Stephen Starr
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Stephen Starr is the owner of several restaurants in Philadelphia, New York City, Fort Lauderdale and Atlantic City. All of these restaurants are part of the Starr Restaurant Organization
Starr Restaurant Organization
The Starr Restaurant Organization is an organization of 19 restaurants headed by Stephen Starr featuring a variety of cuisines and atmospheres.Most of the restaurants are located in Philadelphia...

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Reality TV

Stephen was the guest judge on the Restaurant Wars episode of Top Chef
Top Chef
Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants...

: Season 5.

Florida

  • Steak 954 - Ft. Lauderdale. Opened April 30, 2009. Boutique Steak House inside the Largest W Hotel.
  • Makoto - Bal Harbour. Modern Japanese.

Philadelphia

  • The Continental- Opened September 1995. Restored stainless steel 1960s diner located in the Old City section. The restaurant offers cocktails and global tapas.
  • Buddakan - Opened 1998. Chef is Scott Swiderski.
  • Pod - Opened October 2000. Original chef was Michael Schulson.
  • Alma De Cuba - Opened April 2001.
  • Morimoto - Opened October 2001. Co-owned by Chef Morimoto
    Masaharu Morimoto
    is a well-known Japanese chef, best known as the third Iron Chef on the Japanese TV cooking show Iron Chef, and an Iron Chef on its spinoff, Iron Chef America. He is also known for his unique style of presenting food....

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    Iron Chef
    is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...

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  • El Vez - Opened November 2003.
  • Continental Midtown - Opened July 2004.
  • Barclay Prime - Opened October 2004.
  • Jones -
  • http://www.parc-restaurant.comParc - Opened July 14, 2008. French cafe, bistro
    Bistro
    A bistro, sometimes spelled bistrot, is, in its original Parisian incarnation, a small restaurant serving moderately priced simple meals in a modest setting. Bistros are defined mostly by the foods they serve. Home cooking with robust earthy dishes, and slow-cooked foods like cassoulet are typical...

    , brasserie
    Brasserie
    In France and the Francophone world, a brasserie is a type of French restaurant with a relaxed, upscale setting, which serves single dishes and other meals. The word 'brasserie' is also French for "brewery" and, by extension, "the brewing business"...

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  • & Singer - Opened October 27, 2008. High-end steakhouse
    Steakhouse
    A steakhouse is a restaurant that specializes in beef steaks. The same type of restaurant is also known as a chophouse.The steakhouse started in the USA in the late 19th century as a development of traditional inns and bars....

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  • Squareburger - burger stand located in Franklin Square
  • Pizzeria Stella - 2nd and Lombard, Philadelphia
  • Rey - Opened April 25, 2010.
  • Dandelion - Opened January 1, 2011. English pub.
  • Garden - Opened April 13, 2011. Chef Michael Santoro.
  • Hall - Opened May 17, 2011. German beer hall, beer garden
    Beer garden
    Beer garden is an open-air area where beer, other drinks and local food are served. The concept originates from and is most common in Southern Germany...

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  • Il Pittore - Opens October 2011, 2025 Sansom St., Modern Italian. Chef Chris Painter.
  • Route 6, seafood restaurant, 600 N. Broad St. Opening November 2011.

New York City

  • Morimoto (opened subsequent to the establishment of the Philadelphia location)
  • Buddakan
  • New NYC Restaurant at the New-York Historical Society on Central Park West with Jim Burke.

Atlantic City


Future

  • Unnamed restaurant in a New York City Hotel - The restaurant will be Vietnamese and as of mid-December 2009 Starr is looking for chefs for it.
  • Unnamed Izakaya restaurant - located at 16th and Locust, Japanese bar/tapas with old Pod chef Zama Tanaka
  • Blue Angel - reincarnation of the original at the same location to open in Fall 2009

Closed

  • Cafe Republic
  • Tangerine - (January 2000-August 2009)
  • Washington Square (June 2004-November 2007) - Head chef was Marcus Samuelsson
    Marcus Samuelsson
    Marcus Samuelsson is a Swedish chef and co-owner of Aquavit restaurant in New York City and C-House Restaurant, located in the Affinia Hotel in Chicago.-Early life and career:...

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  • Striped Bass (November 2003 (when purchased) - June 2008)
  • Angelina (2003–2005) - 1960's Italian
  • L'Ange Bleu (Blue Angel) (September 1999-2003) - Authentic French cuisine

Rumored (Did not happen)

  • Unnamed Broad Street Diner - located at old Broad Street Diner - No longer a plan due to environmental issues
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