London Grill is presenting a Holiday Beer Dinner tonight at 7 PM. The five course dinner is $35 for five courses and Anheuser-Busch brew master Paul Mancuso will be hosting.

Among the beers will be Leffe, Hoegaarden and surprise, Michelob! And before you chortle, see what beer writer Lew Bryson said about Michelob earlier this year.

Complete menu after the jump.

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Well we don’t really wish it were Monday but with these suggestions from the Bite at least you’ll be equipped to make it a bit more of a fun day.

The Bite appears every Wednesday in the Metro and is written by Foobooz editor Arthur Etchells

Enjoy Mondays more and go to a restaurant [Metro Philadelphia]

The Philadelphia foie gras batte has gone national. Yep the moronically named Hugs for Puppies versus the almost as poorly named Philadelphia Chefs for Choice have made Time Magazine. Oh glorious day!

Well we do learn this tidbit, Michael and Terry McNally of the London Grill are planning a foie gras dinner October 22nd with Hudson Valley Foie Gras founder Michael Ginor. The dinner will feature foie gras in all six of the courses, $165 per person.

Fight for Your Right to Pâté [TIME Magazine] via the Illadelph
London Grill [Official Site]

Starting tonight through November 3rd Eastern State Penitentiary and the London Grill are teaming up for a Halloween Fright Night Package. The package will include a three-course dinner at the London Grill followed by a ghoulish tour of Eastern State afterwards. The cost is $65 per person, $35 for children ages 7 to 11.

Menu highlights after the jump.

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July at London Grill it’s clams, clams, clams!

• Clam chowder
• Clams Casino
• Buckets of steamers with drawn butter
• Fried Strips
• Steamed cockles with fergola sarda, guanciale and salsa verde
• Clambake beach bucket w/chorizo, fresh corn on the cob and potatoes

London Grill [Official Site]

Rick Nichols takes note that we are living in the “moment of the meatball.” From premier cheesery, DiBruno Brothers where you can find “red-gravy sliders” for lunch to premier tapas spot Amada, where finely ground lamb balls grace the menu, the meatball is definitely back on top.

At London Grill they’re celebrating the ground lumps of meat with “Meatball Monday.” And chef-owner Michael McNally is busy playing mad scientist with the dish.

The rotating list of Monday meatballs is spinning out of control – lamb and goat cheese with mint, veal and spinach with mozzarella and tomato, tuna with Moroccan tomato sauce, shrimp with red-curry coconut sauce, turkey with mole sauce, white bean with roasted garlic sauce, salmon and bacon with dill sauce and horseradish (McNally found that salmon without added fat tended to dry out), and venison, and artichoke, and crab, and beef, and, certainly, pork with sage-brown butter sauce. To mention a few.

Made-over meatball rolls back on the scene [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Meatball Mondays at London Grill [Official Site]

Joe Sixpack asks the question who would you rather drink with, Fido or some crumb snatching kid. Unsurprisingly Joe picks the pups and gives a good list of places where you can enjoy a cold one with your favorite cold-nosed friend.

• Le Bus
• London Grill
• White Dog Cafe
• Bliss
• Caribou Cafe
• Newportville Inn
• Triumph Brewing, New Hope
• Four Dogs Tavern

Another new spot to check out with your four-legged companion is Tavern 17 where later this summer they’ll be unveiling a “doggie menu.”

Can we be a truly great city if we can’t have a brew with Rover? [Philadelphia Daily News]

We kept waiting for all the Passover seder options to come pouring into our inbox. But it looks like Philadelphia has a long way to go to catch up with New York’s unusual seder options like bus-baked matzo, or even a Mexican seder.

That said you do have some options here in Philadelphia. The London Grill creates a festive four-course prix fixe contemporary seder dinner featuring smoked Whitefish Gefilte Fish Terrine; Celery-Carrot Chicken Soup, with miniature green onion and dill Matzoh balls; Braised Brisket, with Latkes and red cabbage; Herb, Garlic and Horseradish Crusted Prime Rib; and Mustard Coated Rack of Lamb. Passover dinner is $40 per person and will be served on Monday, April 2 and April 3rd.

At M Restaurant you can enjoy a three-course Passover menu featuring House-Cured Salmon, with potato latkes, celery-apple salad and crème fraiche; Braised Brisket, with root vegetables and caramelized onion farfel; and Cinnamon Raisin Kugel, with vanilla ice cream. Dinner will cost $42 per person and will be available Tuesday, April 3rd through April 5th.

London Grill [Official Site]
M Restaurant [Official Site]

Why not check out Fancy Pants Theater at N. 3rd.

Or check out the London Grill. In addition to the charcuterie,  Tuesdays give you Stoudts beer including Willie Sutton Lager for just $3.

For the last three years the London Grill has been creating their own charcuterie. Starting with Lancaster County pork, the meat is cured in a salt mixture for a few days to a few weeks. Like wine and cheese, the charcuterie develops complex flavors as it ages.

Recently they’ve added the Italian specialty guanciale to their menu. Guanciale is similar to bacon in appearance but derived from pig cheeks. When cooked guanciale turns into a rich, meaty, crispy treat.

Guanciale was recently at the forefront of the London Grill’s Gnudi, deconstructed ravioli with ricotta cheese, brown butter sauce and guanciale, which won Philadelphia Magazine’s Philly Cooks! Best Dish of 2007.

At the London Grill you can try guanciale and other cured meats any night. There is always a $15 charcuterie plate available of four or five meats cut to order and served alongside an assortment of house-made chutneys and mustards.

And keep an eye out for their first house-cured Prosciutto, which requires 10 to 12 months to age.

London Grill [Official Site]