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]

Foodaphilia and friends check out The Set Table for brunch in East Falls. [Foodaphilia]

Flank steak sandwich for just $6 at the Bishop’s Collar. [Foodaphilia]

Loving every bit of the seafood at Bridgid’s in Fairmount. [foodzings]

Mac & Cheese wins the Foobooz food porn award this week for most photos we most salivated over as she tried several vegetarian dishes at A Full Plate Café. [Mac & Cheese]

Ida Mae’s passes muster as a breakfast place with “Philly Neighborhood Flava.” [PhillyFoodGuys]

Lew Bryson tries out the food at Triumph Brewing Co. and finds the mushroom burger is a real winner! [Seen Through a Glass]

The South Philly Review tries out the recently opened Triumph Brewing Co. at 117 Chestnut Street. Although not without its problems, there was enough that was good to consider heading back.

Two-and-a-half tips of the toque

Triumph Brewing Co. [South Philly Review]

Michael Klein takes a camera and gives us a look at a a pair of new places in Philadelphia, Triumph Brewing Co. and yello’bar.

Table Talk TV: yello’bar & Triumph Brewing [Philly.com]

Kirsten Henri’s piece in today’s Philadelphia Weekly is chock full of goodies for everyone looking forward to the next big opening.

• 707 is promising no entree over $20. The “classic American” cuisine will feature pigs-in-a-blanket, hanger steak with tempura onion rings and reuben spring rolls.
• Fairmount’s Monk’s is still tied up in paperwork with those sticks in the mud, the PLCB.
• Look for the Spruce Street Tria to open in June.
• Can oil-poached Copper River salmon with lemongrass and shiitake risotto get people to go to the Penthouse Lounge and Grille?
• And it still sounds like the end of March for Triumph Brewing Company’s Old City location.

Hops Spring Eternal [Philadelphia Weekly]

The Triumph Brewery in Old City is still a couple weeks from opening but Lew Bryson of Seen Through a Glass got a sneak peek this past Sunday.

Triumph Philly: a pre-opening visit [Seen Through a Glass]

According to local beer writer, Lew Bryson on his new blog, Old City’s Triumph Brewing Co. location is now looking at a late March early April opening. The grand opening is set for April 30th.

Among the beers set to be on tap are: “Honey Wheat Amber, Bengal Gold IPA. Kellerbier (pils-style, deep gold) Dunkel, Oatmeal Stout, Chico Ale, Porter, Love Potion Belgian Tripel.”

Triumph Philly — update [Seen Through A Glass]
Triumph Brewing Co. [Official Site]

According to a report from the Beer Yard, Triumph Brewing Company’s Old City location is looking at a March rather than February opening. Triumph hasn’t started brewing yet and that’ll take six weeks. And without beer there isn’t much point to a brew pub.

We have not yet been able to brew as we await construction details and approval from all the various powers that be. We are trying to get brewing within a week or two…We will not open until we have six weeks of beer brewed, fermenting and aging. By all accounts its a big project, and we only received our chiller condenser for the roof on Saturday, so we are pluggin’ away every day to move things along…

Triumph’s Philadelphia Brewpub Opening Pushed Back To March [Beer Yard]

Table Talk looks back on the restaurant scene in 2006 as well as looks forward to 2007. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Could the House of Blues planned for the Packard Building not happen? Michael Klein says he’ll believe it when he sees it in his Table Talk column today and A. D. Amorosi reports ex-employees of the House of Blues organization may not happen. [Icepack, City Paper]

Feeding Frenzy gives some more details on Mission Grill, the upscale American Southwest restaurant set for 19th and Arch Streets. The menu will be big on pork and fish and the General Manager is an alum from the Fountain. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

Triumph Brewing Company is getting closer, now it looks like a February opening may be realistic. The kitchen is in place and so is the brewing equipment. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

10 South 20, formerly Blue Horseshoe, and never Christopher’s is again closed for renovations. This spot at 20th and Market seems to change concepts quicker than the seasons.

Warmdaddy’s will be adding Sunday Gospel Brunch to the menu. Expect crawfish, gumbo, black skillet corn bread with honey butter, cheese grits, omelets, chicken and waffles among other down-home dining.

Joe Sixpack’s Beer Radar has recently highlighted a couple of Philadelphia brewpubs that are planning on opening soon.

Triumph Brewing’s Brewpub at 117 Chestnut Street has received its brewing equipment and hopes to be open in January. Decorated brewer Patrick Jones, will be moving from the Triumph in New Hope to take control of the Old City spot.

Have you been wondering where the brewing equipment that was part of the Red Bell Brew Pub at the Wachovia Center wound up? Well Joe Beddia, formerly of Yards is planning on opening a brew pub on the Northern Liberties/Kensington border. Brasseries des Mars will brew farmhouse-style ales, like Saison Dupont, and serve a limited menu of specialty cheese and cured meats. No timetable for this one.

As for the Dock Street Brew Pub, news isn’t so good. According to Gail Fisher of the University City District the project is in “critical condition.” The zoning board only approved a five year land use permit, and the bankers are balking at financing the project, demanding a ten year permit. Check out Philly Blog’s Dock Street rumors thread for more.

Beer Radar [Joe Sixpack]