Center City Philadelphia nightlife impresario Teddy Sourias says he will preserve Blavat’s rocking spirit at the legendary nightclub — while also giving it more of a Jersey Shore vibe.
Memories in Margate — the legendary Jersey Shore nightclub owned by Philly DJ Jerry Blavat, who died last year
Memories is expected to reopen before Memorial Day with its musical spirit preserved but some cosmetic changes, said Sourias, president of Craft Concepts Group, whose Center City Philadelphia properties include Finn McCool’s, Tradesman’s, Uptown Beer Garden, BRU, U-Bahn, and the forthcoming Mona, a posh Mediterranean restaurant at 1308-10 Chestnut St.Memories opened more than 50 years ago in a low-slung, blue-trimmed building across Amherst Avenue from the bay.
He said the prospect of owning a Shore nightspot was always appealing, “even though I always said the Shore was my escape place. The idea of something popular and famous like Memories is just — whoOne challenge, he said, is that “I usually open my own places from scratch,” other than his first bar, Finn McCool’s in Washington Square West — which he took over with his father, Peter, in 2005, about a year and a half after its opening.
and chose their own music to spin. His playlist leaned toward R&B made in Philadelphia, which was heavily shaped by soul music.
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