Food & Wine’s Mouthing Off chats with Jose Garces about Distrito and even gets him to reveal what song he would be singing in the secret karaoke room.

Jose Garces takes on Mexico [Food and Wine]
Distrito [Official Site]

Philadining takes a second trip to Yakitori Boy in Chinatown and reports the kitchen is finding its groove.

Bacon and Eggs, well, Quail Eggs Wrapped in Bacon were very tasty. How could they not be? We were very amused when at the end of the meal, as plates were being cleared, one of our servers noticed a lone remaining egg, and jokingly scolded us: “don’t waste bacon!” I’m thinking of getting a tattoo that says that…

Yakitori Boy Update [The Philadining Blog]

Michael Klein gets a tour of Yakitori Boy, a new karaoke bar in Chinatown.

The owner showed me around, but declined my request to photograph. The first floor has a 90-seat dining room and what appears to be two sushi bars, in addition to a drinkin’ bar. In fact, there’s one sushi bar and a yakitori bar, at which cooks will prepare chicken meat on a stick over grills. The word “japas” on their stationery is a pun on “Japanese tapas.”

Warm up your pipes for Yakitori Boy [Food & Drinq]

From the title to the photograhs, Philadelphia Weekly’s food issue is obviously inspired by Sarah Stolfa’s, the Regulars. Whether quizzo players, dive bar squatters or strip bar voyeurs, every bar has them and needs them. What worries us is how many of them we recognize.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Tipping Point
Get Your Game On
Kingdom Come
For The Love Of Mike
Lapping It Up

Leah Blewitt breaks down some of the best places to get down with the karaoke.

• Abbaye
• Barristers
• Happy Rooster
• Locust Bar
• McGillin’s Olde Ale House
• Woody’s

Karaoke Dokey [Philadelphia Weekly]

The Lush Life heads out looking for a good night of karaoke in South Philly, what they wind up with is a few rounds of drinks and some cheers as well. All in all a good Tuesday night out at Gavone’s.

The Song Riders [Philadelphia Weekly]