Death & Company to Philly?
The Lower East Side, West Village, and Long Island City all sport their own Sasha Petraske cocktail den. Is Philly next? According to a Little Birdy, the answer is a resounding yes, telling DBTH:
Was at the bar at Death and Co. last night and overheard one of the bartenders (young guy, blond hair) talking about a new bar the Death and Co. folks are opening in Philly. Said it was going to be a similar layout to Death and Co. and called the Franklin Mortgage and Investment Company (1920 gangster founded investment bank used to launder money led by one of Arnold Rothsteins people)
In fact, the Franklin Mortgage and Investment Company was run by Max "Boo Boo" Hoff, a dominating figure in the Philadelphia gambling and boxing arena's, who was labeled the "King of Philadelphia's Bootleggers", but never indicted for any crimes. No word on a project timeline or location, but you can bet your bottom dollar that Arthur Kade will be covering the opening for DBTH.
UPDATE: Our bad - this has nothing to do with Sasha and the Milk and Honey team.
DBTH
Reader Comments (8)
i believe it's going into a subterranean space once inhabited by a place called Bar Noir (112 S. 18th)
what does this have to do with sasha petraske? dbth does know that sasha doesn't own death & co right? someone seems to be a wee bit confused here - besides me
egad - 50 lashes for not being able to read our own tip. It may be time to hang it up.
Arthur Kade wont be there for the opening, thanks!
I'm personally a little puzzled by this choice - Philadelphia? Why? Doesn't strike me as a city that really has the audience for it (although conversely perhaps they are desperate for something like this).
Colin, have you spent much time in Philly? Fits like a glove...
Philly needs desperately places like D&Co. Too many frat-boy bars and low cocktail quality on the posh/fancy places...
Erin, not sure if you were being sarcastic, though I'll assume you weren't. I've spent some time in Philadelphia, having gone to school there and back a few times in recent past, there seems to lack an audience for expensive / artisinal cocktails - it has wildly different demographics than a New York / LA / Chicago, hence why the nightlife has always been so remarkably different (and/or lackluster, depending on your perspective). That being said, perhaps I just overlooked a public clamoring for just such a place.