Well, I guess summer is over, at least in Stephen Starr’s book: The Press Of Atlantic City is reporting that on the very day after Labor Day, Starr has announced that he’s officially detaching from his two restaurants in The Chelsea, the boutique hotel opened up last summer by Curtis Bashaw. Teplitzky’s and Chelsea Prime will stay on at The Chelsea, helmed by Executive Chef Thomas von Muenster and Chelsea Prime Executive Chef Jason Hanin, says the report, but Starr won’t. Which is interesting: Between this move and his ongoing lawsuit, seeking to pull the plug on Buddakan and The Continental at Caesars, is Starr looking to pull out of Atlantic City entirely? Or is he just clearing some room on his plate to go solo down the shore? Time will tell. As for The Chelsea, you could say that they’ve lost the feather in their cap, but then again, there’s always Arthur Kade.







