Hope you’re not tired of Village Whiskey coverage yet. Today the Bite over analyzes the menu and the Illadelph breaks down the beer list.

And late yesterday Meal Ticket was back for more pictures, including the burgers and fries.

The worst news, Thursday’s opening will probably be pushed to Friday.

With latest, Garces does whiskey neat [Metro Philadelphia]
Opening Beer List at Village Whiskey [The Illadelph]
More Village Whiskey in pictures (yes, this includes the burgers) [Meal Ticket]

Meal Ticket gets some photos from within Village Whiskey including lots of shots of pickled vegetables and just what Jose Garces means by cheese puffs.

Village Whiskey in pictures [Meal Ticket]

Jose Garces’ Village Whiskey opens next Thursday (11:30am if you’re particularly antsy) and the menus are now available for analysis.

The Whiskey King burger that Grub Street teased us with in July now has a price, a steep $24 for the 10oz  farm-raised Angus beef from Maine. It’s topped with foie gras, maple bourbon glazed cipolini, blue cheese and applewood bacon.There’s also a Village Burger for a more reasonable $9 that can be topped with a choice of Haystack Mountain Chevre, Jasper Hill Cheddar or Rogue Smokey Blue for $3 and bacon for $2.

There’s a lobster roll at an Oyster House matching $26 and a Kentucky Fried Quail with sweet potato, chanterelle and corn succotash, roast chicken gravy for $14.

The bar snacks intrigue with homemade cheese puffs, deviled eggs, tater tots and soft pretzels. But for decadent finger foods, we’re most intrigued by the duck fat french fries served with Sly Fox cheddar sauce. Go all out by adding shortrib to the fries. We’d like to think of this as some high-end version of Nick’s Cafe’s gravy and cheese fries.

Check out the complete food menu after the jump as well as the beer, wine, cocktails and whiskey menus.

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SliCE opens on Sansom Street this Monday. [Meal Ticket]

Seriously? Another name change in store for Stephen Starr’s Stella Pizza? [Grub Street]

Coo’s Sports Bar & Lounge is hoping to open this weekend on north Broad Street. [Meal Ticket]

APO Bar + Lounge is overhauling their drink menu adding 14 new drinks to the menu. [Meal Ticket]

Barb and Suzy’s Kitchen is a new stand at the Reading Terminal Market serving Pennsylvania Dutch sandwiches and bacon cheese fries. [Grub Street]

Parker’s Prime is looking to open next week in Newtown Square. It’s the latest from the Win empire. [Table Talk, Philadelphia, Inquirer]

Whipped Bakeshop is getting its own storefront in Fishtown. [Meal Ticket]

Cupcakes Gourmet adds a location in the Gateway Shopping Center. Perfect after your Five Guys burger. The Best of Philly winner is expanding from their Frazer location. [Restaurant Club]

Dr. Watson’s Pub is going to be sold by longtime owner Barry Sandrow. [Philly Gossip]

Today, The Bite eagerly looks forward to some new restaurants opening in the coming weeks.

• Kong (August 15th)
• Village Whiskey (Late August)
• Fish (September 9)
• Resurrection Ale House (Early September)
• Rubb (Fall)

As summer closes, new doors opening [Metro Philadelphia]

Grub Street Philadelphia launched today with a slideshow of 22 notable Philadelphia burgers including the never before seen Village Whiskey behemoth. It’s a mix of sirloin, chuck eye roll and chuck topped with Rogue’s (as in the beer) blue cheese and sauteed foie gras. Yikes!

Sad/great thing. We recognized 10 of the 22 burgers without realizing the description was on the right-hand side.

The Burger Register: Philadelphia’s Twenty-Two Notable Burgers [Grub Street]

Last night during a late evening stroll (trying to forget about that Phillies game) we noticed that the paper was down from the windows at Village Whiskey.

And low and behold, what did we see?

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Yogorino opened over the weekend at 20th and Locust. There’s just one flavor for now and for the germaphobes, the toppings are kept behind the counter out of the reach of the unwashed masses.

The popular Tiffin is adding a third location, this one in Elkins Park. Additionally, Tiffin Etc., the Indian pizzeria is about 3 weeks out. [The Insider]

Plenty of restaurant slippages in Michael Klein’s restaurant openings update. Village Whiskey and Pickled Heron are now looking at late summer (August). And the Tap House is saying October. [The Insider]

Leila Cafe is serving up Middle Eastern food at the former Wasabi House at 13th and Pine. [Meal Ticket]

The former Kami Sushi at 1526 Sansom now has a sign in the window promising Sushi Cafe is coming soon.

Akoya, the restaurant portion of Pearl is making like Pearl and taking the rest of the summer off. [The Insider]

We know we just posted a link to Philadelphia Magazine’s article about Jose Garces but now we’ve sat down and actually had a chance to read Lauren McCutcheon’s profile of the prolific chef.

Among the Fooboozian highlights:

• Rumor has it Garces missed the James Beard Awards perhaps becuase he’s working on a Food Network gig.
• July is still the targeted opening for Village Whiskey.
• Garces Trading Co. is the name for the food/wine commisary (PLCB partnership) coming this fall to the Western Union building on Locust.
• The Fontainebleau Las Vegas is getting a rooftop Amada, twice the size of the original.
• Dave Conn will be chef de cuisine at Village Whiskey.

Check it all out.

Who is Jose Garces? And Why are you so crazy about his restaurants? [Philadelphia Magazine]

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Jose Garces was on the Today Show this morning making plantain crusted fish tacos. Speaking of Jose, his Village Whiskey is looking to open in late July.

Jose Garces’ fish tacos offer a taste of tradition [Today Show]