This periodic column rounds up restaurant closures in and round Philadelphia. Atone for extra information about closures within the Philly space proper right here. If there’s a closing in your neighborhood that we’ve missed, tell us at philly@eater.com.
Heart Metropolis: Fashionable wood-fired pizza place Mulherin’s Pizzeria has closed after lower than a yr in enterprise, the Philadelphia Inquirer stories. There was a authorized dispute occurring behind the scenes, in keeping with the Inquirer, together with calls for of cost that totaled $1.7 million from six of the constructing’s contractors, plus further claims towards the restaurant’s proprietor Methodology Co. by the constructing proprietor. 1175 Ludlow Avenue
Outdated Metropolis: Philly pizza store and sports activities bar Large Ass Slices — the place an worker died after an altercation with a person throughout a shift final Could — seems to have completely shut down this month. A Reddit commenter posted a photograph of a stop-work order from the Division of Income taped to the restaurant’s entrance door. The native information account @oldcilly printed a publish on Instagram publicizing the closure together with a quote from the proprietor saying that they’d determined to promote the restaurant “for a handful of causes.” 224 Market Avenue
College Metropolis: Stephen Starr’s longstanding restaurant Pod, identified for its spage-age-y, color-changing pod seating and a sushi conveyor belt, closed down on Saturday, February 22. Pod was Starr’s third Philly restaurant, and it closed simply shy of its twenty fifth anniversary. 3636 Sansom Avenue