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Saturday, August 8, 2009

RIP, Tangerine

Stephen Starr says reality has intruded on his Moroccan fantasy.

Saturday night was the finale for Tangerine at 232 Market St. after nearly 10 years.

The restaurateur said the economy had battered business but, more importantly, "the concept has run its course."

He said he would retool it into something "more fitting with Old City -- people aren't paying $65, $70 a person" and would reopen it next June.
Posted by Michael Klein @ 8:21 PM  Permalink | File Under: TableTalk | 6 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:02 AM, 08/09/2009
    Is any Starr fabrication timeless? The man is to restaurants, as IKEA is to furniture. Looks good at first, but after a little while...
    — LennyFishcake
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:40 AM, 08/09/2009
    i'll definitely miss this place. one of the most beautiful places to eat in all of philly. but restaurants, of course, are about the food, and there were simply too many other places that warranted a visit ahead of tangerine. i'll miss the votive lit walls, but i'm looking forward to whatever starr's imagination conjures up next.
    — chadsexington
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:06 PM, 08/10/2009
    "More fitting with Old City." Let's see if I can help. Well, anything that caters to drunken fratly types, sororitutes, cheeseballs from New Jersey, and the flashy, annoying people who like to pretend they have money, but really just have high credit card bills. Yes, I would say that sadly Tangerine has run it's course. That place was too nice seeing what that stretch of Market has turned into. One big, avoidable hotmess.
    — Professor Smart E. Pants, PhD.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:47 PM, 10/22/2009
    ARE U KIDDING ME!!!!!! Now where am I gonna get my Lemon Soda cocktail!?!!?
    — ldozier


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Michael Klein, the editor/producer of philly.com/Food, writes about the local restaurant scene in his Inquirer column "Table Talk." Have a question? Email it! See his Inquirer work here.
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