Every Thursday, Dawson Street Pub is featuring a tasting of beer and cheese paired together. Prices are typically $12 to $15 per tasting. Lew Bryson has the details from last week’s pairings.

Tonight at National Mechanics is the last of Philebrity’s Grog parties. From 5 to 8pm there will be hot, delicious grog and “earthy tunes.”

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We love ourselves some Asian dumplings and tonight Kong is offering 10 varieties for 50 cents a piece.

Check out all the varieties after the jump.

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We’re updating our popular Recession Specials feature. We’ve added wallet saving deals like Xochitl’s half-priced “staff meal.” For the next several days we’ll be rolling out each day’s specials. If you’ve got some suggestions of your own, please add them to the comments. In a week we’ll compile the additions and roll them all into Recession Specials 2.0.

Note, the requirements are these deals include a food component, this is not a drinking guide (not that there’s anything wrong with that, we’re just trying to keep it focused).

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Every Thursday Bar Ferdinand features a $35.00 tasting menu built for two people to share.

Here’s tonight’s menu:

• Root Vegetable Soup (potato, turnip, leek)
• Mezze Plate: Crab stuffed Piquillo Peppers
  Bacalao Croquettes
  White Bean Cabrales Salad
• Jamon wrapped Pocono Trout w/ Asparagus and Lemon Caper Sauce.
• Local Venison w/ Local Heirloom Apple Sauce & Parsnip Chips
• Chicken Breast w/ Confit Potatoes, Wilted Spinach & Brown Butter Mustard Sauce.
• Homemade Coffee Sorbet
• Heirloom Apple Tart w/ Alahambra Dark Lager Ice Cream and Caramal Sauce.

Bar Ferdinand [Official Site]

Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse has a special deal for Thursdays. From 5 to 9pm they are offering $5 bar bites, $4 Stella Artois and $6 glasses of red and white wines.

Among the bites:

• Filet Mignon Tips with chateau potatoes
• Pesto Crusted Salmon with a spring mix in balsamic reduction
• Cheesesteak Dumplings with spicy ketchup
• Steak Quesadillas
• Vegetable Quesadillas
• Wild Mushroom Gnocchi served with white truffle oil and Parmesan dust

Deal of the Day: Del Frisco’s Thursday VIP Happy Hour [UWISHUNU]
Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House [Official Site]

It’s Thursday and that means Meme is serving lunch and David Katz is cooking up his fried chicken deal for $11. Craig LaBan recently took it in.

Not surprisingly, like any serious cook, the opinionated Katz has his own thoughts on what makes great fried chicken. He fries only legs and thighs (”I don’t mess around with breasts, it’s the worst piece on the bird. Dark meat, baby!”) He cooks his chicken in batches slightly in advance of service, rather than piping hot to order (”it has to sit a while before you eat it, or it’s just too hot and the flavors haven’t settled down.”) He prefers to fry yellow-skinned birds rather than the white-skinned breed he roasts whole at dinner (”the yellows have more fat, which helps give skin a little more pliable integrity – it doesn’t shatter.”) 

 Meme fries up a memorable bird [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Meet up with City Paper’s new Moveable Feast Happy Hour as they kick off the fun across the street from their offices at Eulogy. There will be complimenatary appetizers and Belgian beer specials from 5 to 7 pm. [Meal Ticket]

Then keep it Belgian and head to Fairmount where Bridgid’s is tasting Duvel Green and Ommegang Chocolat indulgence. Kegs tap at 9pm.

Chifa kicks off their Thursday lounge nights tonight with a jazz trio and late night hapy hour. Kitchen stays open till midnight.

The fun kicks off at 10pm.

The Lounge at Chifa [Facebook]

Johnny Goodtimes kicks off a new Quizzo tonight at the Ugly American. The fun gets underway at 7:30pm at Front and Federal.

Every Wednesday and Thursday Copper Bistro in Northern Liberties is offering a three-course prix fixe deal.Choose from selected appetizers, salads and soups. Then add any entree and salad for $30.

Copper Bistro [Official Site]
$30 Prix Fixe [NLiberties]