Four wheel coffee is coming to the streets. Hub Bub Coffee rolls out next week with Stumptown Coffee and Rice Krispy treats from Pub & Kitchen. And of course Hub Bub has Twitter. [Restaurant Club]
Agiato in Manayunk is aiming for November. Joseph Scarpone, who owned Sovalo is also opening Agiato Bread Company a few doors down. [Meal Ticket]
Jolly’s is set to kick off the dueling pianos on October 30th.
Charcuterie master Nick Macri is out at Beneluxx. He’ll be focusing on his La Divisa Specialty Meats, a wholesale meat operation. [Meal Ticket]
Eeek! Capogiro on Passyunk will be closing for the winter. [Grub Street]
Foster’s Homeware is closing their 4th and Market location. They’re headed to 33 n 3rd Street. [Meal Ticket]
A tipster gives us a heads-up that a Capogiro is looking to open at 227-229 South Street in a portion of the old Chef’s Market. The information comes from the South Street Headhouse District meeting agenda which has a zoning variance for the gelateria on the agenda.
Also among the new business is a BODHI Coffee Shop variance at 410 S 2nd Street.
Capogiro’s 13th Street location has been closed for a couple weeks since their gelato case caught on fire. A sad-sad turn of events for Honey Chamomile gelato fans everywhere. But low and behold, it looks like tomorrow could be the triumphant reopening.
If you like computer renderings of restaurants as much as we do, you’ll be checking out Meal Ticket’s shots of the upcoming P.Y.T. at the Plaza at Schmidt’s.[Meal Ticket]
Table Talk says Capogiro isn’t done yet. After opening their third and fourth stores they’re planning a production facility and cafe in East Falls. And check out the University City location, it will be the model as they head to other cities. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]
Aladeen snuck open a few weeks back. Meal Ticket has the Middle Eastern menu. [Meal Ticket]
Azie on Main will be the name of the new restaurant taking over the upstairs at Maia in Villanova. Azie on Main will be the latest from Win Signature Restaurants. Win’s other restaurants include Teikoku, Mikado, Thai Pepper and Flavor. Zaie will be serving Asian fusion with a global twist by mid-summer.
Draft Magazine features the five best new gastropubs around the country and rightfully highlights our own Local 44. [Draft Magazine]
Max Brenner has been hiring for their 15th Street location and now their web site has the menus for soon to open Philadelphia location. [Max Brenner via PhillyMag.com]
Bish Bish Cafe, we hardly knew you. OK, we didn’t know you at all. Gone after just a couple months. [Meal Ticket]
Haha, union picketers of Susan Schlisman’s Smokin Betty’s actually brought in more business when they were stationed in front of her Devil’s Alley. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]
Gordon Ramsay and the owners of Hot Potato Cafe were on Fox 29’s Good Day this morning. Watch the video to find out what Ramsay thinks of the food in the green room. [Fox 29]
Finally an answer for what’s coming to the handsome rehab at 2028 Fairmount Ave. Meze, an organic restaurant with chef Tim Bellew of MANNA catering and Fire in Cherry Hill will be in the kitchen. Opening set for after Labor Day. [The Insider]
Jaunted names Famous 4th Street Delicatessen Philadelphia’s best Jewish deli. [Jaunted via MenuPages]
Big week for Capogiro. The East Passyunk location opened and now the West Philadelphia storefront is open in the Radian building. The University City store will be different since in a week or two it will have a liquor license and will be pouring wines, beers and concocting gelato and sorbet cocktails. [The Insider]
Tiffin’s pizza operation is aiming for a July opening at 710 W Girard Avenue. The spot will concentrate on delivery but will also have room for a 24-seat dining room. Oh and good news to the E-P’yunkers, Michael Klein says Tiffin’s owner Munish Narula would be open to our commenters’ suggestion of a Passyunk Avenue location. [Restaurant Club and The Insider]
Capogiro named a top-ten ice cream shop by Bon Appetit. [Bon Appetit via MenuPages]
Snackbar’s management takes over Shouk and the meat is gone really veg-friendly! [Meal Ticket]
Dock Street Brewery & Restaurant has added weekday lunch to their hours starting yesterday. [Meal Ticket]
Phoodie.info is reporting that Swallow seems to be closed again, perhaps for good. [Phoodie.info]
Friday night, we wandered by the future home of the Capogiro on East Passyunk Ave. to press our face against the glass in sweet anticipation of their opening – earlier this week owner John Reitano told us they were just waiting on a health inspection – and holy gelato, they were open and scooping!
Turns out, they threw open the doors at about 7 p.m. on Friday night. Don’t be jealous, West Philly. Your super Capo opens on Friday, May 22.
So we had ourselves some stracciatella and it was gorgeous. The Reitano’s remake of the former Roselena’s is gorgeous – all cool blue paint, old-fashioned black-and-white photos and grey marble countertops. There’s a tiny back courtyard strung with lights that looks like a movie set.
Not so gorgeous? Our lack of willpower. This location is alarmingly close to home. Then again, wasn’t it Ben Franklin who said gelato is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy? Ok, so maybe he said it about beer, but gelato could give it a run for its money. Some photos after the jump Read the rest of this entry »
Varga Bar is opening Wednesday, May 20th. Meal Ticket has lots of details and photos of the ceiling mural, plus the All-American tap list. [Meal Ticket]
In other Varga Bar news, the bar is going to offer growler refills . The porcelain topped vessels will sell for around $25 and will be filled for $20 or so from any of the bar’s 22 taps. [The Restaurant Club]
The Gold Standard Cafe has opened in West Philadelphia. Owned by the former Abbraccio headmen, the Cafe is both a breakfast and lunch spot along with a full dining room serving dinner Wednesday through Sunday. [Thrillist]
Maybe today’s the day Passyunk Avenue’s Capogiro will open. Until then, enjoy these photos. [Meal Ticket]
The Freehouse is back in Wayne. Les Bons Temps chef Brett Naylor is in the kitchen. [The Insider]
Blackfish Stone Harbor is open as the town’s only white tablecloth restaurant. If that sounds too stuffy, you’ll be happy to hear there’s a bar menu with classics like French onion soup, steak frittes and a “beach burger.” [Meal Ticket]
Holy crap! The Broad Axe Tavern has finally opened in Blue Bell. The spot’s menu runs from pizzas and burgers to scallop BLTs and steaks. [Table Tak, Philadelphia Inquirer]
Phoodie.info has the dirt on Elevation Burger. A “green” burger chain that’s opening in Wynnewood in May and aims to have two more locations in the Philadelphia area by year’s end. [Phoodie.info]
“Any day” is the opening dates for the third (1625 E Passyunk) and fourth (39th and Walnut) Capogiros. [Table Tak, Philadelphia Inquirer]
The same people behind the Firecreek Restaurant and Bar are about a month away from opening Doghouse Burgers in Downingtown. The spot will focus on local and gourmet with grass-fed burger options and upscale toppings. [The Restaurant Club]
Contractors picketed in front of Del Frisco’s Double Eagle yesterday demanding payment for work done at the restaurant. Around 40 court cases are pitting contractors against the restaurant or the genral contractor. [Inqlings, Philadelphia Inquirer]
D.P. Dough on 40th Street stilll isn’t serving strombolis calzones but they have some interesting details about the journey to opening on their blog, including their Happy Gilmore sized check. [D.P. Dough Philly]
Adam Erace does some fuzzy math in order to figure out when the Capogiro might be opening on East Passyunk. He figures late this month, same with the University City location.
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