Ooka, a small chain of three suburban Japanese restaurants has landed a big fish, a 410 pound tuna from the Mediterranean to be exact.  What do you do when you land such a big fish? Well of course you kick off Sushi Week at your locations.

Michael Klein has the details on what’s being offered.

Fish Story? [The Insider]
Ooka [Official Site]

Whole Foods Market and Cafe is opening its newest location in Plymouth Meeting today.

• Situated at the Plymouth Meeting Mall
• Largest Whole Foods in Pennsylvania
• 45,000 square feet
• 134 full-time employees
• 40-part time employees
• Underground parking for 345 cars
• Rooftop cafe
• Brick oven pizza
• smokehouse BBQ
• Cold Point Pub
  • 28 Seats
  • Beer and wine offered
  • Wine served by glass or bottle but not to go
  • Six rotating taps of local beer
    • Opening Draft List
    • Sly Fox 113IPA
    • Yuengling Lager
    • Troegs Rugged Trail Brown Ale
    • Victory St. Victorious
    • Flying Fish Abbey Dubbel
    • Yards ESA
  • 64 ounce growlers filled from $5.99 to $10.99
  • Empty glass growler is $3.99

Whole Foods Plymouth Meeting
500 W Germantown Pike
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
610-832-0010

Whole Foods Market Plymouth Meeting [Facebook]
@WFM_PlymouthMtg [Twitter]

Opening events schedule including free beer and food tasting after the jump.

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Each Tuesday Blackfish in Conshohocken features a single ingredient as part of Chef Chip Roman’s chef’s tasting menu. The dinner is $45 for four courses, this week it will be a taste of duck.

First Course: duck liver, polenta, 63 degrees duck egg

Second Course: “vol au vent”, ris de veau, cockscomb

Third Course: “confit breast”, savoy cabbage, hobb’s bacon, chestnuts

Fourth Course: opera cake, foie gras buttercream

Check out upcoming menus after the jump.

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Capone’s in East Norriton gets praise from many a beer fiend and when you look at their current draft list, it’s no wonder.

Among the highlights, Southern Tier Choklat, St. Bernardus Christmas, Allagash Victor ‘07, Founders Cerise and many many more.

Check out the full list after the jump.

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Ah the Zep. The sandwich cousin to the hoagie that is proudly and almost exclusively served in Norristown, Bridgeport and Phoenixville. The Inquirer’s Derrick Nunnally researches its origin and highlights a couple of spots (Eve’s and Lou’s) that keep the tradition going.

Local hero: Norristown’s zep sandwich [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Trey Popp ventures out to Bala Cynwyd to try out Avril, a French restaurant that he feels lacks some focus.

When not hampered by lapses in execution, though, Gatti’s cooking is full of fresh ideas. His curried carrot mousse, whose cloudlike consistency found playful counterpoint in a crust of walnuts and whole-grain farro, was a show-stealing revelation next to a simple grilled rack of lamb. The deep meatiness of his very tender wine-braised brisket got a welcome lift from more of that cherry sauce.

Firing Blanks [City Paper]
Avril [Official Site]

King crab, foie gras, scallops, turkey, oysters and beef are upcoming special ingredients for Blackfish’s 4-course, $45 tasting dinners.

These menus are only really rivaled by Matyson for clever takes on the tasting dinner.

Check out the full menus after the jump and also worth noting, there are a few seats remaining for Monday’s Guest Chef series with “Ideas in Food’s” Alex Talbot and Aki Kamozawa.

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Jennifer Carroll isn’t the only guest chef for Blackfish Conshohocken. The first of the monthly events will be on Monday, November 2nd with Alex Talbot and Aki Kamozawa from Ideas in Food.

The dinners are seven courses and $85 per person.

Check out the November menu including fluffernutter, after the jump.

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Wegmans opened a new supermarket in Collegeville Sunday and it’s big and it has beer.

• 132,000 square foot store
• 600 employees
• Full service restaurant named the Pub
  • Seating for 300
  • Modeled after traditional Irish pub
  • Yards and Victory on tap
  • No tipping
  • Working fireplace
  • Food Menu (PDF)
  • Drink Menu (PDF)
• Beer section
  • Single beers and six packs available for purchase
  • Separate check out
  • Sly Fox Black Raspberry Reserve $9.99
• 700 types of fruit and vegetables
• 400 cheeses

Wegmans Collegeville
600 Commerce Dr, Collegeville, PA
484-902-1560

Wegmans Opens New Store in Pennsylvania [WHAM]
Sly Fox @ Wegmans [Beer Lass]
Collegeville Wegmans opening just grand [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Wegmans Opens New Collegeville Store With Full Service Restaurant and Bar Inside [The Illadelph]

All month Alison two is celebrating its first birthday with prix fixe meals, complimentary desserts, parties and gifts.

This week it’s a $7 lunch of a grilled burger with smoked bacon, bibb letuce and buttermilk bun served with house made potato chips.

Check out the full schedule after the jump.

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