Ralph's Italian Restaurant Manager Ryan Rubino sat around idly for two decades while ownership changed hands at nearby 767 S. Ninth St., which was most recently neighborhood pub The Wishing Well. This time around, when the bar shuttered in October, sitting idly by didn't feel like an option.

"As soon as that [space] opened up, I thought, 'Could I really see someone else operating there without being jealous?' Because it's just across the street," Rubino told PhillyVoice. "So while running a restaurant is never going to be an easy prospect, running one across the street from your home base is probably an easier start for us than could be anywhere else."

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