Philadelphia records food-serving license for EMei Old City on Walnut Street

Overview

Updated 37 minutes ago

Philadelphia's business-license data now lists EMei Old City at 121-35 Walnut St under Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS). The record is dated Nov. 14, 2026, and is the first license in the dataset issued to this licensee.

A license record is one approval. It does not show that the business has every approval it needs, and it cannot establish whether EMei Old City is serving customers.

Why it matters

The record adds a 30-plus-seat food business to Philadelphia's license data; it does not show whether EMei Old City is serving customers.

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Key Indicators

1

Business-license records in this event

First license issued to this licensee in the city dataset.

30+

Minimum seats in license class

The license category is Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS).

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Organizations Involved

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EMei Old City

Food business

Listed in a city business-license record

A food business named EMei Old City is listed at 121-35 Walnut St in Philadelphia.

City of Philadelphia

Municipal government

Publishes business-license records

The city publishes business-license records through OpenDataPhilly.

Timeline

1 event Latest: Yesterday

November 2026
Food-serving license filed for EMei Old City
Latest License

City records list EMei Old City at 121-35 Walnut St under Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS), first issued to this licensee.
Yesterday

Scenarios

1

Additional city record for EMei Old City appears by November 2027

Possible Resolves by Nov 14, 2027

Discussed by: OpenDataPhilly business licenses and inspections datasets

The city publishes licenses and inspections as separate datasets. A later row for EMei Old City at 121-35 Walnut St could be a renewal, a new license, or an inspection. The current record does not schedule any of those.

2

No additional city record for EMei Old City appears by November 2027

Possible Resolves by Nov 14, 2027

Discussed by: OpenDataPhilly business licenses and inspections datasets

If the license dataset remains unchanged, this single record is the only public licensing entry for the business at this address. That would leave the license record as the sole public document, without a later renewal or inspection row.