The shelves of Brew should be stacked with beer in time for SPTR’s Wheat Beer Festival on Saturday, June 27th. [Meal Ticket]

P.Y.T. is aiming for a July 1st opening. Phoodie has the menu and some interesting art work that will adorn the place. [Phoodie.info]

Philadelphia Weekly’s Adam Erace and his brother Andrew are opening Green Aisle Grocery, a grocery store on East Passyunk Avenue this fall. Expect locally grown items from favored farmers and other good stuff.

American BYOB, Paul is about a month out. It will be opposite Effie Boukidis’ self-named restaurant, Effie’s. [Meal Ticket]

The Wine Thief had its soft opening last night. The Mt. Airy bistro has some tasty sounding menu items. [The Insider]

New menu items are on the menu at the Continental Midtown. [Meal Ticket]

Tonic on Main is gone after 5-years. Wow, 5-years. It is being replaced by Yunkers Pub & Lounge. [The Insider]

Doghouse Gourmet Burgers has opened in Downingtown next to the still new Firecreek. [Main Line Restaurant Guide]

There’s really no arguing that Philadelphia is a great beer drinking city. And this summer things are just going to get better.

Let the summer drinking begin [Metro Philadelphia]

Bibou opens tonight and the highly anticipated French restaurant is now taking reservations. If you follow Foobooz on Twitter you already know you can get reservations by calling 215-965-8290.

Ultimo Coffee/Brew is set to open the coffee side of operations this Friday at 7am. The beer part is still about a month out. Drew Lazor has the deets. [Meal Ticket]

Villanova’s Maia space may not be empty long. Win and Sutida Somboonsong who own a boatload of suburban restaurants (Teikoku, Mikado, Thai Pepper, Flavor, Azie and the soon to open Parker’s Prime) are about to sign on to take over the top floor of the space. Look for pan-Asian and a sushi bar. [The Insider]

Grey Lounge, not to be confused with the Grey Lodge is coming to Old City. The spot will be serving “simple French” for under $15. Seared foie gras makes this different than your typical OC lounge. [Meal Ticket]

Craig LaBan’s favorite Philly Thai, Siam Lotus looks to be closed. [The Insider]

Ultimo Coffee in getting closer and closer to opening. They chronicle the progress on their blog. [UltimoCoffee]

West Chester’s former Coyote Crossing looks like it’ll be back in business as Coyote West. [WC Dish]

Michael Klein finds that some chefs are shrinking the portions in order to keep prices down. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Marc Vetri for just $75 a head and for a good cause? He’s raising funds for Philadelphia Education Fund at Osteria on Monday. [Inqlings, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Conde Nast Traveler has Distrito and Zahav on their “Hot List Tables” list. [Conde nast Traveler via MenuPages]

It’s Tavern on Camac vs Camac in some hot-hot-hot lawsuit fun. The Clog is not amused. [The Clog]

Passage to India has closed at the corners of Walnut and Juniper. It’ll be replaced by an IHOP! [The Insider]

Waiting for the return of Stephen Starr’s Blue Angel. You’ll be holding your breath till fall. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Ladder 15 opens to the public this evening. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

The Institute will be debuting its kitchen in late April. Expect elements of  Puerto Rican cuisine to be mixed in with American bistro fare. [Meal Ticket]

The P.O.P.E. is overhauling their food program. Pete Miller’s brunch rolls out this weekend. [Meal Ticket]

Susanna Foo, defender of Philadelphia against the PPA, has been named to Michael Nutter’s tax policy panel. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Tiffin launces its Tiffin Products today at an exclusive event for Tiffin Card members at Foster’s Homeware. Among the products for sale are Mango Chile finishing sauce and Dhania roasted coriander powder.

Newbold’s Ultimo Coffee has a logo and it’s fly. [Ultimo Coffee]