Ticket Stubs: Meal Ticket Weekly Recap, August 16-20

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Ticket Stubs: Meal Ticket Weekly Recap, August 16-20

POSTED: Monday, August 23, 2010, 2:00 PM

Filed Under: Meal Ticket | Ticket Stubs

Monday, August 16 Down Avalon way, The Diving Horse decides to extend its serving season. Jesse Kimball of Memphis Taproom hops over to sister bar Local 44 to revamp the menu. For his latest Top Chef Not So Quickfire, Adam Erace participates in a cooking relay race with his mom, brother and cousin. Team Meal Ticket heads to the biscuit-lovin' south, downashore and out for Thai in Notes from the Weekend. Tuesday, August 17 NoVi, in Fairmount's CityView condos, is now known as Philly Pub 'n' Grub. PB&U is a restaurant inspired by and based around ... PEANUT BUTTER. We dig. Happy Hour Hopper takes a seat at Tweed and gets down on some great food/drink deals. The Food Trust is launching a series of night markets, featuring all sorts of Philly street-food faves, next month. Wednesday, August 18 Fond has revamped its menu for the late summer, and we got it. The entry deadline for A Full Plate's popular rib cook-off is fast approaching! Flying Monkey Deuce unveils a pretty little garden room for its customers. Thursday, August 19 Grindcore House, a brand-new vegan coffee shop in deep South Philly, opened over the weekend. The Jersey Shore offers ample opportunity for poor decision-making including a pork roll stand that serves fried butter. Amada is running its ridiculous heirloom tomato tasting through this Wednesday check it out in pictures. Friday, August 20 Bistrot La Minette's Sept. 1 burgundy dinner looks like a killer. If you are curious about that "from beef head meat" menu category at the delicious Los Taquitos de Puebla we take through it just for you. Top Chef gets all Johnny Dangerously in its 10th episode, prompting plenty of Danny Trejo talk and the age-old question why do famous chefs like to eat off their knives on TV?

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