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Archive: October, 2011
Notes from the Weekend is a Monday feature that sees the members of Team Meal Ticket compiling all the food/drink highlights uncovered during prime eatin' time, Friday to Sunday. Consider this a place for good deals, great dishes, wicked cocktails, recipe triumphs (and tragedies), bizarro conversations and more. We're eager to share our notes, but especially excited to read yours.We encourage you to leave notes from YOUR weekend in the comments. Have at it! (View past NFTW installments at citypaper.net/notes.)
The French don't say "brunch" and they certainly don't "do brunch." (I believe you're automatically excommunicated to New Hampshire if you're caught uttering the B-word on Gallic soil.) But, since the desire to get down on egg-based dishes while potentially hung over in the sunlight is steadfast in any language, Bistrot La Minette (623 S. Sixth St.) has decided to roll out weekend lunch service beginning on Oct. 8. Running Saturdays and Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., La Minette lunch features a tight selection of starters and plats principaux — see the oeufs au plat (above), accompanied by a 4-ounce NY strip, red wine sauce and "Peggy's potatoes" (named for chef/owner Peter Woolsey's wife) — plus sides, desserts and proper brunch lunch-with-eggs beverages like Bloody Marys. See the menu in full on BLM's site, and please do not special-request huevos rancheros from the kitchen.
Photo: Drew Lazor
Last fall, chef Jonathan Adams at Pub & Kitchen (1946 Lombard St.) permanently shelved his popular Windsor burger indefinitely in favor of the $18, custom-LaFrieda-blend behemoth known as the Churchill. This month — tomorrow, Oct. 4, to be exact — Adams is working a new brioche-bunned contender into the fray: the Parliament, one of many new options on a completely overhauled P&K menu. We held our own version of Question Time with Adams yesterday to get the rundown on the new beefy legislative body.
Relying on LaFrieda's classic beef burger blend, which combines brisket, shoulder and short rib, The Parliament is an 8-ouncer formed slightly thinner than The Churchill, which remains on the menu. The accompaniments are what helps it stand on its own accord — English-style cheddar from Vermont's Grafton Village, house-cured pork belly (same stuff you miss from the Windsor), big rings of raw white onion, fresh lettuce and, most vitally, an herb- and mayo-based "pub sauce" spread onto the bottom bun. (Side of fries, too). The generous crunch of the onion and lettuce, plus that special house slather, lend it the feel of a classic American griddle-top burger a la In-N-Out or old-school Mickey D's, with each drippy, robust LaFrieda beef bite justifying the $14 price tag.
If you're put off by raw onions — it's a nearly zep-like eating experience — the Parliament is probably not the move for you, but there's more than a few alternatives on Adams' new fall menu. Peep it in full after the jump; the choucroute, fusilli with ragu bianco and roasted marrow bones sound like autumnal grubbing material for damn sure.
Photos: Drew Lazor
Northeast Philly native Charlie Sokowski and his partner, street food vet Terence Jones, launched their food truck Chewy's in West Philly just last week. Operating between 34th and 35th on Market, Chewy's specializes in sandwiches, burgers, salads and hand-cut fries, but maintains a loose mission statement to allow for regular changes. Sokowski, a construction pro who met Jones, a former lunch cart operator, while doing work up around 40th Street, has a couple years of Restaurant School training under his belt. Their current menu features eats like eggy breakfast sandwiches; an "Apples to Apples" BLT, with Granny Smiths and cider mayo; kimchi- and pico de gallo-topped burgers; and amazing-sounding tater tots tossed with buffalo sauce, Whiz, bacon crumbles and ranch dressing.
Chewy's serves from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday and will be appear at this Thursday's Food Trust Night Market in Chinatown. Follow them on Twitter: @chewysphilly
Monday, September 26
Check out our photo tour of the new Crisp falafel joint in Center City.
Iron Hill North Wales drops its second beer themed after Phillies blog Zoo With Roy.
There's a new chef and a new menu at Zinc.
Mike Stollenwerk has sold both Little Fish and Fathom Seafood House.
Tuesday, September 27
The owners of Chestnut Hill's Calypso have launched a Trinidadian food truck.
Local independent artisans get plenty of shine at the newly opened Cook.
Adam Erace's recipe for peach and prickly pear sorbet.
Wednesday, September 28
Pure Fare's food truck looks to launch very soon.
Jet Wine Bar has launched a newly expanded food menu.
Triple Double Oreos get the Delicious or Suspicious treatment.
Thursday, September 29
Adam Erace on Sawatdee, word on Pakistani fried chicken and more in the latest CP food section.
Tequilas celebrates 25 years in business.
Friday, September 30
A peek inside Isabel, the new Mexicali BYOB from the owners of Fairmount's Trio.
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