MICHAEL BRYANT / Philly.com Staff Photographer, file Little
Pete’s on the corner of 17th and Chancellor in Center City. Owner Pete
Koutroubas​ said the restaurant would be closing in 9 months, at the end
of August.

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I moved to Philly 15 years ago this week. It’s not an anniversary I
mark, but I thought about it the other day while sitting in Little
Pete’s, talking with owner John Koutroubas. I had stopped in when I
heard the news. Final notice had come: out by Aug. 31, the iconic Center
City diner to be replaced by a boutique hotel to match the one across
the street.

“It took a part of my heart away,” John said.

(via Philly.com – Newall: A search for city places that are gone)