Lunch at Kanella isn’t just good, it’s cheap. [I'll Eat You]
Femme Fermental accidentally has brunch. Lucky for her it was at Supper where the crispy banana French Toast is soaked in peanut butter creme anglaise overnight. [Femme Fermental]
Unbreaded says hold of on your ridicule of Oyster House’s $26 lobster roll until you actually try it. [Unbreaded]
File this under obvious things that never dawned on us. The Restaurant School has a library. They also put out a mean dinner for a bargain price. [Foodaphilia]
Mac & Cheese chacks out Cafe Pendawa, an Indonesian bodega in Point Breeze. Her bravery is rewarded. [Mac & Cheese]
Unbreaded faces a decision of epic proportions, cheesesteak or pork at John’s Roast Pork. [Unbreaded]
Drew Lazor has the latest on Prohibition Taproom, the soon to open bar by Cafe Lift owner Michael Pasquarello. [The Clog]
Michael Klein has the latest on Bistrot La Minette on 6th Street. Opening is said to be a month out. [Food and Drinq]
Collingswood’s Pop Shop was selected Philadelphia’s 2008 Parents’ Pick for Best Family Friendly Restaurant by Nickelodeon’s Parents’ Picks Awards.
Hummus is set to open at 40th and Walnut next to the under construction Radian complex on Penn’s campus. The self-serve restaurant will feature falafel and other pita wrapped sandwiches. [Daily Pennsylvanian]
Also in the awards category, Moore Brothers topped the Zagat Wine Shop category in the Zagat “New York City Gourmet Shopping & Entertainment Guide 2009.” [Moore Brothers]
Well last night was my TV debut on the Food Network as Drew Lazor of City Paper and I were judges on Throwdown with Bobby Flay. The show took place at the Pop Shop in Collingswood, NJ and featured owners “Stink” Fisher and Connie Correia Fisher and their famous grilled cheeses.
With the exception of an unfortunate double entendre things went well and I’m sure it will be good for the Pop Shop even if their delicious Calvert sandwich didn’t beat Bobby Flay’s brie, goat cheese, bacon and green tomato creation. Everyone I watched the show with were impressed with the Pop Shop’s sandwich and the prospect of trying 31 others. Why not head there this month, after all it is national grilled cheese month.
Bobby Flay challenged the Pop Shop in Collingswood, New Jersey to a grilled cheese throwdown yesterday and Arthur Etchells, editor of Foobooz was there as a judge. But don’t even think of asking who won before the show airs this spring. That’s one secret that isn’t get let out.
South Jersey got a shot of television glitz and glamour Monday as celebrity chef Bobby Flay came to the Pop Shop for a grilled cheese-making contest for a future episode of the Food Network’s “Throwdown! With Bobby Flay.”
Flay squared off against Stink and Connie Correia Fisher, co-owners of the popular Haddon Avenue eatery whose menu features 31 varieties of grilled cheese sandwiches. For the show, which is scheduled to air in the spring, the Fishers pitted their Calvert sandwich against Flay’s creation, dubbed the “Five B” by one of the invited guests at the taping.
We’ve always thought of the grilled cheese as a cold weather food, so we were a bit surprised to see City Paper come up with a list of top grilled cheeses on August 2nd. But really, when is delicious molten cheese on good bread not a good idea?
Coming up on top is the Pop Shop’s Park, American cheese melted into a halved Philadelphia soft pretzel.
Our friends at Dancing Meatballs gave us a couple good suggestions for family friendly restaurants that don’t have a giant mouse for a mascot. Their first suggestion is the Pop Shop in Collingswood “which has an extensive kids menu, ’school nights’, kids events like Saturday morning pajama party, stroller accessibility, diaper changing stations, and wait staff who deal well with kids.” Even at the top end there is room for kids. “The Fountain at Four Seasons has the most kid friendly wait staff I have ever met. A tired and grouchy kid can be offered everything from free balloons, coloring books and crayons, to a visit to the kitchen and a room to rest in.”
So where else is there where the sight of a child in a stroller doesn’t prompt eye rolling by the staff and the amenities to keep a child occupied extend beyond a set of broken crayons.
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