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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Starr getting back into seafood

Stephen Starr shut down Striped Bass, but that doesn't mean he's out of the seafood business. He says he will convert the old Blue Angel/Angelina at 706 Chestnut St. into an oyster house called Littleneck next year. (When he says "next year" in mid-September, he really means "next summer.") He initially had planned a gastropub for the spot, but that is now off the table. Littleneck will be across the street from Jose Garces' planned Chifa at 707 Chestnut, up for spring 2009.

Starr also told me that he is leaning against creating an izakaya (Japanese pub) in the Lanesboro that he had announced a few months ago.

Speaking of shellfish: David Mink says there's still no timetable on the reopening of Sansom Street Oyster House, which closed in June under operator Cary Neff. Mink and his son, Sam, own the bricks.

Speaking of izakaya: The restaurant in the Academy House that was to carry the name Izakaya is now under construction as Sakeya. No opening date set yet.

And apropos my report yesterday of Django's closing, the economy does not seem to be good out there. Today's folding: Steak 38 in Cherry Hill.

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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://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/michael_klein.
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