Every first Wednesday of the month Earth, Bread + Brewery creates some ambiance by having the bars and dining rooms illuminated only by candleight. Get there early for some pizza then head up the block to get to McMennamin’s to watch the Phillies.

For other game six ideas, check out our World Series specials.

Phoodie.info has rolled out a new Events Calendar in handy-dandy Google Calendar format.

Of course Phoodie isn’t the only ones publishing food and drink events this way. We’ve got our own Google Calendar and here are some others that you might like.

• Earth Bread + Brewery
• Grey Lodge
• Philadelphia Brewing Co. Social Agenda
• Phoodie Events Calendar
• South Street District
• Standard Tap

Open any of the calendars and click the to add it to your Google calendar.

And although not in a Google Calendar format, the Philly Beer Week Calendar of upcoming events is worth checking out as well.

New And Improved: The Phoodie Events Calendar! [Phoodie.info]
Foobooz Calendar [f8b8z]

This weekend, the New York Times discovered that THERE IS A MAGNIFICENT CRAFT BEER CULTURE IN PHILADELPHIA! Of course, we have known this all along, but getting a shout-out in the Times makes it more likely that our out-of-town friends will actually believe us when we tell them about it.:

Much of the upswing can be attributed to Philadelphia’s bubbling night life. The new breweries, said Don Russell, who as Joe Sixpack writes a weekly column about beer for The Philadelphia Daily News, “are filling a need that’s out there being created by the local bar scene. Every single bar that has been opening up has a multitap system and is featuring microbrews.”

Combine that robust tavern scene with cheap real estate in emerging neighborhoods, and you’ve got the ingredients for a beer blast. In recent years, a half-dozen breweries and specialty pubs have opened in Philadelphia, ranging from boutique breweries that make micro batches to green-powered plants looking to become the city’s next biggest thing.

We knew that cheap real estate was good for something. EBB, Yards, and Dock Street are all name-checked in the article.

Breweries of Brotherly Love [NYT]

Craig LaBan knows there isn’t a much better combination than pizza and beer and he makes his way out to Earth Bread + Brewery to sample Tom Baker’s  experimental brews and thin crisp pizzas.

There are definitely some choices worth visiting for, including the “Traditional” take on a Margherita, its zesty sauce topped with mozzarella and fresh arugula tufted in the middle. The Mexican adds a jalapeño- and smoked-paprika tingle to the tomato sauce, which also gets the pop of roasted black beans and corn. But the most memorable bread here is the “Seed,” a sauceless cheese round scattered with enough crunchies – sesame, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, and garlic (whoa, lots of garlic!) – to make a Weaver’s Way bulk-bin groupie go weak in the knees.

Two Bells – Very Good

Earth Bread + Brewery [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Earth Bread + Brewery [Official Site]

Earth Bread + Brewery is going under the C. LaBan microscope this Sunday. It didn’t fare so well in yesterday’s Philadelphia Weekly, how will it do in the Inky?

Adam Erace visits Mt. Airy’s new “village green,” Earth Bread + Brewery. Erace is impressed with EB+B’s environmental awareness but less so with its pizzas.

Earth’s pizzaoilas use King Arthur flour for the flatbread dough, which imparts a wholesome aroma and flavor, but what’s on top brought them down: squash and eggplant roasted to mush, bland cubes of potato that added little to a pesto-dressed pie. The black bean-and-corn-studded Mexican was the exception, deceptively spicy from its jalapeño-and-smoked- paprika-spiked marinara.

Slice of Strife [Philadelphia Weekly]
Earth Bread + Brewery [Official Site]

Trey Popp has been eagerly waiting for the arrival of Earth Bread + Brewery for a year now. And unlike most things with such a build-up, the beers and pizza deliver.

My favorite one [pizza] bore another simple name: Seed. Sesame seeds, pine nuts and pepitas studded a crust that had been painted with garlic-infused olive oil and topped with cheese. The smell alone had me salivating like one of Pavlov’s dogs trapped in a bell factory, and the sourdough crust was just perfect between the teeth.

A pungent pesto topped the crust of another flatbread, garlicking up a cargo of cubed potatoes that would send one of Atkins’ acolytes running for the nearest mound of meat. I loved the double dose of carbs. It reminded me of a pie topped with fettuccini Alfredo that still colors my memory of Key West 15 years after the fact.

Hearth of Gold [City Paper]
Earth Bread + Brewery [Official Site]

The Brew Lounge hits up  Philadelphia Brewing Company’s Holiday Party and then gets dinner at Earth Bread + Brewery. [Brew Lounge]

Mac & Cheese says don’t read this post, just get yourself to Cafe con Chocolate for Mexican and Japanese. Yep! Mexican and Japanese. [Mac & Cheese]

Adam Erace hits up his old stomping grounds in University City and has some Mexican from a cart and some chocolate from Naked Chocolate Cafe. [Blogalicious]

Mac & Cheese compares and contrasts Philadelphia’s Indian delivery spots, Ekta and Tiffin and picks a winner. [Mac & Cheese]

The 700 Club and Almanac Market have teamed up to offer “The Almanac Mulled Cider Martini. [Phoodie.info]

Tonight, head up to Mt. Airy and Earth Bread + Brewery where it is a “Keep the Pint” night with Victory Brewing Co.

We’ve dropped some love EB+B’s way and have to re-emphasize: get there and enjoy the pizza. Especially the Seed, a white pizza topped with garlic olive oil, pine nuts, roasted pumpkin and sesame seeds finished with herbs and Grana Padana cheese.

This past weekend we checked out Mt. Airy’s Earth Bread + Brewery for some flatbread and beer. It so inspired us, we felt compelled to write another review in Haiku.

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