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Keith Wallace, owner of the Philadelphia Wine School and Jason and Delphine Evenchick of Time and Vintage have joined up to create the Center City Wine School. The Wine School will be hosted at Time and will teach some of the same classes the Philadelphia Wine School is known for.

Philadelphia Wine School [Official Site]
Time [Official Site]

Friday

If folk music is your thing Fishtown’s your place tonight as the Beer Lass lets us know that three of Philadelphia’s “most alluring” folk acts are performing at 2424 Sudios. Oh and there will also be complimentary Sly Fox.

Saturday

It’s Philly Oktoberfest 2009 at the Armory. There are two sessions and a plethora of German beers.

It’s also Talk Like A Pirate Day and Rum Bar is celebrating like they should with $3 Captain Morgans and $2 Rum Barrel Lagers. Also celebrating TLaPD is the Grey Lodge where they’re celebrating the international holiday with Belgian Strong Ales. The Grey Lodge makes the dubious claim pirates love Begian beers.

Sunday

Tria’s Sunday School is always a good idea. Enjoy a beer, wine and cheese for 50% off. That they’re pouring Lost Abbey 10 Commandments for just $3.50 for a 13oz draft just makes it better.

Perhaps former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf consulted Craig LaBan’s out-of-the-way alfresco column when he chose to dine outdoors at Savona on Tuesday. Or perhaps he just really likes the creme brulee. After all, Dan Gross tells us it is his favorite dessert.

Musharraf dines at Savona [Daily News]
Out-of-the-way alfresco [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Flying Fish’s Exit Series, which has taken us from Exit 4 to Exit 11 now heads south to Exit 1. The beers are inspired by each exit of the Turnpike. Exit 1 will be an Export Oyster Stout with Jersey Bayshore oysters. Look for it in early November.

Flying Fish [Twitter]

The A Full Plate Rib Cook-Off was a great success Saturday with more than 600 people showing up behind the Piazza at Schmidt’s for all types of barbecue.

We judged the blind tasting in the professional ribs category where Tower Investments came out on top. They had a gentleman sporting cowboy boots and hat as part of their team, always a good sign when it came to barbecue.

It’s impressive how good the “amateurs” are at these competitions. They are true barbecue enthusiasts, worthy of praise.

We also decided we are quite the fans of Root liqueur and Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer.

Check out the full list of winners at Foodaphilia.

2009 Rib Cook-Off Recap [Foodaphilia]

New York Magazine makes a Philadelphia beer run hitting on most the must-see beer spots in town visiting a lot of other spots too:

• Swann Lounge (Victory Hop Devil)
• Belgian Cafe
• Bishop’s Collar
• Tavern 17
• Ristorante Panorama (Troegs Rugged Trail)
  
• Beneluxx Tasting Room
• Foodery
• Lolita
• Verde (Fleur de Leghigh truffles)
  
• SquareBurger
• The Khyber
• Eulogy
• Triump Brewing Co.
• Monk’s (Russian River Pliny the Elder, Damnation, Blind Pig)
• Tria Fermentation School
• Night Kitchen Bakery

Make a Craft-Beer Run to Philadelphia [New York Magazine]

It’s a Ballast Point Happy Hour at the Khyber featuring the San Diego brewery’s highly sought after Sculpin IPA.

Or you could stay home and catch Jose Garces kicking Bobby Flay’s butt on Iron Chef America at 8 tonight.

The kickoff of the NFL season is upon us as the Steelers and Titans face off this evening. Oddly there isn’t a football special to be seen in Philadelphia Weekly or City Paper this week. But hey,that’s why there’s the Internet!

Here’s what we know that’s going on:

Tonight, Jose Pistola’s is kicking off the NFL season with Troegs Brewing Co. There will be a firkin of Nugget Nectar, Dead Reckoning Porter and even a keg of Mad Elf for the night.

Also on each Sunday during the NFL season Jose’s will be offering, $3 Sly Fox Pils and Pale Ale cans plus $3 Ithaca Apricot Wheat. They’re also introducing the “Surf & Turf Bloody Mary.” A be a gourmet hot dog, wing and breakfast taco menu will round out the offerings.

Misconduct Tavern is doing an NFL Club this season. Join the club for $30 and you are entitled to a special menu of apps, sandwiches and beer packages at a special price of $25. For instance you could get balsamic glazed ribs, Misconduct Chicken Cheesesteak and 4 pints of Kenzinger. You do more that two weeks and you’ll be ahead. Not a terrible way to build up some loyalty. And of course the menu will change so you won’t get bored.

Bridgid’s has a Longtrail Brewmaster Promo tonight. They’ve got Imperial Porter, Belgian White, Coffee Stout and Double IPAs for just $4.

Update: The Piazza at Schmidt’s is throwing a big party for the Eagles/Carolina game. It starts at 11am when Vino kicks off its $15 sandwich and drink deal. The game will be televised on the big screen in the Piazza and you can even rent a cabana for you and up to 10 friends. After the game ends, ?uestlove will be DJ-ing the last of the season’s Sundae parties.

Professional photographer Christopher Gabello (once followed me around all night) and George Anni are collaborating on a pin-up girl calendar inpired by artist Alberto Vargas for Anni’s Varga Bar. Jessica has already made the calendar as Miss January but their still casting for the rest of the months.

Interested women should e-mail two photos and three sentences about why they want to be a Varga Girl to makemeavargagirl@gmail.com by October 31st.

Become a Varga Calendar Girl! [The Restaurant Club]

We hope your Comcast DVR isn’t displaying the errors ours was last night. We’ve got competing food  shows with Philadelphia angles tonight.

On the Food Network Dinner Impossible takes over the Bourse food court giving them 8 hours to open 7 restaurants and 7 different cuisines.

And of course, over on Bravo, it’s the latest Top Chef: Las Vegas. Tonight Daniel Boulud is the guest judge and snails are what is stressing Jennifer Carroll and her fellow contestants.