The White Dog, which is now run by restaurateur Marty Grims and chef Ralph Fernandez, shut down for a week and has reopened with new menus, which you can view after the jump.

White Dog [Official Site]

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As we mentioned on Tuesday, Martin Grims is taking over the food service and the general operations of the White Dog Cafe. Today we find out that the White Dog Cafe will open a second location in Wayne (200 W Lancaster Ave) late this spring.

Grims is kind of a quiet giant in these parts as he is involved in the following restaurants:

• Moshulu
• Du Jour Cafes in Haverford and Center City
• The Inlet
• Daddy O Hotel and Restaurant
• The Plantation
• Pan-Asian restaurant coming to Commerce Square
• and now two White Dog Cafes

White Dog Cafe [Official Site]

The Insider has Northern Liberties possibly getting a wine bar, Vinoteca. Here’s hoping they have more success than Wineo. [The Insider]

MenuPages has some good suggestions on dining with large groups and OpenTable. [MenuPages Blog]

Hey Pennsters, That Bucks County Coffee you’ve come to love at 40th and Locust is set to become a Saxbys on October 1. In other Saxby’s news, look for a new one at 15th and Locust. [Daily Pennsylvanian]

We noticed this as well, it seems like JL Sullivan’s Speakeasy is suffering from a bit of an identity crisis. First they dropped the Speakeasy and in a promo for a grand opening party this weekend they are going by JLS. [The Clog]

We first heard about Saute in July. it was a month away then, it’s a month away now. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

“Bottled or tap” is one question you won’t hear anymore at White Dog Cafe. The environmentally conscious West Philadelphia Restaurant is kicking the bottled water habit. [Inqlings, Philadelphia Inquirer]

In this Wednesday’s Metro “La Morsure” takes a look at what’s fun and happening in Philadelphia for Bastille Day from Fairmount to West Philadelphia to some hanging with some Great Dames.

Bastille Day Events in Fairmount [Eastern State Penitentiary]
Bastille Day Block Party [White Dog Cafe]
Bastille Day Garden Party [Le Bec-Fin]

Yes, it finally feels like winter and the White Dog Cafe knows how to keep you warm with coffee cocktails featuring Mexican coffee and whipped cream plus mulled cider, spiked and otherwise.

Full list after the jump.

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This week the Fair Food Farmstand at Reading Terminal Market has Country Time Farm nitrate-free sausage on sale for $4.50/lb, raw whole milk from Kingfisher Dairy and — just in case you can’t eat your greens in adult form — teeny-tiny micro-greens from OH Produce! in Kempton.

Celebrity sighting at the stand! Author Michael Pollan stopped by last week while in town for his speaking engagement at the Free Library. Farmstand manager Sarah Cain reports that Pollan interacted with both the stand volunteers and one very lucky Hubbard squash.

Fair Food Farmstand [Official Site]

 

If you’re the sort that enjoys food shopping and then, uh, cooking, check out the Fair Food Farmstand at Reading Terminal Market. This week they’re stocking raw-milk cave-ripened cheeses from Valley Shepherd Creamery, chicken pies from Griggstown Quail Farm and organic kale and sweet potatoes from Landisdale Farm.

We love the Farmstand, but prefer to purchase items there that don’t involve turning on a stove, like Betty’s Tasty Buttons and Pequea Valley Yogurt. Eating local and being lazy are not mutually exclusive.

Fair Food Farmstand [Official Site]

David Snyder looks at why we’re such good locavores and how we got that way in his City Paper piece today.

Philadelphia often lags behind with respect to the latest food trends, but it’s long been ahead of the curve when it comes to eating local, so much so that it’s easy to take for granted how advanced our food system is compared to other cities. But how did it get that way? And what did we do — if anything — to make this movement so worthy of attention?

Cult of Seasonality [City Paper]

DailyCandy presents some Philly restaurants that cater to the locavore in you.

• White Dog Cafe
• Fork
• Restaurant Alba
• Marigold Kitchen

Die-Hard Locavore [DailyCandy]

Illadates takes a chilly walk around University City making sure to warm up with some baked brie at the White Dog Cafe.
Illadates: University City [Philebrity TV]