This week in the Metro we take a look at Tavern 17’s lunch in a flash plus the new menu at Brasserie Perrier.

The Bite: Meat and money matters [Metro Philadelphia]

Full Brasserie Perrier menus including the new craft beer list after the jump.

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Philadelphia Magazine threw their Philly Cooks event last night where more than 50 restaurants competed in a number of categories including best savory dish, best sweet dish and dish of the year.

Winners:

• Savory – Sole Food, Yellow fin tuna with pickled jalapeño.
• Sweet – Tavern 17, Mexican chocolate cheesecake.
• Dish of the Year – Little Fish, Octopus Carpaccio.

The howl of Joe Sixpack has been heard. April Lisante of Philly.com covers the trend of dog friendly dining that seems to have sprung up this spring.

Call it a case of Le Bec Fido, but something doggone tasty is happening this spring at restaurants from Rittenhouse Square to Northern Liberties to the Main Line: customized canine menus for pampered pooches.

Dog Bites [Philly.com]
Fido-friendly restaurants [Philly.com]

When the clock strikes 17⁰⁰, it’s happy hour time at Tavern 17. And the 1 and 7 allusions don’t stop with the time, there are Tavern sliders for just $1.70 each and $1.70 mini-cocktails as well.

The Tavern sliders are available in hamburger, smoked pork, lamb & feta, beef short rib and lump crab cake, sliders can be ordered individually or in a pack of five.

As part of Tavern 17’s bites and flights menu you can order a flight of drinks, 3 miniature cocktails that make sampling a variety of drinks an easy and inexpensive thing to do. Try out the night with a tropical flight including pineapple-ginger smash, founder’s punch and bahia pina colada, or a flight of mojitos featuring a bojito, o-jito and the traditional mojito.

As for wine, Tavern 17 features 17 whites and 17 reds by the glass, and the restaurant features a glass-encased wine room holding 1,200 bottles. What? Not 1,700 bottles?

Tavern 17 [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]

Tavern 17 is set to open today, May 1st, adjacent to the Warwick Hotel. The latest addition to the Rittenhouse dining scene brings “artisan flights and bites,” which are complementary food and beverages brought together in scaled-down portions.

The management team features John Dougherty as General Manager, Dougherty comes from Minneapolis where he had three years experience managing FireLake Grill House. The Restaurant Manager is Francesco Bellofiore, who most recently served as assistant manager at Lacroix. Chef Mark Blevins’ latest experience was as executive sous chef at the Continental Midtown.

Tavern 17 [Official Site]

Well you might be hard pressed to find a touch of spring in the air today but rest assured it’s coming. and with spring comes alfresco dining. The Daily News takes note of several places to dine outside. Including Tavern 17 a new restaurant and lounge set to open May 1st on 17th Street just down from the Warwick Hotel. Tavern 17 will seat 170 indoors and another 16-20 outside, plus they’ll have a special menu for pooches!

Additional alfesco dining:

• Patou
• Meridith’s
• Avalon
• Positano Coast
• 333 Belrose
• Oceanaire Seafood Room
• Ecco Qui
• The Water Works
• Restaurant M

Alfresco, old & new [Philadelphia Daily News]