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Spring 2015 New Business Spotlight
University City remains a hot spot to open a new business. Here's a short sampling of some of the businesses that have opened their doors in the past six months.
- Name: 48th Street Grille
- Location: 310 S 48th Street
- About: 48th Street Grille is a full-service restaurant and catering business offering fresh, modern Caribbean-American cuisine in West Philadelphia. Chef Carl Lewis hopes to give locals an affordable, full-service neighborhood restaurant. Along with a standard menu, the restaurant will offer up daily and weekly specials to highlight the seasonal produce, meats and fish used in the chef’s dishes. Website. Facebook.
- Name: 8 Limbs Academy
- Location: 4542 Baltimore Ave
- About: 8 Limbs Academy is a Modern Martial Arts school that offers Muay Thai Kickboxing classes to people of every age, shape, size and physical ability. They are a safe and clean gym where adults and children of the community come to learn Muay Thai Kickboxing in a high energy environment focused on maintaining high standards in teaching, training, equipment and amenities at an affordable rate. Website. Facebook.
- Name: The Bar(n) on Baltimore
- Location: 4901 Catharine Street
- About: This new bar from Ross Scofield, Danielle Coulter – the owners of The Farmacy – and chef Tim Blair takes over the space previously home to the Third World Lounge. The name, craft beer on tap, and plans for a daily rotating $2 draft special aim to connect to a wide spectrum of clientele. Facebook.
- Name: Corner Bakery Cafe
- Location: 3737 Market Street
- About: This expansion of the national chain has opened in the University City Science Center. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Corner Bakery offers more than 100 made-to-order combos under 600 calories. They create food to fit every lifestyle, using fresh ingredients and breads fresh from the oven. Website. Facebook.
- Name: Hai Street Kitchen & Co.
- Location: 125 S. 40th Street
- About: Hai Street Kitchen & Co. is a fresh and urban Japanese-casual and uniquely customizable concept that offers good food with all-natural ingredients. Their theater-style kitchen allows the customer to watch and direct the culinary team as they load up a roll or bowl with the freshest, locally-sourced ingredients. Website. Facebook.
- Name: Hotbox Yoga
- Location: 3527 Lancaster Ave
- About: Hotbox Yoga is dedicated to building a loving community, creating a space to find true strength, and fostering the growth of vitality and limitless possibility. Within their Philadelphia yoga community they will sweat, smile, surrender and have lots of fun along the way. Website. Facebook.
- Name: Pétrus Ky Café
- Location: 3900 Chestnut Street
- About: Pétrus Key Café is a new coffee shop serving rare and exotic coffees. They specialize in the finest, most flavorful, and most unique beans from various regions, and also offer assorted, authentic French pastries baked fresh daily. Website. Facebook.
- Location: 4918 Baltimore Avenue
- About: Spirited Tattooing is a creative and respectful space that practices making change in the industry and helps build a safe space for creative expressions. It is also the first LGBT tattoo parlor in the neighborhood. Facebook.
- Location: 4247 Locust Street
- About: Trapezium is an extra-curricular enrichment program that builds strong math skills in elementary school students in the Greater Philadelphia area.. Website. Facebook.
- Location: 3180 Chestnut Street
- About: Founded in 2010, United by Blue is an outdoor apparel store and coffee shop driven by the idea of associating the sale of each product with a concrete environmental action. For every product sold, United By Blue removes one pound of trash from oceans and waterways through company organized and hosted cleanups. The University City location is the second, following the flagship store and coffeehouse in Old City. Website. Facebook.
- Location: 3180 Chestnut Street
- About: Wahoo's Tacos and More, which originated 26-years ago in Southern California, serves a menu of entrees, salads and sides that have Mexican, Brazilian and Asian origins. Their menu aims to be affordable for students. Website. Facebook.
- Name: William Street Common
- Location: 3900 Chestnut Street
- About: William Street Common is a new indoor beer garden, offering daily food and drink specials, an upstairs game room, and brunch on weekends. The venue also uses flat-pricing for drinks and employs a "no-tip" policy, instead relying on service charges of 20% to the bill. Soon the restaurant will also debut outside seating. Website. Facebook.
- Name: Zesto Pizza and GrillJake's Sandwich Board
- Location: 125 S. 40th Street
- About: Zesto Pizza and Grill specializes in hand-tossed, stone baked pizza, and also offers salads, pastas, sandwiches, and more. They use only the finest ingredients so they can serve their customers the finest quality of food. Website. Facebook.
Do you own or know a new business that should be included? Email marketing (at) universitycity (dot) org.