Green Aisle Grocery is featured on Food & Wine’s blog. Stop in Monday for another cocktail hour from 6-8pm.  [Mouthing Off]

Pub & Kitchen’s bartender Nashia Tanner is featured in this month’s Inked Magazine. [Pub & Kitchen]

Chef and owner of James, Jim Burke will be competing for a spot on the US Bocuse d’Or team on the weekend of February 5th and 6th. The Bocuse d’Or is a biennial culinary Olympics, Kevin Sbraga of Rat’s and formerly Jose Garces’ culinary director represented the US team in 2008. [The Insider]

Nightclub & Bar Magazine has two Old City establishments up for awards. 32° is up for Ultra-lounge of the year and Eulogy is up for Best Beer Bar of the Year. [Nightclub & Bar via Grub Street]

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]