Tuesday, August 25th Alfa is hosting a Root tasting dinner that will include cocktails from the Root Cocktail competition at Silk City. It’s 5 mini-courses for $35 and each will be paired with a cocktail.

Check out the menu after the jump.

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Supper has added a $35 prix-fixe menu Monday to Friday. And that price tag includes wine or beer. Meal Ticket has the menu. [Meal Ticket]

SoleFood at the Loews Hotel is offering a deal that you might not be able to refuse. $40 for three courses for two. And you get a $10 gift card for a return visit! [uwishunu]

Alfa has a happy hour that runs 7-days a week. Respect! [The Restaurant Club]

Say hello, it won’t kill you. And if you do it at Friday Saturday Sunday it will get you a free drink. [Latest Dish]

El Fuego for happy hour? Well there is cheap Mexican beer and discounted chips, salsa and guac. [Phoodie.info]

Sundays are special at the Grey Lodge. Get surf or turf plus beer for just $19.95. [Grey Lodge]

Adam Erace highlights some of the best drinks around town that feature muddled fruit, vegetables or herbs.

• Cuba Libre
• Rum Bar
• Tinto
• Alfa
• El Vez

Muddle Up [aroundphilly.com]

City Paper’s weekly food top five feature takes on the top foods served on a stick this week and comes up with some inspired choices.

1. Candy Apples – Chocolate by Mueller
2. Grilled Beef Skewers – Alfa
3. Corn Dogs – North Bowl
4. Sansom Kabob Special – Sansom Kabob House
5. Skewered Mussels – Konak

Foods on a Stick – Top 5 [City Paper]

Alfa is doing something nice for all the servers that have been feeding us this Restaurant Week. Waiters and waitresses that bring in a copy of any Restaurant Week check will receive 25% of their bill at Alfa all month long.

Alfa Restaurant & Bar [MySpace]

Rachel inc is at it again, this time compiling a list of happy hours to check out in Philadelphia.

• Drinkers Pub, Rittenhouse – Go for Cheap Eats & Drinks, Kitsy Dive Bar Style
• Noche – Go for Cheap Eats & Drinks, but Nicer Atmosphere than a Dive
• Marathon Commerce Square – Go for Atmosphere, Outdoor Courtyard with a Fountain!
• Center City Sips – Free Appetizers, $2 $3 & $4 Drink Specials Every Wednesday, All Around Town
• Black Door – A Neighborhood Belgian Pub with Half Priced Everything
• Drinker’s Tavern, Old City – Go for Cheap Drinks, Pool & a Juke-Box (And a Ripcord?)
• Loie - Go for Upscale Food with Cheap Drink Specials, A Gourmet Burger & a $2 Beer
• Alfa - A Sleek but Comfortable Spot with a Fun Happy Hour Ploy

Rachel also asks some friends for their recommendations and gets some votes for the Khyber among others.

If 5 PM isn’t doable for you check out the Foobooz six pack of late night happy hours.

We read the reviews so you don�t have to. Here�s PW�s take on Alfa, pre-chewed for easy digestion.
Upstairs Downstairs
Alfa comes to 17th and Walnut Street, just off Rittenhouse Square and it manages to deliver.
Among the highlights are some worthy main courses but the highlight is definitely the tempura hotdogs on a stick. Served over fries with ketchup and wasabi spiked mustard. “It’s a good old American corn dog turned Japanese, and it’s hard not to love.”