Archive for January, 2007

Just in time for your BYOB needs during Restaurant Week, Moore Brothers Wine Company comes up big with their post holiday 10% off everything sale. The sale runs from January 26th to February 5th at all three locations, New York, Pennsauken and Wilmington.

Moore Brothers [Official Site]

Drew Lazor heads to Chester to check out Philadelphia Magazine’s Philly Cooks! extravaganza. And after 20 plates he can tell us that “some of the food was really crappy. For every great dish, there was a salty stew, flavorless prime rib sandwich or terrifying gnocchi-on-a-toothpick waiting to suckerpunch my palate back into Arghsville.”

But there were some winners:
Positano Coast by Aldo Lamberti’s Crudo Skewer over Prosecco won Best Seafood Dish.
Brasserie Perrier’s veal cheek with goat cheese torellini got Best Meat Dish.
Valanni’s Oreo beignet received best dessert honors.

Philly Cooks! [City Paper]

Playboy assembles a crack panel of 14 beer experts to come up with the 10 best microbrews in America. Two local beers crack the top ten, Victory Pils at number two and Tr�egs Tr�egenator Double Bock in at number seven.

The whole list after the jump.

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Well we’re still recommending heading to Good Dog for half-priced can night. It doesn’t hurt that some of the fabulous members of In Pursuit of Ale, the women’s beer club will be there tonight.

For some other stick to your rib goodness tonight head to Tattooed Mom’s for 25 cent pierogies.

Philebrity reports eight bars have received their exemptions from the smoking ban. Frankly we’re surprised Delilah’s received theirs so quickly. We expected that Delilah’s would require more field studies by city health department employees.

The rest of the list.

• 32 Degrees Luxe Lounge, 16 S. 2nd St
• BJ Lounge, 4027 Lancaster Ave
• Bottoms Up Bar, 4659-4661 N. 5th St
• Delialah�s Den, 100 Spring Garden St
• Fire Fighters Home Assn, 415-427 N. 5th St
• Friendly Bar, 1039 S. 8th St.
• Philadelphia Club, 1301 Walnut St
• Tonic on Main, 4421 Main St

Readers Write: 32 Degrees Ushers In The Age Of Exemption [Philebrity]

UWISHUNU has certainly made a splashy entrance onto Philadelphia’s blog scene and they’ve given some good suggestions in food and drink.

Here are some of the best of the last week.

• Best Veggie Burrito for a Day You Miss Lunch – La Lupe in the Italian Market.

They Put the Cake in Crab Cake – Rittenhouse Square’s Devon Seafood Grill.

• Fluffy Not Stuffy: Darling�s Coffee Shop and Cheesecake – Darling’s Coffee Shop at 404 S 20th Street.
• It�s Easy to Love E�s – E’s, East Passyunk’s newest cafe.
• Let�s Fill Those Tables ASAP – South Street’s Crescent City

City Paper is looking for some food writers.

Attention Foodies:

Do you keep your finger on the pulse of the Philadelphia restaurant
scene? Grocery shop in tiny bodegas? Find yourself talking to the
locals about the best hole-in-the-wall food finds?

Is there anything you won’t eat? Anyone you won’t grill? Anywhere you
wouldn’t go for an amazing, never-before-told food story?

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Save the dates for the 2nd Annual Atlantic City Beer Festival. The Festival will be March 10th and 11th at the Atlantic City Convention Center.

The 2007 Atlantic City beer festival will host over 200 beers from around the globe, live music and entertainment, beer merchandise, games, prizes and over 200 beers. In 2006 the Beer Festival saw over 6000 attendees for 2007 we estimate that over 10,000 people will pass through the Atlantic City Convention center doors to enjoy the sweet nectar we all know and love as beer. With over 80,000 sqaure feet of show space the Atlantic City Beer Festival is quickly becoming one of the east coasts favorite beer events. Don�t forget to get your tickets early and we�ll see you there.

2007 Atlantic City Beer Festival [Official Site]

Swanky Bubbles is going to save lots of people bridge fare. The former Olive Restaurant in Cherry Hill is being transformed into a Swanky Bubbles, similar to the Old City original. [Savor This, Courier Post]

Also in Jersey, save the date. South Jersey Restaurant Week takes place from March 11th to 16th. [SJ Hot chefs]

Another restaurant is coming to Passyunk East. This one at 1600 S 1tth St. Chiarella’s Ristorante will be the name, and if the name sounds familiar, it�s the same family and name as a Wildwood bistro and a now-closed South Philly pizzeria. [Blogalicious]

A second location of College Pizza has been shelved for UPenn. College Pizza is concentrating on their recently opened spot at Strikes bowling alley. [Daily Pennsylvanian]

If you thought you saw more Sly Fox in 2006 than you ever had before, your eyes weren�t deceiving you, production was up, 94.3% to be exact. The Phoenixville/Royersford brewery also released twelve new packaged products. There will not be as many new products in 2007 but one you can expect to see is Sly Fox�s Royal Weisse which will be available in cans this Spring. [Sly Fox Beer]

And speaking of craft beer in cans. If you haven’t tried Sly Fox in the can, well we can’t blame you. We prefer drinking at bars. Ha! We crack ourselves up. Well tonight Sly Fox and all other cans are half-priced at Good Dog.

Pinot is a new shop in Old City selling wine gifts and accessories for oenophiles. So from $7 corkscrews to $95 wine glasses Pinot has you covered.

Sip Code [Philadelphia Weekly]