Keith Wallace, owner of the Philadelphia Wine School and Jason and Delphine Evenchick of Time and Vintage have joined up to create the Center City Wine School. The Wine School will be hosted at Time and will teach some of the same classes the Philadelphia Wine School is known for.

Philadelphia Wine School [Official Site]
Time [Official Site]

The New York Times packs a lot of action in its 36 Hours in Philadelphia and they sure don’t skimp on the culinary.

Among the spots mentioned:

• No lemon meringue pie - Silk City.
• Odd Couple – Chinese-Peruvian fusion at Chifa.
• Bowling and Munching – North Bowl.
• Slice of Local Color – The Italian Market and Lorenzo’s Pizza (9th and Christian version) in particular.
• What, No Chicken Soup? – Modern Israeli at Zahav.
• Take a Trip – Upstairs at Time for absinthe.
• No Snooze Button – Waiting for a table at Sabrina’s Cafe.

36 Hours in Philadelphia [New York Times]

Tonight, Time is offering what appears to be a heck of a deal on a whiskey dinner. It’s $65 per person and includes 6 courses that include seared foie gras, halibut, squab with black beluga and more.

Complete menu after the jump.

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Time is hosting the launch of the new rye whiskey (Ri1) from the Jim Beam distillery. Complimentary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be available from 10pm to midnight.

Pronounced “rye-one” the Jim Beam folk describe their new whiskey as “ultrapremium rye whiskey and the measure by which all others should be judged.” So they got that going for them.

Time [Official Site]
(ri)1 [Official Site]

Drew Lazor might be on vacation but he still manages to snag the new menus for Time and give us the rundown on the new chef, Josh McCullough who has experience at Le Bec-Fin, Gayle and Blackfish.

New chef and menu for Time [The Clog]

Craig LaBan enjoys all three sides of Time on Sansom Street. From the chop house to the beer and whiskey bar to the absinthe lounge upstairs.

The incoherence could become an identity crisis if the individual parts weren’t worthy. But in most respects they are, especially if you appreciate Time’s one unifying theme: a dedication to resurrecting retro pleasures like brown spirits, live music, and country club cookery. Not to mention the “Green Fairy” of the Belle Epoque.

Time [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Time [Official Site]

This week, City Paper’s Elisa Ludwig spends some time at Time finding that only about half the time that things arein sync.

Sometimes, though, the dishes are less a clever “take” on a cliché and more of an inspired improvement. Crabcakes, golden, crisp-shelled patties filled with fluffy seafood mousse, are ingeniously paired with pickled jalapeño slices, acidity cutting the richness. Veal cheeks are braised in IPA until fork-shreddingly soft, slathered with a syrupy bourbon fig confit and served with browned fava beans and cippoline onions. Both are worthy matches for the well-chosen beverages here.

Stopped Clock [City Paper]
Time [Official Site]

Adam Erace has nary a nice thing to say about Time, the successor to Ludwig’s on Sansom Street.

The cumbersome country club-inspired menu executed by Keith Murphy (from the couple’s wine bar Vintage) feels as heavy as a cable-knit sweater at an Independence Day barbecue. Eighty-degree Center City nights don’t exactly ignite cravings for braised veal cheeks and rack of wild boar, you know?

You’d think a place called Time would know what month it is, but forget about the calendar for a minute. I could maybe dig it if the wintry items were especially delicious. They’re not.

Time Out [Philadelphia Weekly]
Time [Official Site]

A quick tour around the RSS reader reveals that spring has gotten people out and checking out spots all around the area.

The Beer Lounge has the beer highlights at Villanova’s Maia. Allagash, Ayinger, Founders and more among the draught headliners.

Chicken-Fried Caviar says there is such a thing as too much bacon in their peek into Time.

Food Country drops two reviews for the price of one at John’s Roast Pork.

There are plenty of food photos to gawk at in Foodaphilia’s birthday bash at Las Bugambilias.

Foodzings points out that Blackfish in Conshy serves a lot more than just seafood.

The Beer Lass gets a tour of the Philadelphia Brewing Co. brewery and even gets to scope where they make those slick tap handles.

Turns out the raves for Memphis Taproom extend to their vegetarian options as well.

McDuff heeds the call of the burger at the Good Dog.

David Moore and his wife dine at Collingswood’s Joe Pesce with a delicious rosé.

Philadining heads to El Balconcito in the Northeast for some Peruvian and Portuguese cuisine at reasonable prices.

The ‘official’ opening is Saturday, but Time, the new restaurant/bar/lounge from Vintage owners Jason and Delphine Evenchik was wide open last night. There was no food yet (at least for the general public – it’s currently a ‘friends and family’ situation and we were told the menu would be ready to go on Saturday).

Let us be the first to say that it is almost unrecognizable inside, which is remarkable considering how gnarly Ludwig’s was and how little time has passed since the Evenchiks took over the space. Here’s a breakdown…

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