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Vetri and Starr to Break Ground Today on North Broad

Marc Vetri and business partner Jeff Benjamin
Marc Vetri and business partner Jeff Benjamin Photo: Collin Keefe

Remember that big redevelopment project up on North Broad Street that Grub Street told you last fall was going to include restaurants from Marc Vetri and Stephen Starr? Well, it’s getting underway today. Vetri, Starr and Mayor Michael Nutter are scheduled to break ground this afternoon at 600 North Broad Street, WHYY’s Newsworks reports. And it sounds like the project is being fast-tracked; according to the report, one restaurant is expected to be ready to open this spring. Which one will it be? Starr’s Route 6 seafood shack or Vetri’s unnamed Italian gastropub? [Newsworks]

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Vetri and Starr to Break Ground Today on North Broad