Less than a month after the City of Philadelphia shut down the popular Philadium sports bar in South Philadelphia over back taxes, the owners have put the bricks up for sale.
But Michael Angelina of Berkshire Hathaway-Society Hill, who represents the owners, said he is trying to get the tax issues resolved and the bar reopened - part of the logic being that it is easier to sell a business that is operating.
The asking price is $2 million for a three-property package including the bar (1631 Packer Ave.), office space (at 1629), and rowhouse with parking (at 1627).
The listing describes the Philadium as "a fully equipped turnkey operation consisting of 30 bar seats & a 54-seat dining room" and advises that the three properties must be purchased together because they share a basement.
The bar got a candy-stripe notice on the door on March 31. The city Revenue Department says the bar owed nearly $19,000 in taxes, penalty, and interest dating back to 2011, when the first liens were applied.
The properties are not scheduled for sheriff's sale, according to city records. Angelina declined to make anyone from the ownership group - 1632 Packer Inc. - available for comment.