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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Restaurant notes: Two Eagles getting into sports-bar biz

Two Eagles are putting the sports in sports bar.

Todd Herremans and Brent Celek are investors in 879, now operating at 110 Chestnut St. in Old City after it replaced the short-lived Crocodile Philly last week.

The name is a contraction of the players' uniform numbers, 87 (Celek) and 79 (Herremans).

The flat screens are operating now, while the bulk of the changeover (a new kitchen and a lounge upstairs) should be completed in about a month, said Bill Morrin, the project's lawyer.

Food will be handled by Michael Lane, who owns the Steak 'Em Up shops in South Philly and Collingdale.
Posted by Michael Klein @ 8:37 AM  Permalink | File Under: TableTalk | 6 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:52 AM, 03/06/2011
    Absentee owners??? They'll soon be broke. Are the hiring bartenders yet? I'll pay $200 a week for the job.
    — Wilhelm Von Humboldt
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:23 PM, 03/06/2011
    Not only did Steak um up steal the idea for their commercial, it is one of the most stupid, annoying commercials on TV. I can only hope their food is better, or Todd and Brent will be needing a new contract to cover their losses at the bar.
    — Pat c
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:35 PM, 03/06/2011
    the worst parts about people with $$$ "owning" a restaurant/bar is:
    a) they have no clue what they're doing.
    b) they have no desire to learn
    c) they'll bring all their hangers on in to the joint and give them all they can eat & drink, KILLING the profitability.

    A great name would've been 876, derived from the amount of pts 87 would have scored if he didn't run out of the end zone before making the catch VS Packers......
    KING~out
    — thee~KING
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:19 PM, 03/06/2011
    They are so smart the way they came up with that name! This bar seems like a future failure.
    — zippy1346
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:12 PM, 03/06/2011
    Just because they are investors doesn't mean they will be operating the restaurant in any meaningful way. Restaurants and bars often have silent partners who just put up cash; in the case of these guys, they are hoping their names add some draw so it is publicized.
    — BarryG
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:53 PM, 03/06/2011
    Press release, jersey numbers in the name......how do you define SILENT?
    KING~out
    — thee~KING


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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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