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"Located in the building that formerly housed the Coquette sister restaurant Thalia, I note that Thalia was opened by Michael Stoltzfus with ex-partner Kristen Essig in August 2019; Essig led the kitchen alongside Ana Castro, Coquette’s former sous chef. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Thalia shifted to selling takeout family meals, hosting farmers market pop-ups, and serving as a produce box pickup point for local farm vendors, and it quietly ceased operations over the summer, with its last Instagram post advertising a family meal on July 24, 2020." - Clair Lorell