Swift Half is adding weekend brunch tomorrow. It’ll start with a small menu but will include biscuits and gravy. Perfect for those days when the Standard Tap isn’t offering theirs. Also new at the Swift is a menu of $2 bar snacks. Look for fried pickles, homemade pretzels, deviled eggs and marinated olives.

P.Y.T. is adding daily lunch starting on Black Friday. The burger lounge is also starting a weekly burger and first up is a Thanksgivin’ Dinner Burger featuring a turkey burger topped with cranberry relish, stuffing and gravy. Also the always dangerous Victory Golden Monkey is $3 a pint during their half-priced 5-7pm happy hour. Be scared, be very scared.

Swift Half launches brunch this weekend [Meal Ticket]
Tommy Up [Facebook]

Resurrection Ale House has been open a few weeks now, long enough for blogging types to check it out.

Living on the Vedge deals with a crazy in order to try the roasted radicchio and gorgonzola biscotti. [Living on the Vedge]

It’s the pancetta with crab, peas and house-made fettucini that catches the fancy of the Beer/Pork Lass. On the beer side she tries the Schlenkerla Helles, a smoked golden lager from Bamburg Germany. [Beer Lass]

Veggicurious picks the pickle plate and roasted miatake mushroom to take for a spin. [Veggicurious]

In Other Resurrection Ale House News

Every Monday Resurrection is hosting a Mom + Me Happy Hour from 1 to 3pm. That’s a buck off beers when you bring your baby plus a little networking, socializing and friend-making.

Brunch will begin next weekend, the 24th and 25th of October. To celebrate the kickoff, there will be a special wooden cask of Schneider Weisse pouring off the edge of the bar.

Resurrection Ale House [Official Site]

Aki Sushi Restaurant & Bar is generating a buzz that we haven’t seen for a sushi spot since Vic Sushi appeared on everyone’s radar. And with quality sushi and good deals, is it any wonder?

Craig LaBan mentioned the soup or salad and two rolls special for $8.50 and the$24.95 all-you-can-eat option.

Now comes word that happy hour features $18 bottles of wine and Center City Sips style pricing of $3 beers, $4 wines, $5 cocktails and half-priced appetizers.

Aki Japanese Fusion Restaurant and Sake Bar [Official Site]

The pork belly buns have been praised at Chifa since day one.  Starting in October there will be a buns and beers happy hour.  Monday through Friday, from 5 to 7pm there will be an assortment of buns paired with a microbrew and a special price.

Get one beer and a bun for $10. Two beers and two buns for $15, three beers and buns for $20 or all four beeers and buns for $25.

Offerings include:

• Pork Belly, Hoisin and Pickled Carrot with togarshi mayo on a steamed white bun and paired with Flying Fish Oktoberfish.
• Grilled Chicken, Panc Emulsion and Bacon with frisee on pan de bono and paired with Philadelphia Brewing Co.’s Kenzinger Lager.
• Braised Duck and Cilantro with spicy guava on brioche bun, paired with Elysian Brewing’s Imortal IPA.
• Shimp and Chile May with avocado on steamed white bun, paired with Allagash White.

Chifa [Official Site]

The Palm has added a new bar menu complete with requisite sliders, NY Prime cheesesteak, oysters shrimp and more.

From 5 to 7 and again from 9 until closing all items are available for just $3.50. And good news for our bargain oyster fans, during those hours oysters are just $1 a piece.

Check the menu after the jump.

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Tonight is the last Center City Sips of the summer. The hugely popular Center City-wide happy hour offers $2 beers, $3 wines, $4 cocktails and half-priced appetizers at many downtown bars and restaurants.

Since it’s the last, are there any spots that stand out as must-hits?

Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse has a special deal for Thursdays. From 5 to 9pm they are offering $5 bar bites, $4 Stella Artois and $6 glasses of red and white wines.

Among the bites:

• Filet Mignon Tips with chateau potatoes
• Pesto Crusted Salmon with a spring mix in balsamic reduction
• Cheesesteak Dumplings with spicy ketchup
• Steak Quesadillas
• Vegetable Quesadillas
• Wild Mushroom Gnocchi served with white truffle oil and Parmesan dust

Deal of the Day: Del Frisco’s Thursday VIP Happy Hour [UWISHUNU]
Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House [Official Site]

Broad Street’s Bliss is offering 50% off of its bar menu for the rest of the summer, weeknights between 4 and 6pm. And even better, you don’t have to be at the bar to enjoy the discount, it also applies to the sidewalk seating on Broad.

Empanada’s drop to $6, flatbread pizza is just $5 and there are three varieties of martinis available for $5 or less.

Deal of the Day: Bliss’ 50% Off Summer Bar Menu [UWISHUNU]

A week ago we received a press release touting Bar 210 at Lacroix’s happy hour. And we thought to ourselves, they haven’t had a happy hour?

Turns out they haven’t but starting tonight they will! From 5 to 7 tonight and every weeknight there will be custom-crafted cocktails half-price at $6 along with $5 wines and $4 bottled beers and most importantly, complimentary hors d’oeuvres from chef de cuisine Jason Cichonski.

And don’t forget you can get a full meal from the bar menu (PDF) nightly.

Bar 210 at Lacroix [Official Site]

But how far are you willing to go for it?

Starting at noon today, the first 350 people to show up at the Fleming’s in Marlton will receive a free mini-cheesesteak sandwich. The giveaway lasts until 2pm or till sandwiches run out.

The sandwiches will be grilled to order in front of the restaurant and will include Fleming’s prime steak, sauteed onions and red bell peppers, and melted Swiss cheese on a homemade potato roll.

The first 200 hungry lunchers to arrive will also receive a gift card for a complimentary selection from Fleming’s new 5 for 6 til 7 menu (which is a selection of 5 cocktails, 5 wines by the glass and 5 appetizers each priced at $6 at served nightly at the bar until 7pm).