. . TRANSPORTATION: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION : HOSPITALITY : TOURISM AND TRAVEL : TRANSPORTATION: HISTORY : RESTAURANTS AND RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT : TELEVISION: PROGRAMS : WEBLIOGRAPHIES : UNITED STATES: CITIES: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: Kitchen Nightmares The Hot Potato and A Ride for Chef Gordon Ramsay on SEPTA . . WEBBIB1314 . . Kitchen Nightmares The Hot Potato and A Ride for Chef Gordon Ramsay on SEPTA . . An episode of the Fox television serices Kitchen Nightmares featured a Philadelphia restaurant on Girard Avenue that ultimately did not survive. The chef arrived at the restaurant to try and make improvements in their operations on board a SEPTA legacy route fifteen trolley car. This post features content about the route fifteen line, SEPTA rail and trolley lines, the Hot Potato Restaurant, Girard Avenue where it was located and more. . FOOD DRINK NUTRITION DIET: RESTAURANTS : UNITED STATES: CITIES: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA : REVIEWS : CITIES AND URBAN: URBAN PLANNING AND REDEVELOPMENT : TRANSPORTATION: TROLLEY CARS: From Spuddy Hell to New Start for the Hot Potato . Route 15 Trolley . Back in September the fifth of 2005, a new start occured for Route 15 as 18 PCC trolley cars rebuilt at Brookville went in service on Route 15 replacing a number of years of bus substitution on this line. It had been a long road to this development. This trolley originates north of Girard Avenue and near the Delaware River at Richmond and Westmoreland and runs from there to Girard and follows Girard to deep in West Philadelphia to 63rd street and going through Fishtown and passing the Market Frankford Elevated Subway line at Front, the Broad Street Subway, Fairmount Park and the Philadelphia Zoo on the way. . 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Route 10, 11, 13, 15, 34 & 36 Trolley Line Map http://www.septa.org/maps/trolley/city.html . Route 15 | 63rd-Girard to Richmond-Westmoreland Weekday | to Richmond-Westmoreland http://www.septa.org/schedules/trolley/w/015_1.htm AND http://www.septa.org/schedules/trolley/pdf/015.pdf . Route 15 | 63rd-Girard to Richmond-Westmoreland Weekday | to Richmond-Westmoreland . SEPTA PCC II From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA_PCC_II Excerpt The PCC II is a series of upgraded PCC streetcars used by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for its Route 15-Girard Avenue. Background See also: SEPTA Route 15 In the 1980s, SEPTA was in the process of upgrading its SubwaySurface Trolley Lines, replacing its fleet of PCCs with new light rail cars. Some lines, such as Routes 60, 50, 53, and 6 were converted to buses, while Routes 23, 56, and 15 continued to use PCCs into the 1990s. In 1992, SEPTA ended streetcar service on these three lines as well. In response to public outcry over the conversion, SEPTA stated that the suspension of these lines' streetcar service was temporary, and that they would be restored in 1997. However, during this time little was done to restore the lines, and as 1997 approached, it became clear that SEPTA had no immediate plans to restore streetcar service to these lines. In September 1997, at a City Council hearing, Jack Leary, SEPTA's general manager at the time, announced plans to restore streetcar service to only one of the three lines, Route 15.[2] The initial proposal was to purchase twelve low-floor articulated light rail cars, to make some existing railcars available for the line. However, this was found to be prohibitively costly, and the decision was made instead to rehabilitate older cars for the service. To this end, SEPTA sent eighteen of its retired PCC cars to the Brookville Equipment Company to be rebuilt, with another six to be used for parts. . SEPTA Route 15 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA_Route_15 SEPTA's Trolley Route 15, the Girard Avenue Line is a Streetcar line, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), along Girard Avenue through North and West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2007, it is the only surface trolley line in the City Transit Division that is not part of the SubwaySurface Trolley Lines (although it is designated as such on SEPTA's rail maps). SEPTA PCC II vehicles are used on the line. The line was first opened in 1859 as a horse car line operated by the Richmond and Schuylkill River Passenger Railway, and electrified in 1895, with extensions in 1902 and 1903.[3] Service was suspended (replaced with buses) in 1992, along with Route 23 (Germantown Avenue-11th and 12th Streets) and Route 56 (Torresdale-Erie Avenues). On September 4, 2005, trolley service was restored. As of April 29, 2012, east of Frankford Ave the line is operated by buses due to major reconstruction, west of Frankford is still run by PCC II. Trolleys now terminate at Frankford and Delaware Avenue (Northern Liberties Loop), buses terminate at Girard Station under the Market-Frankford Line. Contents 1 Route 2 History 3 2005 return of trolley 4 Port Richmond reconstruction and I-95 5 Cars 6 References 7 External links . Philadelphia Trolley Tracks: Route 15 / Girard Avenue Trolley http://www.phillytrolley.org/route15/girardavenue.html 59th Street Standoff, November 2004 PCC-II Debut in Center City, October 2003 PCC-II 2320 Open House, September 2003 Girard Avenue Pilot Car (LRV 9077), August 2003 Girard Avenue Construction Photos, August 2001 Links to Girard Avenue Route 15 Stakeholders . Video of Route 15 Trolley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdAYQ7w8HzA . APTA Streetcar and Seashore Trolley Museum Logo Heritage Trolley Site Hosted by the Seashore Trolley Museum Philadelphia, PA After years of planning and preparation, streetcar service returned to Route 15 Girard in Philadelphia on September 4, 2005. Elsewhere in the city, planning continues on a possible streetcar connection to the developing Delaware Riverfront district. Route 15 - Girard http://www.heritagetrolley.org/planPhiladelphia.htm . Route 15:Girard Avenue https://sites.google.com/site/gettherebytrain/ home/railroads/septa/route-15-girard-avenue OR http://tinyurl.com/k8thrfo . SEPTA Rt. 15 - Girard Avenue Photo Gallery NYC Subway.org http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/SEPTA_Rt._15_-_Girard_Avenue . SEPTA, PATCO, NJT Rail and Trolley Lines in the Philadelphia Region NYC Subway.org http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania . Not all on board trolley's return Route 15 trolley makes a return By Larry King Posted: September 04, 2005 Philadelphia Inquirer http://articles.philly.com/2005-09-04/news/ 25429675_1_trolley-routes-presidents-conference-committee-septa OR http://tinyurl.com/pxulf2f . U.S. Streetcar Systems- Pennsylvania Philadelphia http://www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/philadelphia.htm . Construction on Girard Ave. Trolley Tracks Sunday, February 5, 2012 Naked Philly http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-philly/ northern-liberties/construction-girard-ave-trolley-tracks OR http://tinyurl.com/qczydgm . SEPTA Route 15 Wikimedia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SEPTA_Route_15 . Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Rail): Subway-Surface Routes and Route 15 http://thebergennetwork.com/na/pa/septa/subsur.php . PHOTOS: Jersey Mike's Philly SEPTA Mid-Winter Trip IX - Part 9 (Route 15 Trolley) http://www.subchat.com/readflat.asp?Id=882302&p=1#882692 . Route 15: Heritage Trolley Line http://www.subwaynut.com/septa/r15/ . SEPTA Route 15 Sugarhouse Loop Frankford Avenue Philadelphia PA December 15 2010 The Philadelphia Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society http://trainweb.org/phillynrhs/RPOTW101219.html . PCC Cars to Return To Philadelphia - Finally! Trolleyville Times http://www.trolleyville.com/tv/times/sep2003/sep03.htm . 15 Girard Av http://www.angelfire.com/mi/oraclekat/philly/15.htm . Streetcars By John Hepp Copyright 2014 Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/streetcars/ . Philadelphia City Council Trolley Hearing http://www.phillytrolley.org/council.html Some background: In 1992, the board of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority voted to end streetcar service on three trolley lines: Route 23 Germantown Avenue 11th and 12th Streets, Route 56 Erie and Torresdale Avenues, and Route 15 Girard Avenue and Richmond Street. Previously, during the 1980s, the SEPTA board had voted to remove streetcars from city transit Routes 60, 50, 53, and 6, permanently replacing those trolleys with diesel buses. Promises were made in 1992, that the use of diesel buses on Routes 23, 56, and 15 was temporary, with 1997 given as the year a new fleet of streetcars were to be in service. Nineteen-ninety seven rolled around, and it became increasingly apparent to observers that SEPTA had no intention of bringing back the trolleys. The rails and wires on the three routes remained in place, but noisy polluting diesel buses provided the service. In September of 1997, a City Council hearing was convened, to give SEPTA, the City, and advocacy groups a forum to voice their positions. For details on that hearing, click here. http://www.phillytrolley.org/council.html It was at that hearing, that then-SEPTA General Manager Jack Leary announced SEPTA's intention to restore trolley service to one of the lines: Route 15, Girard Avenue-Richmond Street. Girard Avenue was to be upgraded to "light rail" standards. SEPTA planned to buy a small fleet of articulated LRVs for use on the subway-surface car lines, the idea being to free up enough Kawasaki LRVs for Route 15. snip The entire Girard Avenue project almost fell through, when the line item for the project was quietly dropped from SEPTA's year 1999 budget. Thankfully this did not go unnoticed by the city's transit advocates, and last-minute appeals to the SEPTA board restored the funding. In 2003, work on the Girard Avenue trolley infrastructure is virtually complete. The oldest rail has been replaced, overhead wires renewed, and miles of underground conduit and new substations completed. Work at Callowhill Depot is also complete. Bays 2, 3 and 4 of Callowhill Depot will serve as the operating depot for the new fleet of Route 15 PCCs and for Route 10 Kawasaki LRVs. In 2001, SEPTA chose a contractor to remanufacture a small fleet of eighteen PCC cars, for use on the restored Girard Avenue. The 1947/48-built PCCs are being rebuilt with electronic chopper control, air conditioning, and a wheelchair lift placed in the front half of the center doors. New control consoles are designed like that of the Kawasaki LRVs. This reconstruction is intended to extend the service life of the PCC another 15 years. No federal funds are to be used in this project, and the specifications include such cost-cutting measures as the utilization of seats from SEPTA's retired Volvo articulated buses. Brookville is fabricating entirely new trucks (wheel assemblies), with new motors and brakes, based on the PCC B3 truck design. The rebuilt PCCs will be renumbered, with the new series starting at 2320. . . Pennsylvania Streetcar Systems Philadelphia Route 15- Girard Ave. Began Operation: September 2005 Miles of Line: 8.2 Stations: frequent on-street stops Org: transit agency Schedule: daily photo: Bob Vogel http://www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/philadelphia.htm Philadelphia is among a group of US cities that never completely eliminated trolley service. Although the system shrank dramatically in size, some routes were upgraded with new "light rail" vehicles and continue serving Philadelphia today. We have included coverage of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's (SEPTA) Girard Ave. Light Rail Project because it contains elements of a Vintage Trolley operation, including the fact that it uses rebuilt PCC-type trolleys. snip In November 2001, SEPTA's board authorized a $23 million contract with Brookville Equipment Corp. of Brookville, PA for rebuilding 18 PCC cars at a per unit cost of $1.2 million. The Authority also obtained an option to rebuild a further 8 cars at the same price. Brookville completely rebuilt the car bodies, equipped them with new trucks, added wheelchair lifts at the center doors, installed a new solid state control system, and added air conditioning. Work on the cars was completed in 2004. Like the new Vintage Trolley replica cars being built for New Orleans, the remanufactured SEPTA PCCs are thus a new vehicle in a "classic" package. Service on the rebuilt line did not begin until September of 2005 due to local political situation http://www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/Philadelphia_rebuilt_PCC_interior.jpg OR http://tinyurl.com/yf53quy . http://www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/Philly_Bob_Vogel_05_09_04_25.jpg OR http://tinyurl.com/ycphwd . . Title Southeastern Pennsylvania Trolleys Images of Rail Author Kenneth C. Springirth Edition illustrated Publisher Arcadia Publishing, 2008 ISBN 0738556920, 9780738556925 Length 128 pages Subjects History / General History / United States / General History / United States / State & Local / General History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic Philadelphia (Pa.) Philadelphia (Pa.) - History Philadelphia Suburban Area (Pa.) Philadelphia Suburban Area (Pa.) - History Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Transportation / Railroads / General Transportation / Railroads / History Transportation / Railroads / Pictorial Trolley cars Trolley cars - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History Chapter 5 The Girard Avenue Trolleys http://books.google.com/books?q=0738556920&btnG=Search+Books . More on the Route 15 Trolley from Net-Gold https://www.google.com/search?q=%22route+15%22+and+ %28trolley+OR+trolleys%29+and+%22net-gold%22+and+ %22temple.edu%22&hl=en&rlz=1T4DAUS_enUS314US314&filter=0 OR http://tinyurl.com/mfmsc9w . There is a large and growing literature regarding the impact of urban and commuter rail transportation, light rail and trolley car lines on urban growth and development including increased property values, new housing and new businesses including growth and upscaling of retail businesses. Portland Oregon, Phoenix Arizona, and Charlotte North Carolina are just three examples of this kind of tremendous response to the coming of light rail transportation. http://world.nycsubway.org/us/charlotte/index.html http://world.nycsubway.org/us/phoenix/index.html http://world.nycsubway.org/us/minneapolis/index.html http://world.nycsubway.org/us/portland/index.html http://world.nycsubway.org/us/phila/riverline.html . These links lead to some of the literature published regarding economic development and the coming or return of urban rail transportation: . Google Web http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4DAUS_enUS314US314&q= %28gentrification+OR+development+OR+%22new+businesses%22+OR+ %22economic+growth%22+OR+retail+OR+housing%29+and+%28trolley+ OR+trolleys+OR+%22light+rail%22%29+&btnG=Search&aq=o&aqi=&oq= A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/yzq47ts Content Sample: Light rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaLight rail or light rail transit (LRT) is a form of urban rail public ... The word trolley is often used as a synonym for streetcar in the United States, ... is called "light rail") is the dominant form of urban rail development in the ... 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Still a dynamic, diverse 'hood, close to a fast-growing retail district (Selby Ave. ... but it also has the same dynamics of development, jobs, and investment that make ... www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/gentrification-via-light-rail - Cached - The Transformation Of A Light Rail Corridor | Planetizen1 post - Last post: Apr 22, 2008 Though most are excited about the new development, the fear of gentrification has made some residents worry that they won't be around to www.planetizen.com/node/30857 - Cached - Detroit Gets Funding for Light Rail? - 1 post - Dec 25, 2009 42nd Street Light Rail?? - 1 post - Oct 17, 2009 Honolulu Light Rail Plans 'Raising' Concerns? - 1 post - May 21, 2009 Boise Hopes to Bring Back Trolley? - 1 post - Jun 10, 2008 More results from planetizen.com [PDF] Planners betting on light-rail boomFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View The light-rail line along Interstate 25 is spurring a development frenzy around the rail stations that will open next year, marking what could be a www.airparkvillage.com/News/9-19-05%20Denver%20LTR%20Boom.pdf - European Transport Conference: Lessons learned from incremental ...San Diego's light rail system was the first of the 'renaissance' systems in the ... Lessons learned from incremental development of light rail - the San ... etcproceedings.org/.../lessons-learned-from-incremental-\ development-of-light-rail-the-san-diego-exper Modelling Joint Development of Light Rail Transit Stations and ...by A Ferdman - 2005 Light Rail Transit (LRT) has been gaining popularity as a means of decreasing ... LRT is also perceived as an important generator of economic growth, ... "Mixed land-uses and commuting: Evidence from the American Housing Survey," ... ideas.repec.org/p/wiw/wiwrsa/ersa05p401.html - Cached - DDO - Downtown Transportation & Light RailArtisan Lofts on Central Mixed-Use Development Project. The City of Phoenix, Downtown Development Office is working to maximize the investment in light rail ... phoenix.gov/ECONDEV/prjstrns.html - Cached - Huntsville Development News: Light Rail Transit: A Feasible Option?skip to main | skip to sidebar. Huntsville Development News ... I have no doubt that light rail (or any kind of mass transit) will be successful in ... huntsvilledevelopment.blogspot.com/.../light-rail-transit-feasible-option.html - Cached - Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&rlz=1T4DAUS_enUS314US314&q= (gentrification%20OR%20development%20OR%20%22new%20businesses%22% 20OR%20%22economic%20growth%22%20OR%20retail%20OR%20housing) %20and%20(trolley%20OR%20trolleys%20OR%20%22light%20rail%22) &oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=ws A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/yg555tk Content Sample: Journal Report: Light Rail Transit and Urban Development R Cervero - Journal of the American Planning Association, 1984 - informaworld.com Recent construction of light rail transit systems in a number of North American cities raises crucial questions about their possible effects on land use and urban development. Although serving passengers and keeping construction costs down have been the primary aims of new rail ... Cited by 57 - Related articles Do Plans Matter?: The Effects of Light Rail Plans on Land Values in Station Areas GJ Knaap, C Ding, LD Hopkins - Journal of Planning Education , 2001 - jpe.sagepub.com ... such capitalization is likely to discourage the development of low-density housing in station ... increasing land prices, and thus dis- couraging premature, low-density development in future ... the values of single-family dwellings, multifam- ily buildings, and retail establishments from ... Cited by 35 [PDF] the Success of Transit-Oriented Development: Retail Market Dynamics and community-wealth.org [PDF] J Niles, D Nelson - Proceedings: APA National Planning , 1999 - community-wealth.org ... And now some of those trolley lines are coming back in the form of light rail. ... These "empty nesters" may choose to downsize their housing and opt for more Page 11. Measuring the Success of Transit-Oriented Development: Retail Mar... ... Cited by 21 Light rail transit in America: policy issues and prospects for economic development TA Garrett - Unpublished Manuscript, Federal Reserve Bank of , 2004 - cepm.louisville.edu The third section of the report examines five key issues that often arise in the light rail debate. The issues are job creation, citizen preferences for rail versus car, air pollution, traffic congestion, and solvency and cost-efficiency. Proponents also argue that light rail is a ... Cited by 11 Growing smart by linking Transportation and Urban DevelopmentFind Full-Text @ TU R Cervero - Va. Envtl. LJ, 2000 - heinonlinebackup.com ... thus threatening the region's global competi- tiveness), displaced the working class through gentrification, and shrunk ... At the time of project development, only thirty percent of the 1140 original parking spaces at the ... to 195 units of two and three story town homes, a retail plaza, a ... Cited by 21 Google Books http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&rlz=1T4DAUS_enUS314US314&q= (gentrification%20OR%20development%20OR%20%22new%20businesses% 22%20OR%20%22economic%20growth%22%20OR%20retail%20OR%20housing) %20and%20(trolley%20OR%20trolleys%20OR%20%22light%20rail%22) &oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=sp A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/yhelzax Content Sample: Twin Cities by trolley: the streetcar era in Minneapolis and St. Paul? John W. Diers, Aaron Isaacs - Transportation - 2007 - 348 pages In Twin Cities by Trolley, John Diers and Aaron Isaacs offer a rolling snapshot of Minneapolis and St. Paul from the 1880s to the 1950s, when the streetcar ... Limited preview National municipal review, Volume 2? - Page 290 National Municipal League - Political Science - 1913 For the development of such transportation, Philadelphia's location is ... Along several of the trolley lines, the trolley freight service is in a fairly . 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The City of Phoenix, Downtown Development Office is working to maximize the investment in light rail ... phoenix.gov/ECONDEV/prjstrns.html - Cached [PDF] Development of Light Rail Stations for the Pasadena Blue Line, Los AFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML by C Fuhs - Cited by 15 - Related articles policies related to the development of HOV lanes as a congestion ... lane development are also presented to provide a prospective for future policy and ... ops.fhwa.dot.gov/.../hov/.../Fuhs%20and%20Obenberger-final%20paper.pdf [PDF] Light Rail Economic Development Highlights File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML Total Development Along Light Rail (Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe). Recently Completed Under Construction and ... Trillium Apartments, and future retail development. ... www.tempe.gov/.../Development.../Economic%20Dev%20Highlights%202-09.pdf [PDF] Appleton Trolley Square Valmet 6-07.qxp File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View Associates for the development of Trolley. Square. The 20000 square foot facility features a display for a refurbished Birney Streetcar and historical ... dnr.wi.gov/org/aw/rr/archives/pubs/RR772.pdf Light Rail: Transit Oriented Development What opportunities do you think the light rail will provide? ... 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The trolley costs just $1 to ride and runs the "entertainment" route on ... www.lansingmi.gov/invest/...u/entertainment_express_trolley.jsp - Cached [PDF] Trolley Square, Cambridge: Transit Oriented Development (1.3 MB ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML Trolley Square Cambridge. Smart Growth TOD Green Development ... Non-Profit Developer: Provides quality, affordable housing for Cambridge families. ... www.eot.state.ma.us/smartgrowth/downloads/SessionsC/C1/C1_dalyp.pdf Downtown Trolley -- Downtown Redevelopment -- Community ...Housing & Development. Inspections. Planning & Zoning ... agencies in Pittsylvania County that might assist me with housing rehabilitation and/or purchase? ... www.danville-va.gov/page.asp?menuid=2820...2829... - Cached . . There has been some slow but steady new development in spots along the Route 15 trolley. One early such occurance was the opening of the Hot Potato restaurant in Fishtown along Girard Avenue. Fishtown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishtown,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania Fishtown is a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] Located immediately northeast of Center City, its borders are somewhat disputed today due to many factors, but are roughly defined by the triangle created by the Delaware River, Frankford Avenue, and York Street. Newer residents of the area consider it to go all the way up to Lehigh Avenue, while some older residents maintain the upper border to be Norris Street. It is served by the MarketFrankford Line rapid transit subway/elevated of the SEPTA system. The name "Fishtown" is derived from the area's former role as the center of the shad fishing industry on the Delaware River. The name comes from the fact that a number of 18th and early 19th century German & German-American families bought up the fishing rights on both sides of the Delaware River from Trenton Falls down to Cape May, New Jersey. Also, in the early 18th century, an English colonist was fabled to have caught the largest shad in the world in the Delaware River. The apocryphal local legend traces the name of Fishtown to Charles Dickens who purportedly visited the neighborhood in March 1842, but records show this to be false, as it was named Fishtown prior to his visiting. Contents 1 History 1.1 Pre-1800 1.2 1800-1950 1.3 Modern History 2 Borders Disputed 3 External links 4 References . A Guide to Fishtown, Philadelphia, USA Feb 18th, 2009 | Categories: Philadelphia | by Michael Williams A Continuous Leanhttp://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/02/18/ a-guide-to-fishtown-philadelphia-usa/
OR A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/yea9own . Fishtown Restaurants The Urban Spoon http://www.urbanspoon.com/n/21/2014/Philadelphia/Fishtown-restaurants . Day Out | Fishtown, Philadelphia Rebirth Along the River By JESS McCUAN Published: January 13, 2008 New York Times Travel http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/travel/13dayout.html THE Fishtown district of Philadelphia was known as a tight-knit Irish Catholic enclave and a place to score drugs. Set along the Delaware River in the northeastern part of the city, the area was the former home of a Stetson hat factory and a Schmidts beer plant, before its brick warehouses and shad markets were abandoned. But these days artists easily outnumber fishermen and heroin addicts. Thanks to a recovering waterfront and spillover from gentrifying neighborhoods like Northern Liberties, Fishtown is joining the ranks of warehouse districts nationwide that have undergone a renaissance. Young professionals and creative types are moving into renovated apartments and luxury condos. Upscale restaurants, galleries and high-end shops have followed. <snip And Hot Potato Cafe (529 East Girard Avenue; 215-425-0905; www.hotpotatocafe.com) opened last March with a nod to Fishtowns working-class roots: specialties include Port Richmond pierogies ($6), named for a nearby Polish neighborhood, and bacon-wrapped meatloaf ($12). . Friday, February 1, 2008 Smell of promise in the Fishtown air Philadelphia Business Journal - by Peter Van Allen Staff Writer http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/ philadelphia/stories/2008/02/04/story4.html A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/yb6sdsq Is Fishtown Philadelphia's next hot neighborhood? It may be too early to say, but at the very least it seems to be getting more notice, according to shop owners and residents. The main street -- East Girard Avenue -- is a mix of rough-and-tumble taverns and newer businesses, including caf, furniture stores and restaurants. "Fishtown is tough, but it's up-and-coming. It is what it is," said Jon Spivak, who with his wife Tanya owns Villa & Hut, a furniture store opened this fall on Frankford Avenue. "We were looking for a place where we could get some warehouse space, but not in Center City. We wanted to test the area. We needed 8,000 square feet at a reasonable price," Spivak said. "We looked in the city and we looked in the suburbs. Everything was so expensive. We didn't want to pay $10,000 a month in rent." Philadelphia's tourism agency is featuring Fishtown in its advertising and the New York Times Travel section earlier this month had a story that featured Fishtown, titled "Rebirth along the river." "Rebirth" is a word that may be more frequently applied to Old City, Northern Liberties or University City. Still, according to tourism official Jeff Guaracino of Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp., Fishtown is undoubtedly one of a number of growing neighborhoods. The organization has featured Fishtown in its tourism marketing. . Fishtown Library Admin this Page Philadelphia, PA > Philadelphia Groups & Organizations > Fishtown Library address:1217 East Montgomery Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19125 phone:215-685-9990 America's Towns http://www.americantowns.com/pa/philadelphia/ organization/fishtown_library A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/y8fktx8 The history of Fishtown begins with the Lenape Native Americans, who called the area Shackamaxon. In the early 1600's, Swedes, German, Dutch and English settled on scattered plots of land, and on April 23, 1683, William Penn negotiated a land exchange to acquire Shackamaxon.In the early 1700s, English businessman Anthony Palmer purchased a large tract of land that he named Kensington after a suburb of London. This was combined with Shackamaxon. The Consolidation Act of 1854 brought the area into the present city limits. Legend has it that Charles Dickens named the area Fishtown after seeing the fish sold in the open air farmer's market on Girard Avenue. . Fishtown: Google Books http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&q=fishtown% 20and%20philadelphia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wp A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/yzhprpw . Fishtown: Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q= fishtown%20and%20philadelphia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=ps A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/yjef4ee . Fishtown: Google Images http://images.google.com/images?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&q= fishtown%20and%20philadelphia&cf=all&sa=N&tab=ni A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/yhkjznf . Fishtown: Temple Summon Search http://temple.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.cmd= setHoldingsOnly(false)&s.light=t&s.q=fishtown+AND+philadelphia A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/kawq6om .My wife Nina and I one evening before the sign was up had occasion to eat at the Hot Potato when it was brand new. The food was acceptable at this early stage and the prices seemed high. The original chef left and the three sisters who owned and ran this restaurant without a great deal of experience hired a family member to be the new chef, a girl of age twenty-one with no experience in restaurant cooking. Entries were frozen in many cases and heated as needed. The restaurant began to lose business and was facing failure, especially after a negative review in the Philadelphia Weekly.
. Fishtown: Cafe Turns to TV Chef for Survival November 5, 2009 By Melanie Menkevich Philadelphia Neighborhoods Temple University Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab When television host Gordon Ramsay of Kitchen Nightmares focused his culinary microscope on a family-owned BYOB in Fishtown, his major changes were to the items on the menu. He used the name of the restaurant, the Hot Potato Caf to create new-spud-accommodating choices that just made sense. In May, the restaurant, located on Girard Avenue, received a makeover from the crew of Kitchen Nightmares, the Scottish chefs reality show in which he revitalizes restaurants that are failing.I received a call from a producer for the show saying that somebody anonymously nominated us, said Claire Keller, co-owner of Hot Potato Caf Claire; her sister, Kathryn; and their sister-in-law, Erin Keller, opened Hot Potato Cafin March 2007. They have not seen a profit in two and a half years and thought that appearing on the show could turn their situation around for the better. I personally didnt really want to be on TV, said Erin, but I considered it an opportunity so I wasnt going to veto the idea. snip Damien Tenalio, a waiter at the Hot Potato Caf has worked there for two years starting as a dishwasher and working his way up. He and the only other waiter trade off every other day because the clientele just isnt there to support both of them in one night. If it werent for his lone shifts, Tenalio might not make a decent buck. There are nights where I make good money, but there are also nights where its just OK, he said. Altogether Im satisfied with the money Im making. He said that after the show airs, he hopes that the restaurant will get more publicity and the customers that it deserves. The Keller sisters, however, are not satisfied. At this point, because we have cut our expenses so drastically, we squeak by without having to contribute personal monies, said Erin, who wanted to own a successful restaurant and be her own boss. Im not sure what our plans are right now; were just hanging on til the show airs. But if somebody walked through the door and offered to buy the business, I know we would seriously consider selling. This is the first business the Keller sisters have owned and each one of them works other jobs in addition to the Hot Potato Caf Erin has been a nurse for 24 years and currently works two days a week in the doctors office, E.N.T. Associates, where she has worked for 11 years. Kathryn works at Finnegans Wake on Spring Garden Avenue and Claire works at the Hyatt Hotel and the Four Seasons Hotel. . Posted on Thu, Jan. 28, 2010 Ellen Gray: A 'Nightmare' in Philadelphia By Ellen Gray Philadelphia Daily News Daily News TV Critic KITCHEN NIGHTMARES. 9 p.m. tomorrow, Channel 29. Ramsay kicks off a new season of fixing broken restaurants with a visit to the place the show can't seem to stop referring to as "the City of Brotherly Love" and a challenge involving the Hot Potato Cafe, an establishment in Fishtown owned by sisters Claire and Kathryn Keller and their sister-in-law Erin. And naturally, it involves "the most dramatic Day 1 decision in 'Kitchen Nightmares' history," which is the kind of thing that might alarm anyone not inured by now to warnings about "the thorniest Rose Ceremony in the annals of 'The Bachelor' " and "the most horrific Tribal Council since Jeff Probst invented fire." I don't want to spoil that plot point for you - though I'm pretty sure Fox's promos will - but I will say that just because Gordon decides something on Day 1 doesn't mean he'll be following through on Day 2. Because the show's slated for the full hour, and there are only so many times the cameras can focus on the Girard Avenue trolley. Besides, there's actually plenty of drama, real and possibly, um, processed, at the Hot Potato, where, we're told, a bad review from Philadelphia Weekly had hurt the spud-centric restaurant's business and led the owners to call in Ramsay. . 'Kitchen Nightmares' recap: Welcome to spuddy hell by Sandra Gonzalez Categories: About Last Night, Reality TV, TV Recap, Television Entertainment Week January 30, 2010 http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/01/30/ kitchen-nightmares-recap-welcome-to-spuddy-hell/ A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/y88ahzj The Fishtown eatery, with its fondness for serving weeks-old frozen fodder and lack of adequate leadership, was in desperate need of a Ramsay overhaul. It was the recipe for a perfect Nightmare story: bad food, a family operation with three inexperienced owners (who produced almost as many bleeps as Ramsay), and to seal the deal, a poor review in the local paper that had soiled their reputation. The headline of the review had read: "Spuddy Hell." But Ramsay soon found out that three-week-old, sans-potato potato skins were the least of the restaurant's problems. At the helm of the kitchen catastrophe was a 21-year-old head chef, niece of the owners, who had only signed on for the job so she could help her family. As Ramsay put it, the restaurant had been using a menu that was "passed down from a bad chef to an inexperienced chef." Watching the story unfold, I became angry. The weight of a fledgling quarter-million dollar effort (according to one of the sisters) was resting on a clearly overwhelmed girl who didn't even want to be a chef - at least at the beginning of the episode. She was taking on more than she could handle, but it seemed as though her aunts neither noticed nor attempted to help ease her burden. Ramsay noticed this too, making it a point to give the girl words of encouragement throughout the episode. In the end, he even arranged for a local chef to mentor her. The gesture moved the girl to tears and ignited her passion for cooking. Ramsay's heart grew three sizes. But before the tears of joy, there had been tears of desperation. . Grump-less Gordon peels away problems at the Hot Potato Andrew Ryan Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/ grump-less-gordon-peels-away-problems-at-the-hot-potato/article1447954/ A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/y9ghyod As in every outing in the series, Ramsay meets with the owners and the cafs problems are revealed. The women couldn't afford to hire an experienced cook, so they brought in Kathryn's niece, Danielle, who is 21 with no chef experience. Even worse: Soon after opening, the local Philly paper published a scathing review, labelling the restaurant Spuddy Hell. The customer drop-off began the next day and now the place is nearly a quarter of a million dollars in debt. Foreclosure seems imminent. Thereafter comes the Ramsay expertise, which is dispensed with uncustomary benevolence. 'Spuddy Hell' was being very kind, he says, because the food is dreadful. (For Ramsay, that's being nice.) With only the occasional expletive, Ramsay points out that everything on the menu is being cooked from frozen. He tells the women they have to get passionate about the food, because I can't work with corpses. When needed, Ramsay applies tough love. When the owners stand idly, acting helpless, during a lacklustre dinner service, Ramsay gives up and walks out for the first time in the show's history. If you three don't care, why should I care? he says. But he comes back, and the next day, in small ways, he begins the turnaround. Ramsay overhauls the Hot Potato's menu to include what a concept! potatoes. . Hot Potato Cafe: 'Nightmare' No More Fishtown's Hot Potato Cafe went from spud dud to potato palace overnight. Philadelphia Weekly http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/food/reviews/ Hot-Potato-Cafe-A-Nightmare-No-More.html A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/yc5fr7e Editor's Note: PW's Brian McManus reviewed the Hot Potato Cafe in the summer of 2007. He didn't like it. In May of last year he was invited back by the producers of Kitchen Nightmares after a relaunch spearheaded by curse-happy Scotsman and world renown chef Gordon Ramsay. snip The average American eats 140 pounds of potatoes a year. That potato factand several othersis typed on the new placemats at the once-dreadful, now welcoming-and-delicious Hot Potato Cafe But the placemats arent all thats new. This is the mother of all turnarounds, people! Some history: Two summers ago I reviewed the HPC. Things didnt go so well. The potato soup tasted of bacon grease and was a thick, gloppy mess. The green beans were cooked to mush. And there were a couple culinary inventionsbuffalo chicken dip, a crab dipthat defied all logic. Hot Potato Cafe even managed to burn a grilled cheese that first go around, and at my reviews end I wrote, The warm and helpful waitstaff at Hot Potato are about as nice as they come, exhibiting the exact tone you'd expect from a joint aiming to be a neighborhood standby. If only the kitchen would give them some help. snip The change is immediate. Hot Potatos reworked their entire interior even, and it's rather spectacular (save for a couple cheap looking paintings)chocolate brown walls adorned with potato sacks; potatoes in mason jars line shelves; a giant sack of potatoes sits atop the hostess desk; potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes; and a comfy, chic waiting area (with free, melt-in-your-mouth potato cookies!). That anyone would actually wait to eat at Hot Potato two years ago is unthinkable. Not so now. So what of the food? The menu is a study in the potato. If there are 5,000 varieties of spud (and there arethank you, informative placemat!) then Hot Potato does its best to knock out a good percentage of them. Of the 25 dishes on offer at Hot Potato, 21 contain potato. If the Atkins Diet is dead (and it is), the new menu at Hot Potato defecates on its grave. snip Again, the mother of all turnarounds. Ill be back (I simply NEED to try that sloppy joe loaded potato), and, if the excitement in the neighborhood about the restaurants relaunch is any indication, Ill be getting to know that waiting area pretty well. The average American eats 140 pounds of potatoes a year. Well, thanks to HPC, the residents of Fishtown will surely double the national average. . . 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