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Food and Art
South Street's quirky hot dog shop, Hot Diggity! (630 South St.), has been open for just a few months, but co-owner Keith Garabedian isn't letting that stop him and his partners from expanding their nascent operation. Next week, we'll level our Official City Paper Review®, but couldn't wait till then to share this rad bit of news: Artist Hawk Krall, who writes about hot dogs for Serious Eats and did Hot Diggity's awesome illustrated menu (above), is getting his own gallery in the space next door.
Meal Ticket recently filled you in on A Play, A Pie and a Pint, a new Knight Arts Challenge-funded initiative combining three things Philly does exceptionally well — live theater, pizza and craft beer. Though the stage schedule and beer provider (Yards) have already been locked in, the edible element of the equation was still up in the air as of last week — but today, organizer Emma Gibson tells us Kennett (848 S. Second St.), purveyors of that excellent porchetta pizza, among other pies, has signed on to be a part of it all. "Their food is local and sustainably sourced and they are active in the local community," says Gibson, "so it feels like a good fit." Can't argue with that. A Play, a Pie and a Pint kicks off Oct. 4 at Society Hill Playhouse (507 S. Eighth St.).
UPDATE [30sept11]: To sweeten the deal, Kennett's offering 15 percent food discount to anyone who produces a ticket stub from A Play, A Pie and a Pint.
Photo: Drew Lazor
"Theater has become so exclusive and expensive — and you always need to eat dinner beforehand," says Emma Gibson of Tiny Dynamite Theatre. That was the thinking that led the Brit to apply for and eventually land a $25,000 Knights Arts Challenge she's now using to organize A Play, a Pie and a Pint, a new onstage initiative that combines food, drink and live theater.
Inspired by a similar program that originated in Scotland, Gibson has organized four productions, all of which will enjoy a two-day, Tuesday-and-Wednesday run at Society Hill Playhouse (507 S. Eighth St.) during each week in October. For just $15, theatergoers get a seat, beer (Yards has signed on as a partner) and pizza. "In Scotland, the thinking was, 'How can we create theater and support new playwrights where people can afford to come and see it?'" says Gibson. Across the pond, PPP took place at lunchtime and featured short-crust meat pies. Since daytime drinking isn't quite as socially embraced in the States, Gibson's Americanized the idea a bit, moving the plays closer to happy hour (6 p.m.) and subbing in slices from a TBD pizzeria. Full details on October's productions after the jump.
Photo: Courtesy of Tiny Dynamite
Tiki culture hounds lament Philly’s lack of Polynesian-themed watering holes. Well, their prayers have been answered, at least for one night. This Friday, August 26, Stephen Starr's Granite Hill at the Art Museum (2500 Benjamin Franklin Parkway) is putting on a tiki cocktail dinner in honor of Paul Gauguin, whose art was inspired by tropical paradises like Martinique and Tahiti. The feast will be served in a lush $65/head ($58 for members) buffet featuring butterfish satay, tuna/shrimp poke and a whole roasted suckling pig, while bartenders will be pouring rum swizzles, Zombies and other Tiki tipples. Check out the full menu after the jump, and make reservations via Granite Hill's OpenTable page.
Back in May we had a bit on South Philly Tap Room chef Scott Schroeder's plans to launch a hot dog cart, appropriately named Scott Dogs. Though the debut of the operation has been pushed back a couple times, this is a sure thing: Head to Old City's Silicon Gallery (139 N. Third St.) between 1 and 6 p.m. this Saturday — National Hot Dog Day, not coincidentally — where Schroeder will be doling out his made-from-scratch wieners. On display at Silicon will be a collection of local hot dog enthusiast/illustrator/blogger Hawk Krall's hot dog prints, which you've seen hanging up at the new Hot Diggity! and in numerous publications. (Krall will be rocking a little hot dog giveaway of his own this Wednesday.)
You can get your Scott Dog for free if you bring a donation for Cradles to Crayons, an org that provides essentials to low-income children in the region (here's CtC's list of acceptable donations); if you show up without a donation, you can still purchase a hot dog, but just come with a donation! To sweeten the dealage, Silicon owner Rick De Coyte is knocking 10 percent of all sales between this Saturday and July 31; if he collects 20 or more pounds of donations for Cradles to Crayons, he'll extend that discount through August.
Local artist/performer Beth Beverly is heading up a new story first-person storytelling series with a kanpai twist. Every other Saturday, she hosts A Story for your Supper at Tokio Sushi Bar (124 Lombard St.) off Headhouse Square. It works like this: Show up in the area of 7 to 7:30 Saturday night and grab a seat. Once the crowd's up to snuff, Beverly will introduce a featured storyteller for the evening, who'll weave a tale based around a specific theme. (The last installment, on June 11, featured stories about pets; this Saturday's theme will be "Close Encounters of the Third Kind.") Once he or she finishes speaking (think short, 2-5 minutes), members of the audience are welcome to hop up and spit a little game of their own. It's worth your while, too: "If your story is agreed by everyone else to be the best story of the night, your dinner is free," says Beverly. "And you get a free shot of sake just for telling a story." We should mention that admission is free, too. Get those Fire in the Sky abduction tales ready.
Yesterday, Moore College of Art & Design (20th and the Parkway) kicked off a venture into the outdoor eatery game with the new Diamond Cafe, where they'll be offering up classic midday fare: salads, sandwiches, desserts and bevvies. They'll be doing their thing outside the entrance to the school from now until June, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. In addition to the Diamond, Moore and SAGE Dining Services (their dining hall supplier) are also taking an intrepid stab at sustainable urban micro-farming, with a new on-campus herb garden currently incubating in a recycled old salad bar cart. The garden will, eventually, add lots of fresh goodness to the dining hall's menu, and SAGE also plans on expanding the garden into the courtyard to house tomatoes, cucumbers and other veggies. OK, any Moore students out there who can tell us if we're missing out on some choice dining hall goods? And, if so, are you willing to sneak us some contraband?
Photo: moore.edu
Tonight, Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti, founders of local roastery La Colombe, are hosting "Un Putain de bon Cafe," a First Friday event at Art in the Age (116 N. Third St.). One problem: As of three hours ago, they were in Haiti, where the thoroughbred Blue Forest bean they're introducing tonight grows wild in the mountains, descended from the first plants cultivated outside Ethiopia. "We didn't think we were going to make it," Carmichael said from a plane about to take-off from Miami, "but we jumped off one flight and right onto another, and it looks like we'll roll up at 7 o'clock sharp."
LRP filled you in via What's Cooking already, but here's a reminder: Tonight at Elixr Coffee (207 S. 15th St.), join owners Evan Inatome and Winston Justice and the rest of the Elixr crew as they team up with Zama chef/owner Zama Tanaka to raise money for Japanese disaster relief. Tanaka will be preparing a signature dessert dish conceived especially for this event (it runs from 6 to 9 p.m.); bevs will be be courtesy of Elixr, and, in keeping with the First Friday calendar date, there'll be a silent auction for works by local artists. Your $10 suggested donation gets you the Zama sweets and something thirst-quenching; all patron donations and auction proceeds will go directly to the Japanese Red Cross.
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