Starting this Thursday at 10 p.m. Chifa will have a weekly "lounge" evening going all the way to 2 a.m. The inaugural night is going to have Latin-jazz music and a DJ (Masami's Trio "The High Hopes" and DJ...
Michael Klein reports that Hot Potato Cafe will be "hosting" Gordon Ramsay over the next days, for their own episode of Kitchen Nightmares. The famously hot-headed and borderline vitriolic chef is presumably there to whip the Fishtown BYOB into shape,...
TastingTable, the daily all-things-food email blast, is all over Jose Garces today. Though they give him props for his international stable of restaurants, the focus is not on his currently opened places like Amada, Chifa, or Distrito, but rather, on...
Stephen Starr is one unstoppable dude this spring and summer. First, the Franklin Square burger stand, then the goss on Pizza Select, and now another undertaking: catering at the Mann Center. Joy Manning breaks the news over on Restaurant Club,...
The New York Times is on a mission to find a dish that prominently features Sriracha sauce at one restaurant in all 50 states. They rustle up twenty on their Diner's Journal food blog, among them, Fireside's Philly cheese...
Travel blog Jaunted thinks so, and singles out Famous 4th Street Delicatessen as one of the best Jewish delis, giving it props for being a totally authentic, thoroughly un-modernized deli. On the other hand, Unbreaded has a rundown of the...
The Korean BBQ taco craze that swept LA this spring has landed at Ansill. Ann Miller, one of the line cooks at Ansill (who happens to be Korean), has been making short rib and braised pork belly tacos at...
Memorial Day is only a month away, which puts us one month closer to the opening of Octo Waterfront Grille on Delaware. The gargantuan restaurant/bar/nightclub going into the old Rock Lobster space is shaping up to be one of...
A new taco truck has been roving through town since April 1, parking at Drexel during the week and stationing itself at Clark Park on Saturdays. The truck (full name: Honest Tom's Taco Shop) makes breakfast and lunch tacos until...
The Pennsylvania institution turns 45 today! Wawa started out as a dairy farm and milk delivery service, and turned to groceries in 1964. The dairy still exists, but as we know, Wawa is so, so much more than milk. Wawa...
No surprise here: the upcoming month is brimming with things to do at any of the Garces Restaurant Group outposts. • At Amada, the seasonal beer of the moment is the Founders Imperial Stout, and they still have Estrella...
Frank from 30 Rock was in town last weekend, and stopped at Lorenzo's Pizza for a slice of pie. We won't spoil the clip for you, but there's something in there about "cheesesteak and a slice," so it sounds...
We've never been coy about our love for West Philly's Marigold Kitchen, but all personal bias aside, Meal Ticket currently has an excellent interview with chef Erin O'Shea. It's devoted to talking about the Country Ham Dinner, possibly the...
No, that title is not a euphemism (we are in fact reading Playboy for the articles). Playboy has crowned the "America's 10 Best Sushi Spots," and Morimoto is among the picks. It's an obvious choice — Stephen Starr is hardly...
In a move that's not overtly recession-driven, but pretty close, the Starr Restaurant Organization is rolling out new alcohol offerings at three of their restaurants: • Morimoto is unveiling a new Happy Hour on Mondays-Fridays from from 5pm-7pm. The...
This Maryland "Crab Cake" caught our eye this morning, while scrolling through Google Reader. At first glance, it was based on nothing more than the bright colors and lovable little crabs, but then we realized it was a cake,...
