Noble: An American Cookery is adding a happy hour. There will be daily cocktail and wine specials, $3 draught and bottled beers. On the food side there will be half-price pork belly and wings plus half-price chickpea fries.

In other Noble Notes:

Those cocktails should be top notch as  Christian Gaal and his moustache are splitting time between the APO and Noble. [Restaurant Club]

Unbreaded talks up the burger. [Unbreaded]

And Living on the Vedge digs the veggie version. [Living on the Vedge]

The Illadelph sums it up succinctly regarding Noble’s herb garden, restaurant roof gardens are cool. [The Illadelph]

6ABC features Noble Restaurant. [6ABC.com]

Have you seen the spreadsheet with all of the Philadelphia happy hours in it? It was first e-mailed to us on Friday. We overheard it being talked about on Saturday. And this morning we’ve found it’s now a Google Spreadsheet.

It’s someone’s painstaking work of listing a huge number of Philadelphia area happy hours, broken down by day.

It looks like some of the specials are a bit dated but it’s still an impressive piece of work. Anyone have any idea where it came from?

Philly Happy hour spreadsheet [Google Docs]

Rick Nichols had his nose pressed against the glass as he waited for the third generation of Minks to open this latest version of the Oyster House.

By 4:55 p.m., Sam Mink, at 33 the latest family member to run the haunt, had final words for the servers: Please, he implored, keep refilling the big goblets of oyster crackers; and mind the horseradish pots, too.

No spotlights swept the wet sky. No evidence of an event planner was in sight. Sam’s father, David, in a maroon polo shirt, swept off the front doormat with a hand broom.

This was the softest of soft openings. But old customers had no trouble sniffing it out.

Happy hour starts next week. It’ll run Monday through Friday, 5 to 7 pm. One of the oyster varieties will be $1 a piece and all wine, sparkling and otherwise will be $5. Draft beers will be $3.

Monday through Friday from 5:30 to 6:30 Meme will be offering a $5 menu. A white, red and rose wine will always be available for $5 and three appetizers will be also be priced at $5, sometimes even the sizzling mussels. The menu will change weekly and of course will be available from their outdoor seats.

Additionally, Wednesday nights will be BYOB night with the $10 corkage fee being waived.

Meme [Official Site]

Tonight is the kickoff of Center City Sips, Center City’s happiest hour with more than 100 bars and restaurants offering $4 cocktails, $3 wines, $2 beers and half-price appetizers tonight and every Wednesday throughout the summer. And for the first time, this year some establishments are offering a 15% dinner discount after 7pm.

But where to go? Whose deal is best?

This deal looks hard to beat. Chifa is offering Allagash White as a $2 beer and pork belly buns for half off.

We’ve also updated the Outdoor Dining Guide so you can now filter by places offering outdoor seating and participating in Center City Sips.

Center City Sips [Official Site]
Outdoor Dining Guide [f8b8z]

Supper has added a $35 prix-fixe menu Monday to Friday. And that price tag includes wine or beer. Meal Ticket has the menu. [Meal Ticket]

SoleFood at the Loews Hotel is offering a deal that you might not be able to refuse. $40 for three courses for two. And you get a $10 gift card for a return visit! [uwishunu]

Alfa has a happy hour that runs 7-days a week. Respect! [The Restaurant Club]

Say hello, it won’t kill you. And if you do it at Friday Saturday Sunday it will get you a free drink. [Latest Dish]

El Fuego for happy hour? Well there is cheap Mexican beer and discounted chips, salsa and guac. [Phoodie.info]

Sundays are special at the Grey Lodge. Get surf or turf plus beer for just $19.95. [Grey Lodge]

Center City Sips kicks off June 3rd and runs every Wednesday through August 26th.

the deal will be the familiar $4 cocktails, $3 wines, $2 beers and half-priced cocktails at over 70 participating bars and restaurants.

New this year will be a 15% dinner discount for those staying past 7pm.

The Center City District has all the participants listed on their web site.

Center City District Sips 2009 [Official Site]

No Twitter and no wheels but Ansill Food + Wine is the first Philadelphia spot to get with the Korean taco trend. The bottom up fusion first came to prominence via a taco truck in Los Angeles and has already made its way to New York.

In Philadelphia, David Ansill’s Korean line cook Ann Miller has added  shortrib and braised pork belly tacos with sweet and spicy Korean chili sauce to the Happy Hour (Tuesday through Saturday – 6 to 8 pm) menu. Get them for $5 each.

Kogi Korean BBQ, a taco truck brought to you by Twitter [Los Angeles Times]
Ansill Food + Wine [Official Site]

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Ansill Food + Wine wants you to be a regular. Dine at Ansill and you get a coupon good for 50% off your second entree of equal or lesser value when you return for dinner within two weeks.

Gone this spring however are Monday hours where you would often spot chefs from other restaurants enjoying their day off.

But the loss of a dependable Monday night dining spot is made up for with a new Saturday night happy hour. Like Tuesday through Thursday, happy hour is from 6 to 8pm and includes $1 oysters, $5 martinis, $5 sparkling wine and $3 draft beer.

Ansill Food + Wine [Official Site]

Union Trust is offering a free happy hour for ladies through Saturday.

Specialty cocktails will be free of charge tonight and tomorrow from 6 to 8pm. Saturday and Sunday the deal goes from 10pm to midnight.

Union Trust [Official Site]