I knew a couple of friends from school who were in Philadelphia, and it seemed like a very interesting place to live.
But I went to college in Boston, and realized I liked the East Coast. My mom and my dad were both raised there. I'm originally from Hawaii - my ancestors were part of the wave of immigrants in the mid- to late-19th century who came over as contract laborers from Portugal. His greatest hope is that the bar will continue to evolve while solidifying its place as a South Street icon. He enjoys welcoming a wide variety of communities to the place he considers his second home, and loves even more when people contribute art or ideas that help make it their own. Now 53, he hardly considers running the bar to be work, something made obvious by how often he grinned during a recent interview about the last two decades. The pair found a vacant space on the 500 block of South Street - most recently a French bistro called Adrienne's - and set about transforming into an fun, eclectic lounge. Instead, she pursuaded her bar manager/music producer, Robert Perry, to go in on the deal. Her Sugar Mom's business partner, Joey Maritato, wasn't interested in another Philly venture, since he was about to cash out of both that and Silk City and leave for New York City. Hughes decided that it was worth porting the vibe to a second, more prominent sister location. The below-ground hideaway's zany decor (filled with artifacts from her family's Williams Grove Amusement Park) and creative menu (filled with then-exotic items like falafel and craft beer) pulled in diverse crowds from the beginning. When she launched Tattooed Mom on South Street 18 years ago, Kathy "Mom" Hughes already had a hit with Sugar Mom's, which had opened in Old City in 1993. Street artists add regular updates to the colorful second-floor walls, creating a backdrop appreciated by the tech-geek groups that often host events there. A posse of extreme sports athletes is just as likely to be sipping drinks at the sparkly gold counter as are members of a hard-core punk band. Skateboarders hang out behind the hand-painted circus facade, and poetry clubs gather on the dining room's eclectic couches.
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The Spot is a series about the Philadelphia area's more established establishments and the people behind them.
We always hear about the shiny, new food companies.
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