SEPTA bus crashes into Monk's Cafe

Photo | Jonathan Tannenwald Photo | PhillyBreakingNews A little past 2 a.m. Tuesday morning, Monk's at 16th and Spruce was the site of a high-impact crash involving a SEPTA bus and what appears to be a Delaware River Port Authority vehicle. According to philly.com's Jonathan Tannenwald, the bus swerved off 16th and struck the south corner of the Monk's entrance, destroying the front of the bus and turning a good portion of the beer bar's facade to rubble. Official details on the cause of the accident have not yet surfaced, but unconfirmed Twitter chatter has it that the bus struck the DRPA vehicle (an SUV) before crashing into the bar. MyFoxPhilly.com stated that drivers of both vehicles in the crash have been hospitalized. We've reached out to Monk's co-owner Tom Peters to get the latest on the incident and will update as more info becomes available. UPDATE [11:15 a.m.]: We stopped by the scene this morning to get some fresh photos of the damage. (An orange municipal posting, dated today, instructs the building's owners to "make repairs.") Check out a slideshow after the jump. UPDATE [2:20 p.m.]: Peters just checked in with an update. He says a repair crew, along with a structural engineer, are clearing debris and building a buttress wall extending out from the dining room toward the site of the crash, on the south side of the structure. "The south wall of the hallway [leading into Monk's] was pressed up against the north wall, so there was no way to exit," says Peters, who was in the bar when the accident occurred. He, his staff and 11 guests evacuated the building through the kitchen in a matter of minutes after the crash, which happened a little before 2 a.m. As far as reopening goes, "Best-case scenario is Friday [August 13]," says Peters. "Worst-case scenario would be two weeks." UPDATE [13aug10]: Monk's has reopened for business. Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer var so = new SWFObject("http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf", "PictoBrowser", "500", "560", "8", "#FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("source", "sets"); so.addVariable("names", "Monk's Cafe Bus Crash [10aug10]"); so.addVariable("userName", "dlazor"); so.addVariable("userId", "16589864@N00"); so.addVariable("ids", "72157624695536094"); so.addVariable("titles", "off"); so.addVariable("displayNotes", "off"); so.addVariable("thumbAutoHide", "off"); so.addVariable("imageSize", "medium"); so.addVariable("vAlign", "mid"); so.addVariable("vertOffset", "0"); so.addVariable("colorHexVar", "FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("initialScale", "off"); so.addVariable("bgAlpha", "8"); so.write("PictoBrowser100816122924"); Foobooz » Continuing Coverage: SEPTA Bus Hits Monk’s Posted 2010-08-10 13:16:44

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SEPTA bus crashes into Monk's Cafe

POSTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 11:30 AM

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Photo | Jonathan Tannenwald

Photo | PhillyBreakingNews

A little past 2 a.m. Tuesday morning, Monk's at 16th and Spruce was the site of a high-impact crash involving a SEPTA bus and what appears to be a Delaware River Port Authority vehicle. According to philly.com's Jonathan Tannenwald, the bus swerved off 16th and struck the south corner of the Monk's entrance, destroying the front of the bus and turning a good portion of the beer bar's facade to rubble. Official details on the cause of the accident have not yet surfaced, but unconfirmed Twitter chatter has it that the bus struck the DRPA vehicle (an SUV) before crashing into the bar. MyFoxPhilly.com stated that drivers of both vehicles in the crash have been hospitalized. We've reached out to Monk's co-owner Tom Peters to get the latest on the incident and will update as more info becomes available. UPDATE [11:15 a.m.]: We stopped by the scene this morning to get some fresh photos of the damage. (An orange municipal posting, dated today, instructs the building's owners to "make repairs.") Check out a slideshow after the jump. UPDATE [2:20 p.m.]: Peters just checked in with an update. He says a repair crew, along with a structural engineer, are clearing debris and building a buttress wall extending out from the dining room toward the site of the crash, on the south side of the structure. "The south wall of the hallway [leading into Monk's] was pressed up against the north wall, so there was no way to exit," says Peters, who was in the bar when the accident occurred. He, his staff and 11 guests evacuated the building through the kitchen in a matter of minutes after the crash, which happened a little before 2 a.m. As far as reopening goes, "Best-case scenario is Friday [August 13]," says Peters. "Worst-case scenario would be two weeks." UPDATE [13aug10]: Monk's has reopened for business.

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Foobooz » Continuing Coverage: SEPTA Bus Hits Monk’s

Posted 2010-08-10 13:16:44

[...] Meal Ticket was on the scene earlier today with some more photos of the damage. [...]

Ted Hesson

Posted 2010-08-10 12:41:56

Monk's has had a run of bad luck, huh? Great mussels though

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Scooter

Posted 2010-08-10 12:07:17

Pretty sure the LCB will blame Monk's for this and issue some serious fines.

Monk’s will reopen tomorrow, August 14th, at 5 p.m. :: Meal Ticket :: Food Blog :: Philadelphia City Paper

Posted 2010-08-13 13:53:09

[...] Cafe, site of a bizarre SEPTA accident Tuesday morning, will reopen tomorrow at 5pm, according to owner Tom Peters. Since the damage was [...]

Charlie Street

Posted 2010-08-11 17:04:09

I called TONY SHALHOUB  "Detective Adrian Monk" is on the investigation.

Stone Harbor

Posted 2010-08-11 15:03:45

That is some bad luck!

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