High-rise hotel coming to the site of the former Midtown II diner in Center City

The 122 S.11th Street site once occupied by Midtown II Restaurant is set to become a 14-story hotel with ground-level restaurants.

Darryl C. Murphy

February 20, 2019

The Midtown II restaurant at 11th and Sansom streets. (Google Maps)

This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly.

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From greasy spoon to silver spoon. The site at 122 S.11th Street in Philadelphia once occupied by Midtown II Restaurant is set to become a 14-story, 86-room hotel with restaurants on the bottom two levels.

The iconic diner went up for sale in 2016 after more than 30 years of 24-hour service in Center City. It was one in a chain of four Midtown restaurants. The Midtown III at Rittenhouse Square is the last one left.

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Former owner Gus Hionas told news outlets in 2016 business took a dive after a Philadelphia Inquirer article reported health code violations at the restaurant.

The diner closed in June 2016 and was purchased the following December by Sansom Realty Holdings, LL for $3.85 million.

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