Queens Village offal-and-swine mecca Ansill is throwing an event that, to our ears, sounds friggin' awesome. On Friday, June 20th, the restaurant is holding a "Euro-style" barbecue. What does that mean? Here's the word straight from the press release:...
Legendary South Philadelphia shack John's Roast Pork is famous for some of the best cheesesteaks and roast pork in the city. The Inquirer just broke it to the general public that JRP's chief operator, 42-year-old John Bucci Jr., is battling...
The Ugly American, the six-month old Pennsport gastropub, just got LaBaned this weekend. So... here's the deal. The Ugly American is located on Front Street not too far away from the Wal-Mart, the Riverview and the whole Souf Philly...
Good news for Northeast Philadelphia fans of Shank and Evelyn's sausage and chicken-and-broccoli rabe sandwiches: A branch of the restaurant is opening inside Cappy's — a popular neighborhood bar over in Tacony. Michael Klein broke the news at Food...
In case you might not have heard, it's primary season in Pennsylvania. The good folks at the Inquirer, always eager to gauge the local mood towards Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama, decided to stop by a Philly lunch truck. The...
Work as a Philadelphia food writer and you write about Joey Vento. Cause and effect. Yesterday, we wrote that the Geno's Steaks owner was holding a press conference. The Daily News's Damon C. Williams stopped by and found out...
Meet Joey Vento, publicity hound. We all know the Geno's Steaks owner likes being in the spotlight. There's the famous "This is America. When ordering, please speak English" sign and, of course, a Fox News appearance or three. Not...
Good magazine just published their list of America's Tastiest Streets — and Philadelphia is nowhere to be seen on it. The winners were Queens, New York's Roosevelt Avenue (Korean-style fried chicken, tamales, Cuban food, Filipino cafeterias, northern Thai food...
Over at Serious Eats, there's a fairly comprehensive guide to the roast pork sandwiches of Philly. The source is credible (Philadelphia magazine food critic Joy Manning) and the coverage is completely in line with how 2008 is turning out...
Food & Wine just released their annual Best New Chefs in America list and Jim Burke of James made the list. Here's what the mag had to say about the Bella Vista restaurateur: Jim Burke, 34, is the owner and...
We just got the beer list for newly opened South Philly restaurant Devil's Den courtesy of newspaper columnist Joe Sixpack. Although the restaurant name might be all-American, the 16 draft beers are heavily Teutonic. Here's the debut list: Dogfish...
Basbeball season is (finally) here. Forbes just came out with a list of America's healthiest and unhealthiest ballpark snacks... and we're proud to say that Citizens' Bank Park has made the unhealthy list. C'mon. This is Philadelphia. Did you...
This week's entry in the Craig LaBan review sweepstakes is Le Virtu in deep South Philly. He calls it "one of the most pleasant new restaurants I've visited this year" and gives it some more kudos: If you've had...
We'll say it one more time: We hate writing about cheesesteaks. But since this is Philadelphia and cheesesteaks stalk us like some Freddy Kreuger-like monster, despite all the other great food out there, we've gotta cope with it. So it...