Stephen Starr has approval from the Center City Residents’ Association for what he calls an “Italian version of Parc,” his popular restaurant, on the former site of the Barnes & Noble bookstore on the north side of Rittenhouse Square.Starr confirmed in JuneThere will be a windowed cafe on the ground floor, with a restaurant in the rear, totaling 174 seats.
Starr also will apply to use 10 feet of Walnut Street’s 23-foot-wide sidewalk for an outdoor cafe, according to plans. “It’s beachfront property on Rittenhouse Square,” Allan Domb, Starr’s business partner and the owner of the building, said.After a hearing Tuesday, the CCRA’s zoning board said it would not oppose the plan, now scheduled to go before the city Zoning Hearing Board on Nov. 1. “It’s a Starr project,” said Richard Gross, the CCRA president.
Parc, Starr’s French bistro at 18th and Locust Streets, opened in 2008 to acclaim. Its sidewalk tables facing the square offer some of Center City’s best people-watching opportunities.It also would join Barclay Prime, at the Barclay, and is around the corner from two other Starr restaurants, The Love and the Dandelion.Advertisement
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