Little Fish’s Mike Stollenwerk shares some details about his upcoming fish with Drew Lazor. Expect it to be different than the Bella Vista BYOB as there will be a liquor license and the menu will be split into raw, cold, hot and sweet categories. [Meal Ticket]

DiBruno Bros. is aiming to open a wine bar in the Italian Market by mid-August. [Meal Ticket]

Part of the facade of the former Brasserie Perrier crashed down onto Walnut Street Wednesday morning. Sorry, this wasn’t an attention grabbing way of debuting a Center City Apple Store. [Philadelphia Daily News]

Savona in Gulph Mills has been completely refurbished and there’s a sharp new outdoor terrazzo to check out. [Restaurant Club]

Bon Appetit has a spread on Philadelphia in its July issue. Author Andrew Knowlton hits Bella Vista Beer, Distrito, Franklin Fountain, Johnny Brenda’s, Reading Terminal Market and Zahav. Meal Ticket has the scans. [Meal Ticket]

Varga Bar starts daily lunch as of Sunday. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Copper Bistro in Northern Liberties has called it quits. [The Insider]

The Bite this week dives into cool refreshing options for what to do when the heat and humidity just get to be too much. There are plenty of choices from a frozen drinking chocolate at Naked Chocolate Cafe, gelato at Capogiro, a Lightning Rod of a sundae at Franklin Fountain or kick it old school with a cup of cherry from John’s Water Ice.

Freeze summer heat in its tracks [Metro Philadelphia]

There was an actual rainbow outside of the window this morning! How charmingly un-March-in-Philadelphia! Maybe later we’ll see a unicorn scampering down the sidewalk, but until then…

You mean a handshake doesn’t guarantee you can still sell ice cream in Franklin Square? Apparently not. Maybe they’re being replaced with the fellas from the Franklin Fountain? Wouldn’t that be tidy?

A Giant Giant opens in Willow Grove. It’s no Wegmans, but it does have an on-site nutritionist, a cooking school and a wireless internet cafe. Still no beer though.

Maybe you act like a slutty fool when you’re binge drinking because you expect it of yourself? That ruins most of our explanations for our behavior from 1993 until, well, last week.

The mystery of preparing a tender octopus, solved. Twice.

You’re eating MSG all of the time. Also there’s a food stall in Japan devoted to “mayonnaise-friendly” food. May we suggest Philadelphia for the first American location?

When we first started Foobooz the idea of a Philly Food Blog Round Up would have consisted two sites but how times have changed,

Blogalicious takes a look at Cafe de Laos which features Lao and Thai cuisine near the Italian Market. [Blogalicious]

Adam Erace also takes a trip to the Franklin Fountain. [Blogalicious]

Finding Philly finds that Southwark does indeed serve a “really effing good” Manhattan. [Finding Philly]

New blog Foodzings describes his favorite Mexican spot, Taqueria La Michoacana in Norristown. [Foodzings]

Foodzings also tries out West Philadelphia’s Copabanana and says the burgers are really good. [Foodzings]

How long a wait for two at Sabrina’s Cafe for Sunday brunch? How about two hours! That’s how long it took Gas•tron•o•my to get a table but their patience and appetite were rewarded. [gas•tron•o•my]

Metroblogging sits down at Tria and is now obsessed with the argula and beet salad. [Metroblogging Philadelphia]

Messy and Picky both give five stars to Franklin Fountain on Market Street between Front and Second, calling the old school soda fountain “a delicious time warp.”
The ice cream sandwich built from two scoops of ice cream and surrounded by a freshly made waffle was as delectable as the Mt. Vesuvius, a mountain of chocolate and vanilla ice cream, topped with chocolate brownie pieces, hot fudge, whipped cream, and malt powder was decadent.

A Delicious Time Warp [Messy and Picky]
Franklin Fountain [Official Site]