Old City club changes hands
Jalsa is now Tantra.
Old City club changes hands
Michael Klein, Philly.com
Jalsa - a little-noticed Indian restaurant-slash-club that opened last spring at 246 Market St. in Old City (the former Prive and Bluezette) - has given way to Tantra Luxe Lounge.
Jalsa front man Kayur Popat told me that he yielded control of the restaurant while he recovers from an illness. In the meantime, his partners are emphasizing the lounge - which looks out over Market Street behind a fanciful metal grill - and have installed a bar-food menu.
They're moving the ground-floor kitchen to the basement, which should address issues with the space's layout.
Quite a scene going on there - what with this and Fire & Ice newly open on the next block...
Comments (4)
Old City sucks.— FixThisCityPlease- What a constructive and informative response.
Thank you FixThisCityPlease. I now feel enlightened.— daxtremesolja - Here today, gone tomorrow, both of them, just like the other cockroach motel nightclubs— Squalor
- Yawn! Two more places for those badly dressed hipsters and Jersey types to invade on the weekends.I wish this city would build a decent club where people over 35 can enjoy themselves. Be prepared for the ugly photos once these two places open.— vrb1955
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