
10 Rittenhouse is to have a "premier restaurant" located on at this corner | Photo by Brad Maule of
Philly Skyline 10 Rittenhouse, the new $300M, 135-unit luxury condo building rising 33 stories over Rittenhouse Square, is holding a grand opening later this month.
Work is not entirely finished, but it will be ready for residents soon.
One of the pieces not completed... the restaurant that will be located inside the building.
Developers are being tight-lipped about what the restaurant will be and who's behind it, only saying that there will be a "premier restaurant" with "first class dining" located inside the building.
We've confirmed that said restaurant will be located at street level at the corner of 18th and Sansom Streets.
So we have to ask: could Stephen Starr be bringing pizza back to a location that once housed
Lombardi's???
Starr recently
told Philly Mag that he "has secured a lease on yet-to-be-announced location in Rittenhouse Square" for another casual pizzeria a la
Pizzeria Stella.
So, in theory, this could be that yet-to-be-announced location.
Which makes for a nice story, however, the developers of 10 Rittenhouse are positioning the building as super luxury, so it would be pretty surprising for them to go with a pizzeria for the building's "premier restaurant," even if it is a Stephen Starr pizzeria.
So the question remains: what will the restaurant inside 10 Rittenhouse be?
UPDATE:
Michael Klein reports it might be Serafina from New York City.
Related:
10 Rittenhouse [ Official Site ]
Breaking: Two New Pizza Joints for Starr? [ Restaurant Club - Philadelphia Magazine ]