After Nearly 40 Years, Famous Philly Restaurant to Close
One of the best seafood restaurants in Philadelphia, known for its waterfront views is closing.
Chart House, along the Delaware River on Columbus Blvd., at the southern end of Philadelphia's Penn's Landing, has announced it will be closing on Nov. 30.
Philly's Chart House Announcing its Closing After 38 Years
Philadelphia's Chart House has pointed to the city's construction project to build a park that will extend over I-95 as the primary factor in the restaurant's closing.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Shah Ghani, the chief operating officer for the Chart House's parent company Landry’s, cited “major construction in the area that has cut off visibility and access for our customers to the restaurant.”
The area surrounding the restaurant is directly in the Penndot work zone for the park project which is expected to continue for several more years.
The 11.5-acre park and civic space between Chestnut Street and Walnut Street, Front Street to the river, will connect the city to the waterfront.
The Inquirer says work vehicles for the construction project have even taken some of the Chart house's parking lot.
The Chart House Opened at Penn's Landing in 1986
Philly's Chart House is one of 24 Chart House restaurants across the country, famous for great views and good food. The restaurant boasted that you could enjoy views of both the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and Walt Whitman Bridge while dining.
Ghani told the Philadelphia Inquirer that Landry’s, whose brands also include Del Frisco’s and McCormick & Schmick, was working to relocate the restaurants' 36 employees to related restaurants.
The closest Chart House is at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City.
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