Ticket Stubs: Meal Ticket Weekly Recap, Sept. 13-17

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Ticket Stubs: Meal Ticket Weekly Recap, Sept. 13-17

POSTED: Monday, September 20, 2010, 1:00 PM

Filed Under: Meal Ticket | Ticket Stubs

Monday, September 13 Recap of the penultimate Top Chef D.C. episode finds the final four battling it out in Singapore. The "urban chic" Liberté opens in the Sofitel this fall. Elizabeth "Baker E" Halen will take over the Flying Monkey Patisserie in Reading Terminal Market. Adam Erace gets wokky with his final Top Chef Not So Quickfire. Fuel, Two Cents Plain, Adsum, South Philly Tap Room and Garces Trading Co. are just a few of the spots Team Meal Ticket ran through in Notes from the Weekend. Tuesday, September 14 Stephen Starr releases some prelim details (chef included) on his upcoming 18th/Sansom pub. What the hell is a pawpaw? Read on to learn why you should eat them immediately. Wednesday, September 15 Restaurants south of South Street have banded together to kick off a Restaurant Week of their own. Hop Angel Brauhaus, from the owners of Grey Lodge, is now open in Fox Chase. Center City will soon get Elixr, a café brewing coffee from Chicago's Intelligentsia. Village Whiskey launches a full-of-dealage Saturday afternoon happy hour. Thursday, September 16 UPenn's Museum has a new eatery called Pepper Mill Café. Real oysters have found their way back into Yards' Love Stout, and the results are very tasty. Top Chef D.C. is all over here's our final episode recap of the season. Congrats to chef Kevin Sbraga! Friday, September 17 Commonwealth Coffee will be opening soon at Sixth and Christian. Check out the menu for the last Starr-curated pop-up dinner, headed up by Scott Schroeder of South Philly Tap Room, Cheesesteak cookies, with real meat and onions? Just one of many offerings on deck for the upcoming Cookie Confidential. The all-vegetarian Indian quick-serve spot Philadelphia Chutney Co. just opened on Sansom Street.

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