Jolly’s Dueling Piano Bar will be opening Friday. There will be 2 dueling baby grands, room for 125 and a menu put together by Brendan Smith of *Smiths. [Meal Ticket]

If Jose Garces decides to open a New York restaurant he says it will be an Amada. [Grub Street]

Meal Ticket has a slideshow and the menu for Grey Social,  French bistro spot that is promisingly swimming against the Old City current. [Meal Ticket]

Grey Lodge didn’t stop their refurb with new urinals, they also have gotten a glorious new sign. [The Grey Lodge]

Year after year Zagat polls diners to find out who is most generous. And year after year Philadelphia comes out on top. [KYW 1060]

Shinju Sushi at 930 Locust Street is moving to the former site of Aso Sushi at 719 Walnut Street. They’ll also get a cool new name, The Fat Salmon. [Meal Ticket]

MidAtlantic has started weekday lunch. [The Insider]

Sarcone’s Deli is adding a franchise in Delaware. [The Illadelph]

On Wednesday, November 11th Jose Garces is hosting a progressive dinner through his Philadelphia restaurants. Starting with the boarding of a trolley at 5pm in front of Amada guests will stop for small plates at Distrito, then to Tinto for more small plates with a cocktail from Village Whiskey, then off to Chifa and finally back to Amada for the finale.

The meal will cost $200 per person and will include beverage pairings. Space is limited and reservations are required.

Check out what will be served at each restaurant after the jump.

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Hudson Beach Glass and the Garces Restaurant Group (GRG) are hosting a one-of-a-kind event on Friday, October 9th, a whiskey tasting where the star of the show is the glass.

Sean Gilvey, owner of Hudson Beach Glass has been working with Village Whiskey’s Stephen Seibert to create a whiskey glass that highlights the liquor.

Guests will have a chance to try the glass with three different whiskeys as Seibert explains the different flavors and effects of the glass.

Admission is $40 and includes one glass to take home, tastes of the different whiskeys and snacks provided by Amada.

Tickets are available online, by visiting Hudson Beach Glass or by calling 267-319-1887.

Hudson Beach Glass [Official Site]
Whiskey Tasting – It’s all in the Glass [Design Philadelphia]

So where would you have to eat if you were moving out of town? Femme Fermental is facing that question as she prepares to head off to pursue her PhD. in New England.

She’s doing pretty well for herself, having recently dined at the impossible to get in Talula’s Table and had the suckling pig dinner at Amada.

So if you were leaving Philadelphia for good. What restaurants and bars would be on your bucket list?

It wasn’t that long ago that we were floating the idea of Amada as a great beer bar. Now Phoodie is extolling Amada’s bartenders and the results of their collective potable inspiration.

While you can never go wrong wth dinner at Amada, the next time you need a night out to tie one on, we suggest you give the bar at Amada a chance to satiate your liquor needs. They’ve got the tools. They’ve got the talent.

It Takes A Village To Design A Potable [Phoodie.info]
Amada [Official Site]

We know we just posted a link to Philadelphia Magazine’s article about Jose Garces but now we’ve sat down and actually had a chance to read Lauren McCutcheon’s profile of the prolific chef.

Among the Fooboozian highlights:

• Rumor has it Garces missed the James Beard Awards perhaps becuase he’s working on a Food Network gig.
• July is still the targeted opening for Village Whiskey.
• Garces Trading Co. is the name for the food/wine commisary (PLCB partnership) coming this fall to the Western Union building on Locust.
• The Fontainebleau Las Vegas is getting a rooftop Amada, twice the size of the original.
• Dave Conn will be chef de cuisine at Village Whiskey.

Check it all out.

Who is Jose Garces? And Why are you so crazy about his restaurants? [Philadelphia Magazine]

Felicia D’Ambrosio urges everyone to eat Pub & Kitchen’s spicy pulled pork. [Meal Ticket]

It’s a video lunch at Irie Caribbean Grill, on the OTHER side of Passyunk. [Salt Pepper Ketchup]

Amada’s Catalan Express lunch fits the bill, whatever the weather. [BROG]

Adding bbq spice to a biscuit? Bebe’s Barbecue does it and it works! Oh and of course Mac & Cheese has some mac-and-cheese.  [Mac & Cheese]

S& H Kebab House has outdoor seating and a lunch that satisfies for under $10. [CE Phood]

With 600+ events you’re going to miss some events you wish you hadn’t. And almost as if  to rub it in, others go and blog about them. Here are a couple that made us jealous.

Meal Ticket’s Felicia D’Ambrosio was lucky enough to be at Monk’s Brett Pack dinner with four “rock stars” of the beer world; Adam Avery of Avery Brewing, Tom Arthur of Lost Abbey and Port Brewing, Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head and Rob Tod of Allagash were all in attendance and so was their beer. [Meal Ticket]

Femme Fermental blogged about her beer dinner at Amada with Jose Garces and Brooklyn Brewery’s Garrett Oliver. [Femme Fermental]

It’s a Sly Fox happy hour at Amada from 4 to 6pm. Brewer Brian O’Reilly will  have a jeroboam of Incubus Tripel.

And as a reminder, all week Amada is offering a dinner pairing Sly Fox beers with a special menu.

Amada [Official Site]

In case you were wondering why posting was a bit light yesterday, it may have had something to do with recovering from this.

Long night to find toop six brews in city [Metro Philadelphia]