|
|
|
Weeping Phoebe's Debutante Ball at Chick's
The Web site for the award-winning alternative weekly, the Philadelphia City Paper.
Weeping Phoebe's Debutante Ball at Chick's
 |
| Tuesday is Market Cocktail Day at Chick's Caf� |
Chick's Caf� and Wine Bar will introduce their new high bartendress to Philadelphia next week at Weeping Phoebe's Debutante Ball, also known as Chick's Summer Cocktail Dinner.
Phoebe Esmon was hand-picked by former head bartender Katie Loeb (now at Oyster House) to enlarge the Chick's tradition of complex cocktails loaded with fresh produce and herbs. Every Tuesday, Esmon shops the farmers market for likely ingredients for her Market Day Cocktails, which recently featured a muddled blueberry, cilantro and jalapeno concoction of cachaca and lemon juice.
The dinner on Monday, July 27 will pair five of Phoebe's original cocktails with chef Jim Piano's Medi-inspired cuisine. Expect an aperitif made with house-infused chamomile and cherry blossom vodka topped with Prosecco; a Plymouth gin, cucumber and green Chartreuse elixir matched with Italian crudo; and a spicy rye whiskey, orange pekoe tea and muddled mint cooler accompanied by a Spanish-influenced barbecue plate.
Chick's promises "surprises, liquid and otherwise," as well as stand-up comedy from local John Conor. Tickets are $45 per person, plus tax and tip. And that spectacularly evocative name? The teary moniker comes from Esmon's cottage industry, Weeping Phoebe's Bitters.
Summer Cocktail Dinner, Mon., July 27, 7 p.m., $45, Chick's Caf� and Wine Bar, 614 S. Seventh St., RSVP to 215-625-3700 or chickscafe@gmail.com.
- 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
