I heard that the property further North was just the owner of the building trying to get approval for a restaurant, etc in order to make it more appealing for a perspective tenant. Not sure about the other property.   

I’d also heard that the current owners went ahead and secured a liquor license in order to make the space more enticing to would-be tenants. That said, it was only last weekend that I noticed two licenses instead of one. One includes an amusement permit as well as patio seating in the back, whereas the other does not say anything about additional permits or exterior seating. This could still be the owners trying to give future tenants options (just because the licenses are from bars in the NE doesn’t mean those operators are moving…it may just mean that those businesses went under and the licenses became available for purchase). 

RE: “Has anybody in the neighborhood heard any buzz about a couple of northeast-based bars coming soon to Fishtown?”

The original locations on the NE have nothing to do with anything. That’s just where the license is being transferred from. It does not imply, and in this case is definitely not, the same operators.

Aha, good catch. Post has been modified.

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