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Brit press hops on the Philly food wagon
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Brit press hops on the Philly food wagon
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| Photo | Drew Lazor |
Guardian writer Joshua Stein turns in this eating diary of Philadelphia, and hits up a respectable lineup of spots for the benefit of the UK, including Reading Terminal Market, Zahav, Distrito, Pho 75 and Johnny Brenda's. We will forgive the Guardian's copy editors for making "cheesesteak" two words (hate that), mainly due to writer Stein's wondrously pithy description of Fishtown ("a North Philadelphia neighbourhood that used to be filled with crack houses but now bristles with students, artists and hipsters") and his kind words for Meal Ticket obsession DiNic's:
At DiNic's, the pork is slow-roasted, sliced thick and laid on a hoagie roll. A dollop of saut�ed spinach and a slice of provolone cheese, followed by a ladle of its own juice, completes the meal. But beware: it's addictive. I had one at 11 am and came back for another at noon.
Love that he went outside of Center City for some gems.
[...] press outlets have been feeling us lately. First it was the Guardian over the weekend; now it’s Bon Appetit, who shows Philly love in its July ‘09 issue with a travel rundown [...]
- barstool scientist
- Booze
- Brew Revue
- Chef Salad
- Closings
- Coffee
- Contests
- Dealage
- Dirty Dishes
- Don't Front
- Eat This Immediately
- Field Trip
- Food and Art
- Food and Holidays
- Food and Movies
- Food and Music
- Food and Politics
- Food and Sports
- Food and Web
- Food Blogs
- Food Books
- Food Events
- Food News
- Food TV
- Gifted
- Happy Hour Hopper
- How-To
- In Print
- Interview
- Meal Ticket
- Menu Time
- Not So Quickfire
- Notes from the Weekend
- On Wheels
- Openings
- Patio Drinking
- Philly Beer Week 2010
- Photos
- Private Chef POV
- Product Placement
- Recipes
- Snack Time
- Stiff Drank
- SUPPER
- Tea
- Testing
- Ticket Stubs
- Top Chef
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Video
- Weekly Candy
- Weird Regional Foods
- We're Here to Help
- Where'd We Eat?
- Drew Lazor's Ill-Advised Rant Factory
- Pregame
- Ill-Advised Ranting
- The Week Without Meat
- Philly Beer Week 2009
- Real Big
- Where'd I Eat Last Night?
- Top Chef Masters
- The Good Word
- Next Iron Chef
- Arterial Terrorism
- Food and Radio
