Though the furnishings will be taken away, a bit of Harry the K memorabilia will remain: The bar in the basement, which he dubbed Kalas Korner, contains stained glass with baseball-theme etchings.
Eileen Kalas plans to leave the area. She says she has bought a house in Delaware and plans later to move "out West."
She says that while she's beginning to cope with Harry's death, his golden retriever, Scout, didn't handle it very well. For two weeks before Kalas died on April 13, the dog "wouldn't leave his side," she says. After his death, Scout "wouldn't eat and wouldn't leave [Kalas'] suitcase alone." She says she had to give the dog to a family friend.
Oceanaire is belly-up
Oceanaire, the cavernous seafood restaurant on Washington Square, closed yesterday as the Minneapolis-based chain reorganizes under Chapter 11, throwing about 50 people out of work. Oceanaires in four other cities are gone, too. Philly's Oceanaire opened in late 2006 in a soaring-ceilinged, art-deco space in what was a PSFS building on the south side of Walnut between Seventh and Eighth.
Briefly noted
West Chester's Katie Cavuto Boyle reached the end of the line Sunday on The Next Food Network Star, where she was competing for her own six-episode TV series. Cavuto Boyle, 30, a personal chef/caterer who espouses healthful eating and "green" cuisine, had been in the bottom three for the last three weeks. By phone yesterday, she sounded just fine, pleased with her performance and the bounce that her five prime-time episodes gave to her business, Healthy Bites.
