KYW has item about live poultry in Philly, specifically, the Q and Q Live Poultry market in the 1100 block of Spring Garden Street, which cages "filled with birds, ducks, bunnies and other small animals for a clientele comprised...
Last night's James Beard Foundation Awards contained a wonderful win for a Philly chef, and a handful of disappointing losses. First off, the great news: Jose Garces of Amada, Tinto, Distrito, and Chifa (nominated for the category for the...
SuperPretzel ran their Harry Kalas commercial-turned-tribute over the weekend during Phillies games. Though the spot won't show on TV again, you can watch it online and listen to Kalas exclaim, "What? These pretzels are great!" to your heart's content....
The arrival of Prohibition Taproom to the Loft District last November was a boon to begin with (Rick Nichols referred to it as "something of a beacon and a safe harbor"), so imagine what weekend brunch service will mean...
After the Flyer’s 5-3 playoff loss to the Penguins on Saturday, Water Works Restaurant owner Michael Karloutsos stepped up and accepted responsibility for the premature end of the Flyers’ season. Mike Richards, Jeff Carter and Joffrey Lupul all ate...
The Chesco college student who assaulted a Geno's Steaks employee in December 2007 has been sentenced to six to 23 months in prison. Kevin Bacci, 20, will be serving his term on work release, and will also be on...
In the grand scheme of butchering-themed videos, this one shot at Harry Ochs Meats in RTM is very tame and tasteful: there are no spurts of blood, live animals, or anything to make a carnivore avert their eyes. It's...
It's a mysterious case, with inconclusive details: Thien Ngo left Fork in January, after seven years in the kitchen, purportedly to retire to Vietnam. A short while after this announcement, he popped up at Coquette Bistro & Wine Bar, where...
Del Frisco's Double Eagle, the mammoth steakhouse that opened back in November, is in the midst of legal wrangles with contractors who worked on the restaurant. The steakhouse is a the center of seven — potentially eight — lawsuits...
Yesterday, we speculated about a few restaurants posted on Craigslist, and while a couple in the bunch were very clear (Swallow; Liberties Manayunk), the rest of the lot were a little more inscrutable. However, the two-story University City BYOB struck...
We're on vacation in Los Angeles for the next five days, so posting around here will be somewhat spare and sporadic. We'll return in full-effect next Wednesday, most likely dreaming of burritos, Korean tacos, and burgers. [Photo: burger from...
Yeah, you read that right. Tony Lucidonio Jr. of Tony Luke's has found a formula for frozen cheesesteaks that's good enough to try to sell. "I can't get into too much detail because we have a Patent pending," Lucidonio said...
A PSA by way of Helen at MP:Chicago! The Restaurants.com gift certificate deal that we posted about a few months back is, regrettably, a shady scam. Consumerist reports that a company associated with the site has been charging $14.95 a...
Hey! Did you know that McCormick releases a flavor forecast for the coming year at the end of every year? (Neither did we, until we started working a job that required us to read anything that might bear a...
MillerCoors LLC announced today that it will be "reformulating" Sparks, that heady quaff of alcohol, caffeine, and who knows how many chemicals. They will keep making Sparks, but with some completely new formula &mdash and in a way that...
Here's a great one, for Fitz's Pig & Whistle in New York titled "Absolut toll:" Für alle deutschen Touristen ein toller Tip. Given the stellar numerical ratings that this user left for the food, service, ambiance, etc., we're assuming the...
Barack Obama was elected into office with nothing but high expectations following him. Many, if not most people who voted for him, are looking to Obama to finally be the President who will carry out some kind of policy that...
After reading the Philadelphia Weekly review of Joe's Peking Duck Original 1984, we were left with the feeling that the whole operation was shrouded in a veil of mystery. That, and an overwhelming desire to find out what exactly...
We saw this video about the creation of the hot dog launcher on Serious Eats earlier today, although it has cropped on on a bunch of other blogs since then. It's a pretty charming mockumentary and is somehow poignantly...
Starting in... 10 minutes and lasting all the way until 8pm is Happy Hour at Ansill. Okay, so this has existed for a while, and technically it's not only tonight, but every Monday-Friday, but just consider it a friendly...
