Tacodelphia proprietor to open Wildwood restaurant at previous Backfin locale

The proprietor of common Philadelphia taco joint Tacodelphia shortly will open up a Mediterranean idea at the Jersey Shore, getting more than the location of the shuttered Backfin Blues Bar & Grill in Wildwood.

Serious estate agent and restaurateur Florian Furxhiu will open Santorini in April at 517 West Rio Grande Ave., in accordance to Vantage Commercial and the Wild Around Wildwoods weblog.

“Furxhiu options to generate a wonderful eating expertise, total with a rooftop bay look at, at the previous Backfin Blues Bar and Grill spot,” Vantage claimed in a news release.

Furxhiu, an Albanian immigrant, very first opened Unlawful Tacos on North Broad Street in Philadelphia in late 2017, riffing on the tense political climate all over the time former President Donald Trump took office. The identify of the small business prompted many protests and a Improve.org petition that led Furxhiu to pivot to Tacodelphia.

The strategic area of Santorini in Wildwood will get advantage of the ongoing Rio Grande Entrance Enhancement Job, which has enhanced flood management infrastructure alongside the heavily trafficked thoroughfare.

Backfin Blues Bar & Grill opened at the locale in the summer season of 2016, offering an upscale casual dining atmosphere with dwell amusement at night time. The restaurant shut at the commencing of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not yet crystal clear whether or not Santorini will just take more than Backfin’s liquor license. A symbol on the Facebook web site for the forthcoming restaurant provides it as a BYOB.

Santorini’s menu is expected to function authentic Greek and Italian dishes with domestically sourced components.