Yesterday the Foobooz Burger Cruise for the First Person Festival set sail and it sure was fun. Thanks to First Person Arts for approaching me for the tour and to everyone who came out. It was an awesome time.

A synopsis follows with notes about the burgers and beer.

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Foobooz is hosting a Burger Cruise on Tuesday, November 3rd as part of the First Person Arts Festival.

Yours truly will be leading the tour to sample some of Center City Philadelphia’s best burgers.

Finalized bites and drinks are from Good Dog, Pub & Kitchen, Noble: American Cookery and Barclay Prime.

Tickets are $45 for First Person Arts members and $50 for the general public until October 25th. After that, prices go up $5.

And no worries about World Series conflicts, November 3rd is an off day.

Edible World: Foobooz Burger Cruise – Tuesday, November 3 [First Person Arts]

The teaser ad in Philadelphia Weekly this morning practically gave it away. “From the people who brought you Good Dog. New bar. New Location. Coming soon to a piazza near you.”

Michael Klein has the details on The Swift Half, the new bar by David Garry and Heather Gleason set for the Piazza at Schmidt’s. They’re targeting to be open by the big grand opening of the Piazza on Saturday, May 16th.

Fur real: Good Dog going into Northern Liberties [The Insider]
Piazza at Schmidt’s [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]

There’s a firkin of Flying Fish Abbey Dubbel being tapped at 6pm at the Good Dog. You should be there. It’s also Wednesday so all cans are half-off. And when isn’t it a good night to get a Good Dog Burger?

The “sticky and sweet  and salty andjuicy and porky” spare rib bits at Sang Kee are enough to send up an Awesomeness Alert. [Philadining Blog]

Drew Lazor fails to get the dirt on Café Lutécia’s fennel bisque but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try it immediately. [Meal Ticket]

A “dream dish for  you multitaskers.” That’s what grilled game bird with spicy curry, sweet coconut milk and pungent fish sauce is at MangoMoon. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Food porn - Taqueria la Veracruzana. Yep, that’s the headline, that’s what the post is all about. [Fries with that Shake?]

Meal Ticket highlights the line-caught black cod at Positano Coast. [Meal Ticket]

Good Dog comes to the rescue of a hungry vegetarian with its veggie cake sandwich. [Veggicurious]

The Good Dog Bar is now open daily at 11:30am for lunch. On weekends there are Bloody Mary specials and a brunch special. This week it was a biscuits and gravy.

Good Dog Bar [Official Site]

Someone once told us that an actor’s headshot should look like that actor, not like someone else, but it should look like that actor on his best day ever.

That same holds true for a first date. You’ll want to present yourself as you on your best day ever. That brings us to our first type of first date, the false pretenses kind where you don’t have much money, but you want to impress like you do.

Foobooz would never advise lying to a loved one (or even a not-yet-loved one); that’s just not the way to begin a beautiful friendship… but…. you wouldn’t go on a date without putting on some lipstick or those jeans that make your butt look particularly hot? So why wouldn’t you put some thought into how hot the restaurant you’re going to might make you look?

If you don’t have a lot of money, you’ll have to be creative. Which means: a great restaurant on an off night, a bar with a subtle and sophisticated happy hour special and a BYOB situation with a possible trip to New Jersey for supplies. Here are two suggestions for the False Pretenses: I Don’t Have Much Money, But I Want to Impress Date…

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A quick look at the Foobooz Calendar displays an embarrassment of riches tonight. Bindi Farmers’ Market dinners, Center City Sips and Tria Cafe’s Boon to Be Wild all jump out at us but honestly we’ll be in Rittenhouse Square relaxing on the grass and listening to the Capital Years and Adam Arcuragi. Afterwards though, we might just hit up Good Dog for half-priced cans, they now have all three varieties of Sly Fox cans available.

Mac & Cheese is overjoyed to find that Palace at the Ben serves up a tasty Indian brunch. [Mac & Cheese]

It’s a “life affirming veggie burger for Living on the Vedge at Sketch in Fishtown. [Living On The Vedge]

Foodzings goes to Good Dog and forgoes the burger for mac and cheese and pulled pork. [Foodzings]