Metropolitan Bakery has added personal sized pizzas to their offerings. The pizzas are available in the Reading Terminal Market and at the 20th Street location. The pizza toppings include:

• Mixed wild mushroom with caramelized onion and white truffle oil
• Marguerite: housemade tomato sauce, tomatoes, basil, fresh mozzarella
• Fig, prosciutto and candied pecans
• Veggies with goat cheese and homemade pesto

Metropolitan Bakery adds hand-crafted pizza [Meal Ticket]

Cochon has changed up its brunch menu with new items from the smoker plus a selection of individual pizzas. Among the varieties:

• Breakfast Pizza – ham, home fries, baked eggs, cheddar
• Flammenküche – bacon, crème fraîche, caramelized onions, gruyère
• Brie Pizza – pear, caramelized onion, walnuts, brie
• Sausage Pizza – house made sausage, onion, marinara, pecorino romano
• Tomato Pie – basil oil, parmigiano reggiano

Chef Gene Giuffi started his culinary career slinging pizzas, so this is a bit of a return to his roots.

Check out the full menu after the jump.

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Tonight is Reach Out and Read in Queen Village and a number of restaurants are participating in raising money for a program that provides new books to children.

Cochon, one of the participating restaurants has recently changed up its menu. Check out the menu after the jump.

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We got our grimy hands on the Spring edition of Franklin Mortgage and Investment Company’s drink menu. Isn’t it wonderful to just say Spring?

The menu is broken down into these fun sections:

Required Reading
Because we respect our elders

Easy Going
Because sometimes the path of least resistance is the solution

Sweet & Vicious
Because sometimes you want it both sweet and rough

The Flowing Bowl
Because sometimes the only answer is a punch in your mouth

Rebellious Spirits
Because America was founded on them
and progress depends on them

Booze in a Glass
Because sometimes that’s all you want or need

Franklin Drink Menu (PDF)

Chifa has recently overhauled its menu, making it a lot easier to decide what to order. The menu is split simply into hot and cold sides with a handful of specialties. We think this really addresses the number one complaint we’ve heard about Chifa, “it’s tough to know what to order.” It doesn’t hurt that the prices have also come down a bit and the ceviche portions are bigger.

And if a recent dinner we were invited to there is any gauge, the kitchen is in high gear. The super-satisfying meal featured plenty of highlights including a spicy calamari salad featuring calamari cut so thin it resembles noodles, not chewy rings you might be more used to. And the ginger-garlic chicken wings, well they might be the best in the city.

Check out the full menu after jump.

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The Bar 210 menu at Lacroix has had a progressive playfulness since it was first rolled out by former chef Matt Levin. The latest incarnation by Jason Cichonski follows that trend.

Check out some of these highlights.:

• Tots Smoked Ketchup
• Apples Olive Almonds
• Pork Cracklings with Apple Sauce Porcini
• Crispy Curry Snack Mix
• Oysters East & West Coast with Tobasco gelle & lemon
• Pork Belly on Steamed Bun with Asian Pear
• Crab Croquettes with Malted Mayo & Pickled Fennel
• Beef Jerky
• House-Cured Charcuterie with Pickles & Mustard
• BBQ Pork Dumplings with Creamy Ponzu
• Poppy Fried Hamachi Collar with Honey-yuzu and Edemame
• Boneless Chicken Wings with Passion Fruit Hot Sauce and Goat Cheese
• Double Smoked Bacon Burger with Aged Gouda Granny Smith Apple and Rosemary

Prices for the new menu range from $4.00-$16.00.

Bar 210 at Lacroix [Official Site]

Morimoto has rolled out a new lunch menu including Duck Curry Udon, Pork Belly Ramen, Kobe Beef sandwich and more.

Check it out after the jump.

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Foodies have been increasingly lamenting the lack of a ramen restaurant in Philadelphia. The menu at Bar, the new spot from the owners of Vintage and Time is only going to serve as a tease.

Bar’s menu [Meal Ticket]

Kyle Grayson has packed a bunch of experience in a short time. After attending the New England Culinary Institute he came to Philadelphia and has worked for Stephen Starr at several restaurants, Root, Witch American Bistro and Blackbird Eating Establishment. Starting next Thursday he will be the chef at the Institute where he’s cooking up an eclectic menu of bar food.

Check out the full menu after the jump.

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As promised, Percy Street Barbecue has added late night menu options to its menu. Served from 10pm to 1am, Sunday through Thursday and 11pm to 1am on Friday and Saturdays, the menu includes chopped brisket, rib tips and house-made sausage. Each is available as a sandwich or a platter. Platters include a choice of two sides: coleslaw, pinto beans, German potato salad and vegan chili. Sandwiches are $6 and platters are $10.

The regular menu has tweaked as well, a Combo Plate featuring one or two meats and 2 sides for $15 or $17 has been added. And to experience the full menu in one sitting, bring at least three of your friends and order the Lockhart, all the meats, sides and a dessert for $24 per person.

Also worth noting is that the sausage and pork belly prices have dropped a dollar and now the sides come in just one size.

Percy Street Barbecue [Official Site]

Marty Grims (Du Jour, Moshulu, White Dog) has re-conceptualized his DuJour Gourmet at Broad and Pine into Chew Man Chu, a dumpling, noodle and wok restaurant. It opens today.

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