Ticket Stubs: Meal Ticket Weekly Recap, Aug. 30-Sept. 3

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Ticket Stubs: Meal Ticket Weekly Recap, Aug. 30-Sept. 3

POSTED: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 1:30 PM
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Monday, August 30 This chick ate 99 tacos! We attempt to come up with a clever Jay-Z-related title and fail miserably! PBandU, a restaurant that serves an all-peanut-butter menu, opens in Wayne. Law and Order: SVU and Meerkat Manor are two things that come up in this Top Chef: D.C. recap. And we are sorry about that. Adam Erace makes some chicken 'n' grits for his Top Chef Not So Quickfire recipe challenge. Tuesday, August 31 Notes from the Weekend went up a little late this week, but we still managed to discuss random wildberries (DON'T EAT THEM ... see comments), doughnuts, fried squid and a veal chop the size of Subaru Forester. Happy Hour Hopper hits up the sweet deals at Swift Half in the Piazza. Wednesday, September 1 A new healthy-eating concept called Freshii is coming to Center City. Local chef and Hell's Kitchen competitor Siobhan Allgood lands a head chef gig in South Jersey. A friend of Meal Ticket checks in with a report on Le Whif, aka inhalable chocolate (?!). We do Mexican spots love taking five or more types of meat and putting them all on one sandwich? It is amazing. Thursday, September 2 Prive in Old City shuts down, and it looks like it's becoming a sushi place. Granite Hill is name of Stephen Starr's takeover of the Art Museum's main restaurant — check out the menu. In the last episode of Top Chef D.C. before the two-part finale, Padma dresses like she's in the Rat Pack, Bourdain and Ripert develop a sitcom pitch and there's also a little bit of cooking. Friday, September 3 Fruit smoothies from McDonald's — would that qualify as delicious or suspicious? First details on American Sardine Bar, a new concept from the South Philly Tap Room team. Looks like talented chef Steve Gonzalez is out at Zavino. Tyson Bees is an on-wheels Asian-grub operation launching later this month in Philly.
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