocean Prime also will have three private dining rooms - an 1,800-square-foot mezzanine with PDR for up to 20 and another dining room for up to 56 - and a lounge with seating for 60.
The building initially had been earmarked as American Oak, a tavern, by the building's former owners, Joe and David Grasso. That project went nowhere, and left the building's window wells a chewed-up mess.
The neighborhood - already a mecca for chains - is poised for the announcement of a Cheesecake Factory on the southeast corner of 15th and Walnut Streets.
Can't wait for the Cheesecake Factory and the great unwashed from NJ.— Wilhelm Von Humboldt- Boring chain for boring diners.— mmds
- I'm no fan of chains..but they are a sign of the willingness of outsiders to invest in a city......cities don't survive with only local businesses...... every major growing city has chains in their central business districts, primary shopping districts, and tourist districts....... a city that doesn't have them is a city that's not growing or thriving......contrary to popular belief the # of tourist and convention visitors coming to Philadelphia is growing and they tend to be middle and upper middle professionals and families and they like chains without a doubt...... why because they like affordable places that they KNOW......they may be boring but they brings revenue and they create jobs for young people, unskilled workers.......— genius1977
