The Corner Market in downtown Wilmington is not reopening according to an answering machine message. (I left a message to get more details, but no one has called me back.)
The market at 901 King St. was opened in March 2004 by former Restaurant 821 owner/chef Tobias Lawry. It had a lot of promise. Read the then press release from the City of Wilmington which was brimming with excitement.
(Now, Monday morning quarterbacks, try not to laugh when you get to the part about the Corner Market being "the most recent addition to the continuing downtown renaissance.")
Lawry departed Delaware in Dec. 2004 and moved to Laguna Beach, Calif. At the time, Lawry said he was keeping some interest in the market, but was leaving the daily operations to two partners. Not sure if he was still involved in anyway.
Lawry is now, apparently, out of the restaurant industry. Last time I checked (May 2007), he was selling commercial real estate.
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