Philadelphia issues food service license to El Sabor Catracho at S 9th Street
Rule Changes Philadelphia, PA localThe Honduran-Mexican restaurant's corporate licensee received its first food-preparing-and-serving license for the address
Overview
El Sabor Catracho Restaurant Inc received a City of Philadelphia business license for food preparing and serving at 1165 S 9th St on September 22, 2026. The record lists it as the first such license issued to this licensee for that address.
El Sabor Catracho is not a new restaurant: delivery and review listings already show it serving Honduran and Salvadoran food at this address. The record shows a license first issued to this company; it does not say why a new license was needed.
Why it matters
A Philadelphia restaurant must hold a food preparing and serving license to serve customers; this record marks one of those required approvals.
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Organizations Involved
The corporate licensee named on the September 22, 2026 city license.
The city agency that issues and records business licenses for food preparing and serving.
Timeline
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City issues food service license to El Sabor Catracho
Latest LicensingCity issues food service license to El Sabor Catracho at 1165 S 9th St.
Scenarios
El Sabor Catracho begins serving at 1165 S 9th St
Discussed by: Readers tracking Philadelphia license records via the city's open data portal
The corporate licensee completes the remaining steps needed to serve food and opens at the S 9th St address. Evidence would be the restaurant's website or social media listing 1165 S 9th St as an active location.
License stays unused; restaurant remains at 7th Street
Discussed by: El Sabor Catracho website, which lists 2201 S 7th St as its current address
The S 9th St license lapses or stays inactive while the restaurant continues at its listed 2201 S 7th St address. No public record shows food service at 1165 S 9th St.
License amended or superseded by new filings
Discussed by: City of Philadelphia open data record updates
Follow-up filings change the picture: the license is amended, the address changes, or ownership transfers. New records would supersede the September 22 license.