Next Restaurant and Bar plans to open this month. (Photo by Michael Thompson)
Another new restaurant is in the works in the 2000 block of West Broad Street near the Fan.
Next Restaurant and Bar is under construction in a former insurance office at 2007 W. Broad St. Just a few hundred feet away, the Pig & Pearl is being brought to life where the Republic once stood.
Next owner and head chef Zengfu Zheng, 28, leased the almost-3,000-square-foot space and began construction on the restaurant in June.
Zheng said it has taken about $80,000 to get the restaurant ready for a planned opening this month. He said he is financing the restaurant with money made from a restaurant he owns in Manhattan, but he would not name the New York eatery. More than $182,000 in building permits has been filed for the Broad Street property since April, according to city records.
The building is owned by Ren Hui Pan, who bought it in April for $250,000.
Next manager Sandy Wang said that the restaurant will serve Asian-style food and sushi and that entrees will cost about $15.
The new restaurant will have the Savory Grain and Emilio’s nearby to compete with as it tries its hand in the same block that saw the rise and fall of a popular restaurant. The Republic closed in July after bankruptcy and a prolonged dispute with its landlord.
The Pig & Pearl, owned by local landlord Mathew Appelget and Washington-based chef Rich Gunter, leased the space a month later.
Next Restaurant and Bar plans to open this month. (Photo by Michael Thompson)
Another new restaurant is in the works in the 2000 block of West Broad Street near the Fan.
Next Restaurant and Bar is under construction in a former insurance office at 2007 W. Broad St. Just a few hundred feet away, the Pig & Pearl is being brought to life where the Republic once stood.
Next owner and head chef Zengfu Zheng, 28, leased the almost-3,000-square-foot space and began construction on the restaurant in June.
Zheng said it has taken about $80,000 to get the restaurant ready for a planned opening this month. He said he is financing the restaurant with money made from a restaurant he owns in Manhattan, but he would not name the New York eatery. More than $182,000 in building permits has been filed for the Broad Street property since April, according to city records.
The building is owned by Ren Hui Pan, who bought it in April for $250,000.
Next manager Sandy Wang said that the restaurant will serve Asian-style food and sushi and that entrees will cost about $15.
The new restaurant will have the Savory Grain and Emilio’s nearby to compete with as it tries its hand in the same block that saw the rise and fall of a popular restaurant. The Republic closed in July after bankruptcy and a prolonged dispute with its landlord.
The Pig & Pearl, owned by local landlord Mathew Appelget and Washington-based chef Rich Gunter, leased the space a month later.