IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, April 9
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IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, April 9
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- David Snyder pays a few visits to Akoya, the reimagined Asian pub inside Chestnut Street club Pearl (Akoya means pearl in Japanese). Thanks to chef Greg Garbacz's navigable menu, D finds plenty to love in this club, including the torch tuna tataki (above), a definite standout dish.
- Trey Popp satisfies a craving for chicken and waffles at Merl's Breakfast Spot, a cozy neighborhood joint at 16th and Dickinson in Newbold. But it's about more than just tasty, soulful cooking. "Merl's making more than good chicken and waffles," he writes. "She's making a better neighborhood."
- Lauren Fleming is your go-to girl for food events and deals � in this week's What's Cooking, she tells you about lunch at Chifa, where to get free La Colombe coffee, a new chef and menu deal at a South Philly institution and more.
- In Feeding Frenzy, I shovel out details on Q Barbecue, Kibitz Room and an accountant-friendly deal at Morton's.
- 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



