Market Street West seems to have the makings of a
steakhouse district.
A proposed addition to the 1700 Market St. office
building would house a high-end steakhouse, its moderate-priced Mexican
sibling, and a casual restaurant.
The city zoning board will be asked to approve the plan
for a three-story structure - topped with a roof deck - that would occupy a
present plaza along 17th Street between Ludlow and Market Streets. The existing
building is set back from the streets.
A representative of Consolidated Restaurant Operations
confirmed that III Forks - its steakhouse/seafood restaurant with nine
locations nationwide - and Cantina Laredo - Consolidated's Mexican restaurant
with a branch in King of Prussia - would be tenants.
DAS Architects is the designer. Renderings posted on its
website show a gleaming, glassed-in structure bearing signs for III Forks,
Cantina Laredo and Honeygrow, a local fast-casual restaurant. Contacted this
week, Justin Rosenberg of Honeygrow said he knew nothing of the project.
Plans are due to be heard soon by Center City Residents'
Association in advance of a May 13 appearance before the zoning board. Ronald
Patterson of Klehr Harrison represents the building owner.
A timeline was not available, but it's believed that an
opening is targeted before the Democratic National Convention in 2016.
The neighborhood's residential complement is being beefed
up, as is its steakhouse lineup. III Forks would join a planned relocation of
Ruth's Chris steakhouse to the Sonesta Hotel a block away, at 18th and Market.
Also nearby are Chops, also a block away, at the Comcast Center at 17th Street
and JFK Boulevard. Italian steakhouse Davio's is at 17th and Chestnut, also a
block away.
Source: Philly.com
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