Archive for the 'Food' Category

 Center City Sips comes but once a week. Enjoy these happy hour deals the rest of the time.

For more of these types of deals check out our recession specials.

Sip every day this week [Metro Philadelphia]

WIP’s Great Hoagie Hunt concluded Saturday with celebrity judges agreeing with host Glen Macnow and annointing Paesano’s hoagie the best in the area.

The People’s Choice award went to Primo’s Hoagies.

Great Hoagie Hunt judges declare winner [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Paesano’s [Official Site]

Valanni’s Forks & Corks Series continues this evening with a Sangria & Small Plates Dinner. It’s a four-course dinner of small plates, each paired with a seasonal sangria. There is a 6pm and 8:30 seating and dinner is $45 per person.

Valanni Events [Official Site]

Friday

Make it a Northrn Liberties kind of night. Then hit up Paesano’s late night for a delectable sandwich.

Saturday

There aren’t many times we recommend going to Fox & Hound on this site. Fewer still, when we recommend the F&H in King of Prussia. But today is one of those times. WIP’s Glen Macnow is hosting his “Hoagie Hunt” finals starting at 10am. A panel of celebrity judges including former Temple coach John Chaney will vote on their favorite Italian hoagie. The event is free to the public and you can vote on the “Listeners Choice” award.

Sunday

Meet Katie Cavuto at the Sidecar Sunday evening where she’ll be watching herself on the big screen in the Next Food Network Star.

Rick Nichols had his nose pressed against the glass as he waited for the third generation of Minks to open this latest version of the Oyster House.

By 4:55 p.m., Sam Mink, at 33 the latest family member to run the haunt, had final words for the servers: Please, he implored, keep refilling the big goblets of oyster crackers; and mind the horseradish pots, too.

No spotlights swept the wet sky. No evidence of an event planner was in sight. Sam’s father, David, in a maroon polo shirt, swept off the front doormat with a hand broom.

This was the softest of soft openings. But old customers had no trouble sniffing it out.

Happy hour starts next week. It’ll run Monday through Friday, 5 to 7 pm. One of the oyster varieties will be $1 a piece and all wine, sparkling and otherwise will be $5. Draft beers will be $3.

New Gold Standard Cafe at 48th and Baltimore was attacked last week by vandals who splashed the storefront with paint and anti-gentrification graffiti.

There’s always been an element that talks about gentrification,” explained [University City District's Baltimore Avenue Corridor Manager, Joe] McNulty, adding that while he feels it’s a worthwhile conversation, it’s one which needs to be handled through discussion, not acts of civil disobedience. ”We need to try to find a peaceful format,” he emphasized. As for the question of why the Gold Standard Cafe was targeted, McNulty is just as puzzled as the cafe’s owners, noting that Roger [Harman] and Vincent [Whittacre] have been members of the community “for years” and that their cafe “has one of the most diverse clienteles” in the area. 

Gold Standard attacked by paint ball Christmas ornaments [University City Review]
The Gold Standard Cafe [Official Site]

We here at the Foobooz World Headquarters think “succulent” is a great word. So we were excited to see the following subject line in our inbox this morning, “New Succulents at Verde Philadelphia.” We eagerly clicked with thoughts of chocolate delights dancing through our heads. So we were dissapointed that the succulents being discussed were plants not some food based juiciness.

But a quick spin of the mouse wheel and our spirits were buoyed by the following paragraph:

NEW from Marcie Blaine Artisinal Chocolates!

Fresh strawberry’s from Lancaster County are the inspiration for the newest addition to Marcie Blaine Artisinal Chocolates. White chocolate ganache enrobed in 64% dark chocolate completes this mouth watering combination that is a must try.

Succulent.

Verde Philadelphia [Official Site]

We didn’t know there was a Paesano’s adds late night hours dance but then again, until a moment ago we didn’t know Paesano’s was indeed adding late night hours.

This is going to make not finding a cab outside Johnny Brenda’s at 2am a lot easier to deal with!

Update: Paesano’s has been getting deluged with business since  being named best hoagie by WIP so they are not going to be doing late night hours for awhile.

Game Changer: Paesano’s Adding Late Night Summer Hours, Northern Liberties To Finally Have Worthy Post-Last-Call Eats [The Illadelph]
Paesano’s [Official Site]

The description of this Bistro 7 burger has us drooling. Too bad we have to wait until Sunday.

Sunday Burger Nights!
Grass-Fed Beef Burger with Amish Cheddar, Housemade Bacon and Duckfat Fries 

Bistro 7 [Official Site]

Today’s Daily Candy breaks down cafes into more categories than Goldilocks. Which one is just right for you?

Cafe Society [Daily Candy]