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The Little Palace restaurant located at 240 S. Fourth Street has been recently sold to the owners of The Rossi & Club 185, who plan on revamping and relaunching the restaurant under the same name. “We hope to have it reopened within a month”, said Tina Corbin, one of the business partners involved with the project. “The restaurant has a lot of charm and character as is, so we’ll only be doing a few cosmetic changes and cleanup and no major construction.”
The restaurant has been a Downtown staple for decades, and the new owners want to preserve the name of the business while revamping the menu and atmosphere.
“We’re keeping the name because the neon sign is awesome,” said Tina. “It’s a recognizable name Downtown.”
The new menu will focus on signature pizzas, burgers, and other specialty entrees. The dishes will vary enough from the offerings at Club 185 and The Rossi to keep competition between the three businesses minimal.
“We plan on offering the same menu all day for lunch and dinner, and keeping the kitchen open late,” added Tina. “We’ll be open 7 days a week for both food and drinks.”
The revamped restaurant aims to serve a similar casual audience with their atmosphere and their price ranges. “We want Little Palace to feel like a neighborhood gathering place, similar to Club 185,” said Tina. “It’s similar in size, we’ll have a similar $5-$15 price range, and we’re thinking about adding a pool table too.”
Dirty Frank’s Hot Dog Palace opened next door at 248 S. Fourth last July, and has been part of the catalyst in the relaunching of Little Palace. “We’ve been interested in this area for awhile, and were waiting to see what would happen with Dirty Frank’s,” said Tina.”We’re glad to see their success, and I think we can be a great compliment to them. We think that the two of us will be able to help each other.”
Construction is already under way at Little Palace to meet their one-month reopening target date, but no official grand opening date has been announced yet. Stay tuned for more updates on the reopening.
Now the real question is hours, open past 6pm?
“We plan on offering the same menu all day for lunch and dinner, and keeping the kitchen open late,†added Tina. “We’ll be open 7 days a week for both food and drinks.â€Â
Sounds like a good start!
The one month re-open date sounds very optimistic. I recall when Dirty Franks began the renovations process it went from a couple of months to well over a year +. I wish them the best though!
In talking to Tina on the phone this morning, it sounds as if their hours aren’t 100% set in stone as of yet, but I’d say that them being open past 6pm is a sure thing as she said they’ll be open not only for dinner, but also keeping their kitchen open late into the night. They do have a full liquor license, FWIW. Generally, the establishments that have one are willing to stay open late Downtown while the ones that don’t have a liquor license, don’t.
I would guess they’d keep hours similar to Dirty Frank’s, but that’s just speculation on my part. From what Tina said, it sounds like they’re willing to experiment with their hours to see what the public is willing to support.
Can’t wait to see them open! :D
We are so excited for them to open! Yay and welcome!
Looks like things are looking up for Fourth!!
I can see a nice synergy emerging there.
(just wanted to use “synergy.”
Sounds like they cut the breakfast and early hours – is that right? Shame on me for not getting down there to review the breakfast.
But this is good news for the neighborhood!
great! that little section of downtown around main and fourth has a lot of potential with all the buildings still there. glad to see someone movin in!
Great to have a lunch option in the area… but I hope the menu is varied and imaginative with some healthful options.
This is fantastic news. Hurray for our little strip of 4th Street.
Now if someone would just come look at and consider the building (246 s. 4th) between Dirty Franks Hot Dog Palace and The Little Palace with a 1200 sf storefront and two floors of potential living space, we’d begin to fill in nicely.
It’s listed at $279K but also scheduled for Sheriff sale on 02-12-2010 where bidding would start at approx $158,400.
every time i go to DF i keep thinking it’s only a matter of time before someone buys/rents the spaces on either sides..seems like Liz and her awesome restaurants have been great catalysts, hopefully this area will follow that trend and we’ll get some more awesome local restaurants and or retail shops, no more bail bonds please! :)
Wow pretty shaking news.
While I’m happy that we have new energy coming, I can’t be but a little sad that our friends the Harachis’ won’t be running it anymore. They’ve been my neighbors practically my whole life, Big john always loved to tell me stories about my grandfather helping him with plumbing problems.
I forgot to add I wish the Corbins the best of luck and welcome to the neighborhood!
I’ve got a mixed reaction. I’m glad there will be something with the same name in the same place. And the old Little Palace certainly needed cleaning up. But I’m certain the new place will have a very different feel. Perhaps it will be retro. The old Little Palace was not retro — it was timeless. It was one of the last of the original neighborhood bar/restaurants. Spiro’s is gone. State & Fourth Grill is gone. Mellman’s is gone. The only comparable place left is the Dube. It changed hands and changed personality a bit, but is still a quirky, one-of-a-kind, independently owned joint.
Awesome! Now we need a little dim sum place and my dreams will all come true!
I second the dim sum place idea.
Can you hang in there with a bit of good Greek food, too? It’s tradition… ;o) Maybe have specials on retsina wine at times?
Like their other places, is Bill Hugus putting some lipstick on this joint?
Hope this will mean more good news for this stretch of 4th and neighboring E Main. Maybe they can even get some of 4th converted to a two-way or at least calmed a bit, since they’ll basically be single-handedly bringing in all parking meter revenue here. Look forward to checking out the late-night Little Palace.
Looking forward to another lunch spot within easy walking distance. Man, I hope they bring their burger and fries from Club 185.
It has been over a month and whenever I pass by it’s still dark inside…