Restaurant notes: Freshii is up, diner is down
The healthful quick-serve opens across from City Hall.
Wednesday (1/19) is the opening day of Philly's first Freshii, a quick-serve chain with a health-focused bent. It's on the ground floor of the Residences at the Ritz Carlton, across from City Hall at 1414 Penn Square, and has several tables. The store's opening-day specials include a free meal for the first 200 people; two-for-one meals from 12:30 to 2 p.m.; free snacks from 2 to 4 p.m.; and half-price bowls and salads from 5 to 7 p.m. In following days, other specials (including two-for-one bowls and wraps) will be offered. As an fyi: La Colombe is taking the space to the right of Freshii (closer to 15th Street) for a cafe. Opening is projected for late March or early April.
Wednesday (1/19) also is Day 1 for Le Pain Quotidien (1423-25 Walnut St.).
Say farewell to 401 Diner on Fayette Street in Conshohocken, which closed last week, as its management company confirmed.