NYT: Crushed foodie dreams

A very sober outlook on opening and running your own restaurant in the New York Times is a solid read. Linda Lipsky of Broomall-based Linda Lipsky Restaurant Consultants, Inc. opens the story by talking about how when she taught a course called “So You Want to Open a Restaurant” at Temple her goal was to smash students’ dreams into a million little pieces.

But running a restaurant–especially living the Philly BYOB love dream–seems soOoOooo romantic, yes? Just a little place that’s all our own.

I’d love to hear from some crushed dreamers on how it went down for them in Philly.

R.I.P Blue Angel, Angelina’s, Felicia’s, Pasion, Cibucan, Opus 251, Adriatica, Rococo, Circa, Knave of Hearts, Minar Palace (c’mon now), and on and on.

Is there a conclusive list out there?