Archive for the 'Food' Category

We’ve been hearing good things about the $5 paninis on Tuesday nights at Chick’s Cafe. Why not chow down on one of them.

And then of course your humble Foobooz editor will substituting for Johnny Goodtimes and will be hosting quizzo at O’Neals and the Bards.

Philadelphia Magazine ranks the 35 Best Steakhouses in the area and Barclay Prime as well as Capital Grille come out on top with 5 star ratings.

Let Them Eat Steak [Philadelphia Magazine]

Friday

You didn’t work, you’re in town, hit up a happy hour. Tria Washington Square West hasn’t gotten rid of all their Christmas beers so they are still offering tasting specials at special prices.

Saturday

Speaking of Christmas beers, Don Russell is hosting a Christmas Beer Festival at the UPenn Museum.

Sunday

You’ve exceeded your budget and polished off the leftovers. What to do? Quick, back to the Recession Guide for one of the great Sunday deals.

We hope you all enjoy the holidays, have lots of great food and cheer, and no matter what, don’t eat a three decker saurkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce.

We’ll be back for some Friday fun and we promise to get you through New Year’s. 

In the meantime here’s OpenTable’s list of restaurants open on Christmas Day. 

And for all those who have asked about bars open on Christmas Day, Grey Lodge and National Mechanics are two that jump to mind. 

If you know more, please add them to the comments.

Pick from 15 taps at Bridgid’s or make it an Indian extravaganza at Palace at the Ben.

New Years Eve Guide [f8b8z]

Phoodie.info and Meal Ticket have plenty of options for The Feast of the Seven Fishes. [Phoodie.info and Meal Ticket]

Foodzings enjoys a shopping respite with some food from Black Sheep. [Foodzings]

Phillyist lists their top-ten missed opportunities for posting in 2008. Included are a couple of food related posts, including dinner at Modo Mio and authentic tacos at the Bourse of all places. [Phillyist]

It’s a vegetarian office party at Singapore Kosher Vegetarian. [Veggicurious]

Rick Nichols details the Fair Food Farmstand that aims to take over Rick’s Steaks location at the Reading Terminal Market.

So by spring - if Fair Food nails down its end of the financing - it will move from the market’s deepest interior to its big-windowed “front door” along 12th Street, its baskets of potatoes and parsnips and fiddlehead ferns reminding passersby that, yes, though an Amish rib stand and Golden Bowl Chinese, Pearl’s Oyster Bar and Bassett’s Ice Cream counter look out on the sidewalk here, this is still - in its DNA and best aspiration - part farmers market, and not just a place to eat lunch.

Making a stand [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Was walking by Swallow on Saturday night and saw this handwritten note in the window.

I am sorry we are closed today. We lost our dog in an accident. To some this may seem petty, but it has <illegible> deeply we are having a hard time
trying to go on. The past year has been difficult, we have had to <illegible> far too many tragedies and don’t think we are going to reopen until after the new year.

Jason and Cindy

Swallow [Official Site]

• Cooper’s Brick Oven Wine Bar gets two bells from Craig LaBan.
• Stephen Starr’s Letto Deli concept is kaput.
• $8.50 brunch at Tiffin.
• Matt Levin, formerly of Lacroix is being backed by a Big Bird.
• Check it out, The Foobooz New Year’s Eve Guide.
• Crepes worth the wait at 15th and South Street.
• Dmitri’s octopus is overrated? You seem to think so.
• Trey Popp finds a “hearth of gold” in Mt. Airy.
• Scallion pancakes from the yet to open Chifa have our toes curling.
• An eyeball bender with a twist, it’s from 1969.

Friday

Sly Fox just turned 13 and The Grey Lodge is celebrating with 13 Sly Fox beers.

Saturday

It’s the grand opening of the upstairs of The Institute. Wii booths, here we come!

Sunday

Every year when the Eagles face the Redskins on the road, the Artful Dodger hosts their “Beat the Redskins” Pig Roast. There will be Philadelphia Brewing Co. specials, prizes and Canulli’s pig.