Benny's Burger Joint Pulls Up Stakes in Collingswood

The lights are out, the room is empty of furniture, and the website is down.

Chef Alex Capasso couldn't be reached for comment, but the signifiers are all there: Benny's Burger Joint, the video-games-and-comfort-food eatery named for his son, has closed its doors for good after just five months.

A listing with Coldwell Banker is asking $125,000 for the business concept alone, which is described as turnkey, with a "great menu and concept which could easily be franchised."

Patric Ciervo of Main Street Realty, who owns the property, confirmed that Capasso is "out of that building," and that "the building itself is turnkey.

"The kitchen’s all set up," Ciervo said; "the hood, the stoves, freezer, walk-ins; a lot of pots and pans, but most of it’s there."

Ciervo said he is seeking to lease the space for $3,800 per month plus utilities, and that he expects to begin "aggressively marketing" the property.

Not counting Capasso's own Blackbird, which departed for a Rittenhouse Square location in Philadelphia, and West Side Gravy, which was shuttered to make room for Benny's Burger Joint, the establishment is the third Collingswood restaurant to close its doors for good in recent months.

Casona of Collingswood did so in October 2013, preceded in February of that year by its neighbor, Little Louie's BBQ.

Philadelphia Inquirer food blogger Michael Klein reported in November that Capasso expects to open his latest establishment, Crow and the Pitcher, this month.