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Archive: October, 2011
Last week, we happily announced that Stateside (1536 E. Passyunk Ave.), the American small-plate and whiskey bar from Stephen Slaughter, William Bonforte and the Green Eggs posse, had found a chef in former Barbuzzo chef de cuisine and Pub & Kitchen lineman George Sabatino. We also teased about a pre-opening pop-up that was in the works, and today we have all the details.
Sabatino will be cooking a five-course preview at the South Philly Green Eggs (1306 Dickinson St.) on Saturday, Oct. 29. Think oysters with pomegranate mignonette, braised beef cheeks and the charcuterie skills (foie/butternut mousse, rabbit rillettes) that made us swoon at Barbuzzo. The dinner is $55 per person, including complimentary sips of Stateside's signature cocktails. Seatings are at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.; call Green Eggs for reservations or email at statesidephilly@yahoo.com. We’ve got the full menu after the jump.
I'd honestly never been here before until I popped in for a beer Sunday afternoon. Can you ID?
Word from on high is that Molly Malloy's, the Iovine Bros. Produce-backed gastropub replacing the ancient beer garden in Reading Terminal Market (12th and Arch), will open next week, most likely on Tuesday. Malloy's, named for Jimmie and Vinnie Iovine's mother, first made its mark by winning the 2011 Scrapplefest, and they're now ready to put their opening menu out there. Peek after the jump at chef Bobby Fisher's selection of starters, salads, entrées and cold and hot sandwiches (including a "Not-Your-Mama's" grilled cheese, on brioche with goat cheese, black pepper fennel/onion jam and sautéed spinach). The pub will have 24 taps and run happy hour daily from 4 to 6 p.m., in a legit push to make shopper- and conventioneer-friendly RTM more of a hang.
Notes from the Weekend is a Monday Tuesday (this week!) 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.)
Some of us caught a glimpse/bite of Strada Pasta at the recent Chinatown Night Market, where Andrew Gerson dispensed butter squash/gorgonzola lasagna and homemade bolognese. So where's the mobile pasta operator right now? Gerson, whose mission is to "showcase Philly's bounty of local ingredients through gourmet fresh pasta delicacies,” is in the process of purchasing a truck and hopes to be haunting LOVE Park soon. In the meantime, the 29-year-old chef, a kitchen vet of White Dog and Cuba who recently returned from studying at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy, is staying busy with a few projects, including setting up a communal food-truck commissary, establishing "alternative eating spots" (taking vacant lots and renting/borrowing them for pop-up events) and creating a general food truck association. For now, we can only pine after the tagliatelle and gnocchi Gerson will be rolling out, but follow Strada on Twitter for updates.
Photo: twitter.com/stradapasta
Chef Massimo Bruno, well-known for his spirited Italian supper clubs held in his kitchen studio in downtown Toronto, is headed south to Philly next week to put on a show at Cook (253 S. 20th St.). Scheduled for next Thursday, Oct. 27, the multi-course meal will highlight the cuisine of Bruno's home region of Puglia, with plenty of educational breaks sprinkled throughout. (Get a taste of the chef's jovial style above.) The dinner, which is being put on in partnership with Art in the Age (handling cocktails), Teaspoons and Petals (after-dinner tea) and Mavea Inspired Water (each guest will leave with their filtration pitcher), is a private affair, but Meal Ticket's landed a pair of seats that we want to give away to a hungry and deserving reader.
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La Calaca Feliz (2321 Fairmount Ave.), the Cantina Feliz-backed Fairmount project we detailed last week, has landed an extremely qualified chef de cuisine: Lucio Palazzo, who most recently ran the kitchen at Xochitl (408 S. Second St.) before stepping down in September. Since the restaurant is not slated to open until early next year ("It'll be the best Mexican in town," he avows), Palazzo says he still plans on pursuing the travel opportunities he detailed to us as much as scheduling will allow.
Photo: Neal Santos
Matthew "Feldie" Feldman has spent so much time indoors while readying his Lucky Old Souls jazz venue/restaurant at 17th and McKean — nailing nails, booking bands — that he had to get out of the house. So almost two months ago, he announced he'd be opening a Lucky Old Souls Burger Truck, serving a menu of Lancaster County grass-fed beef burgers and housemade veggie patties, hand-cut fries, thick milkshakes, home-crafted bacon and housemade ketchup, mustard and mayo. That he would top it all off with the sweet and sour sounds of jazz music coming from his truck created brand awareness for Feldman's due-by-winter club.
Jonathan Adams, chef/partner at Pub & Kitchen (1946 Lombard St.) and The Diving Horse (2109 Dune Drive, Avalon, N.J.), has teamed up with his longtime buddy, La Colombe vet Damien Pileggi, to roll out Rival Bros., a small-batch roastery that will vend proprietary blends and internationally sourced single-varietal coffees via both a web hub and a soon-to-launch coffee truck.
Monday, October 10
The Philly location of Barcade is up and running.
The owners of Ft. Washington's Cantina Feliz are opening La Calaca Feliz in Fairmount.
Visits to Baltimore, Maine and plenty of Philly goodness in Notes from the Weekend.
Tuesday, October 11
Federal Donuts is finally ready to go.
South Street's Hot Diggity! is screening the cinematic classic Troll 2. Oh my Goddddddddd!
If you've got seven bucks you can get down at Tashan's happy hour.
Wednesday, October 12
Check out the menu for Birra, opening very soon on East Passyunk.
Former Garces pastry chef Adriane Appleby is teaching her own series of baking classes.
Adam Erace shares his very fallish apple/butternut squash soup recipe.
Sneak a peek at the prix-fixe-driven menu at Sbraga.
Thursday, October 13
Rice & Mix is the name of a new quick-serve Korean concept from the owner of Giwa.
Here's a photo preview and the full opening menu for Sbraga.
Friday, October 14
Did Han Dynasty inspire a gag on a recent episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
Take a look at the new fall cocktail menu at The Franklin.
Federal Donuts isn't just about the doughnuts — they're doing mean fried chicken, too.
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