From Tuesday to Thursday, between 5 and 8pm, get thee to Ortlieb’s Jazz Haus in Northern Liberties and enjoy your choice of starter and entrée for $20.

Menu after the jump.
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Tuesdays through Sundays from 5 to 7pm Ortlieb’s Jazz Haus offers a variety of happy hour specials including a free order of wings with every pitcher of beer ordered. If you’re doing the math that means two pitchers of beer equals two free orders of wings.

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Texas-born Brian McManus checks out the new Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus and finds there’s lots to love, even for a Texas boy who frequently made road trips to New Orleans.

The ribs at Ortlieb’s are as good as any I’ve had, and I’m usually an asshole about this sort of thing. (Forgive me. I’m from Texas. Slow-smoked meats and Willie Nelson are the only things I have to boast about.) Tender and swathed in a spicy citrus chipotle, Ortlieb’s ribs are the stuff of dreams. I go through them like a buzz saw. I nibble on the accompanying jalapeno cornbread. It’s good, but the polenta has me satiated on the corn-and-pepper front. The corn on the cob, described on the menu as “Texas style,” is split in half long-ways, a bit of a pain to eat but delicious nonetheless.

Jazz You Like It [Philadelphia Weekly]
Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus [Official Site]

Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus recently turned 20, getting new owners, a makeover and new chef, Michael Suminski.

Suminski has kept the general Cajun-American gist of the menu intact, but his talents are obvious at every flip of the spatula. Creamy, cayenne-spiked Louisiana crab bisque floats with chunks of lump crabmeat, corn and a clever swirl of bourbon syrup. The teasing spice of blackened catfish fingers encased in peppery coating is both augmented and tempered by a creamy lime-chipotle aioli. Light-as-lattice calamari are golden rings of seafood perfection that defy gravity, and also reason.

All That Jazzhaus [City Paper]
Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus [Official Site]

Ortlieb’s Jazz Haus announces that they are now offering Sunday brunch.

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Ortlieb’s Jazz Haus is kicking a special Wednesday night featuring The Neil Podgurski Trio featuring Mike Boone and Byron Landham. And from 5 to 7 PM there are free wings with every pitcher of beer! Plus $10 pounds of Snow Crab Legs all night.

In Pursuit of Ale, the women’s beer club of Philadelphia is hosting their bi-monthly meeting at Jager’s in Old City tonight at 7:30. Yeah it’s called Jaeger’s, but 35 beers on tap.

A rundown of some recent Uwishunu food posts.

• Who Says You Can’t Barbeque in Winter? Not the folk at Kim’s a Korean BBQ way up in North Philly.
• Jazz Institution Reopens Its Doors – Ortliebs is back with much of the same vibe even if a newly redone kitchen.
• Not Your Average Almond Croissant – Metropolitan Bakery does an almond croissant up right.
• Broke on 10th? Heung Fa beats Wawa – Yep, get stuffed for less than $3.50.
• On a Dining Mission – Checking out Mission Grill at 19th and Arch Streets.

The Daily Pennsylvanian’s 34th Street Magazine does a big feature on Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus and outgoing owner Peter Sounders. Sounders is selling the landmark jazz club after 19 years.

A Final Bow [34th Street Magazine]
Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus [Official Site]
Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus Offers [Official Site]

Take Phillyist’s suggestion and head to Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus in Northern Liberties where you can enjoy Bootsie Barnes and his Organ Trio tonight and every Wednesday.

Tonight also marks the opening of Xochitl, a Mexican restaurant we’ve mentioned enough that we can now spell Xochitl without even thinking about it. Oh and just so you know, it’s pronounced So-cheet.

Nothing small about these Quick Bites, open wide and devour!

• Aqua, 705 Chestnut Street, may be opening as soon as Mondy and Michael Klein has the dish.
• Also in Table Talk today it�s noted that Suede is looking to be reborn Triada, a �small-plates restaurant-cum-lounge.� Of course Triada should not to be confused with Tria or Trio. And there�s no truth to the rumor that riage, a small tapas and Emergency Room waiting area is opening near Jefferson.
• Another item of note in TT, especially to those who miss Warmdaddy�s on Front Street, their new RiverView Plaza location is �about a month out.� (Table Talk)

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