Google lists Bait & Hook as "permanently closed." However, there hasn't been an official notice from the restaurant or its social media properties. (Someone did remove the Philadelphia Eagles flag above the front door.)
Meanwhile, this past Thursday, the Department of Transportation posted a removal notice about Bait & Hook's outdoor dining area...
The large sidewalk structure, which looked like a converted mobile home, was one of the more egregious violations of the outdoor dining concepts in the pandemic era...
The place has shuttered before. In January 2020, a "closed for renovation" sign arrived a week before a for lease sign. Then they reopened.
Bait & Hook debuted in 2012.
Before Bait & Hook, the space was the Meatball Factory, then Hole Foods ... and before that! The Pizza Hut-Nathan's-Arthur Treacher's combo, which vanished in 2010.
And please donate those flower boxes to someone who can use them
ReplyDeleteThere are similar structures outside the restaurants on the east side of 2nd Ave between 5th & 6th Streets. If I recall, the diner on the corner was forced to remove their addition (pre-pandemic) because it wasn't legal. Now the neighbors seem to be getting away with taking up the sidewalk with additional build-outs. This is in addition to their sidewalk sheds.
ReplyDeleteRemember when they built and entire outdoor deck in that spot?
ReplyDeleteAnd before Arthur Treacher's it was The Lunch Box, with a red-painted real wood shingles sign that looked straight out of New England.
ReplyDeleteGood riddance to that place and all the other sports and other party-bars that have done so much to diminish quality of life (and venues) in our town.
ReplyDeleteAs I recall, was it not eventually an Eagles football fan bar?
ReplyDeleteIt's my town too and I have no problems with a sports bar here and there.
ReplyDelete@10:50 back in the 80’s it was a pizza shop and when KFC was OTB.
ReplyDeleteBait & Hook isn't the only egregious violator of the outdoor dining concept - Stromboli's is too! Their monster shed obstructs the corner of 1st Ave & St Marks Pl, making it almost impossible to pass when more than two people are on the sidewalk. The only thanks tax paying residents get from Stromboli's for their free extra space is a charge of $4.00 for a lousy slice of pie! They need to take that thing down!
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