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Have you ever been sitting at home scrolling through your itunes catalog or scanning Spotify and thought "man, I could really use a drink right now." Enter Drinkify, our new favorite music-based drinks generator/time waster. Simply enter an artist into Drinkify and the site will come up with a complimentary drinks pairing. Stoked on the new Daft Punk track? Drinkify is matching "Get Lucky" with "The Daft Punk" i.e. six ounces of Bombay Sapphire gin served neat and garnished with an umbrella. Or what about the new Iggy and the Stooges album? That would pair perfectly with a Brooklyn Lager. Predictably Drinkify suggests one PBR served cold to complement Kurt Vile.
We're not shy about our love for Morgan's Pier (221 N. Columbus Ave.)around here and frankly we cannot wait until the May 9th opening day. Zagat caught up with chef for the summer George Sabatino to talk about the menu he's created for the pier and get a first look at the sous-vide-flash-frozen-deep-fried burgers (available in "pink" or "gray" temperatures with house-made American), fries with Frank's Red Hot aioli, various vegetarian offerings and reimagined desserts like a black and white ice cream sandwich and revolving flavor "wooder ice."
Monday, April 22
The new menu at Pub & Kitchen is looking tight.
The first installment of Hot Diggity University went swimmingly, sign up for round two.
Tuesday, April 23
What's better than a slice of pie a la mode? A pie milkshake from Magpie.
Strangelove's is open for business, check out that draft list!
Wednesday, April 24
Southwark's Nick Macri takes home Hop Chef gold.
Joe Cicala is an up and comer to keep an eye on according to First We Feast.
Thursday, April 25
Cook & Solo out at Citron and Rose.
We share Fork's stellar sticky bun recipe.
Friday, April 26
Thai street food menu debuting at NoLibs Circles.
Sustainable seafood mini chain Luke's Lobster coming to Rittenhouse.
If you've ever had the pleasure of experiencing a lobster roll from Luke's Lobster in New York or D.C., well you're probably going to be pretty stoked when you hear what we've got to say. Luke's is opening a Philly outpost of this sustainable seafoodery at 130 S.17th St. The Rittenhouse store front will feature a menu of lobster, crab and shrimp rolls tucked into split-top New England-style buns, chowders and various other Maine imports like kettle chips, Maine Root sodas and fingers crossed for a selection of Maine beers. Be on the look out for lobster rolls come may 16th.
For their Sunday night movies this month, Nomad (611 S. 7th St.) has been running with a Spaghetti Western theme. This Sunday they'll close it out with one of the best titles of them all, "Duck, You Sucker!" (also known as A Fistful of Dynamite, and for being Sergio Leone's last Western). Movie starts at 8 p.m. this Sunday, and of course there will be beer specials and awesome pizza.
Well folks, it's been quite the judge-y week here at Meal Ticket. On Thursday we sat at the judges table for Hop Chef and tomorrow we're heading up to PYT at The Piazza (1050 N. Hancock St.) for the third annual Cupcake Smash to pass judgment on a whole bunch of cupcakes.
The event run from 2 to 5 and the $30 ticket includes snacks and drinks from sponsors PBR, Barefoot wines, Philly Distilling as well as Spodee, MT drinks nemesis but it's for a good cause (all proceeds go to Philabundance) so we'll keep our opinions to ourselves.
Amateur and pro bakers are going to be baking PYT-themed cupcakes in hopes of impressing the panel of judges. Oh, who else is on the panel of celebrity judges? Well you've got Tony Luke, Tommy Up, Cupcake Wars winners Nima Etemadi and Lily Fischer, chef Nathan Volz of 10 Arts, Wendy Rollins and yours truly.
You guys know that we love a made up food holiday around here (sorry, we totally forgot to wish you a happy Zucchini Bread Day yesterday). We're more than pleased to wish you a very happy National Pretzel Day! In honor of this glorious day, the fine folks at the Philadelphia Pretzel Factory are giving away free pretzels all day long. Plus if you're one of the first 100 people to stop by the Pretzel Factory today you will be gifted with a card good for a pretzel a day for the entire month of May. That's a lot of pretzels.
In Thailand, street food is not a type of cooking; it's a way of life. In the capital, you can't walk a block without squeezing through MacGyver-ed charcoal grills, collapsable tables laden with condiments and pushcarts pushing chile-dusted tropical fruit in cellophane bags. At Circles' Northern Liberties location (812 N. 2nd St.), chef Alex Boonphaya has debuted a special menu inspired by the street snacks of his homeland. Think barbecued pork neck with sticky rice, mussel pancakes with tamarind, fried catfish salad with mango and hot chilies and other dishes you can salivate over after the jump.
The end of the week means free beer tastings at Brew (1900 S. 15th St.), except when it doesn't. Tonight's tasting is dubbed Everything But Beer, and will focus on ciders and shandies. Drop by from 5 to 7 p.m. to nab some free samples.
Trial chickens, eggy-cheesy bread and Tuscan tables for one, after the jump! »
In this week's South Philly Review resident restaurant critic Phyllis Stein-Novack visits newly opened Miles Table (1620 South St.) Before we dive into the review, lets talk for a second about PSN's stance on food trends. While she's a fan of the Mediterranean Diet and Meatless Mondays she hasn't caught the kale bug: "When it is shredded and packed into a smoothie or featured as the main ingredient in a salad, it has the consistency of cardboard and a bitter taste that no amount of salad dressing could improve. But just because it is “in” does not mean we should all say how delicious it is."
And the kale salad at Miles Table didn't help change her mind. According to PSN this Mount Eta of shredded kale was underdressed and not at all seasoned.
The Miles salad didn't fare any better, an ordinary mix of mesclun greens, feta and toffee pecans tossed with an olive oil and balsamic dressing that was just OK but also underseasoned.
Things brightened with the burger topped with applewood smoked bacon (prized for its aromatic qualities and smoky taste) and a smear of remoulade that wasn't exactly traditional but PSN just downright liked it.
PSN isn't going to argue semantics over Miles Table's flatbreads/pizzas. She enjoyed the combo of fennel sausage, San Marzanos and mozzarella on the un-soggy thin crust.
Overall, some hits, some misses won Miles Table a middle of the road two-and-a-half tips of the toque.
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