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Archive: November, 2011
American Sardine Bar (1800 Federal St.), the Point Breeze beer-and-a-sandwich bar from the South Philly Tap Room team, is close — so much so that they've decided to publicly display their "signage," an enormous hanging sardine-can sculpture fabricated by artist Leo Razzi, whose metal work you've seen all over the city. The much-anticipated project, which has been rolling since the summer of 2010, does not yet have a publicly announceable opening date, but trust that it's soon. We'll keep you posted.
Photos: Drew Lazor
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.)
We're on the search for a couple awesome interns to join Team Meal Ticket beginning in December 2011. If you're interested in applying — full details after the jump — get in touch no later than Friday, December 2.
Join Southwark (701 S. Fourth St.) this Wednesday, Nov. 16, for a four-course dinner inspired by the food and beer from their friends at Nodding Head (1516 Sansom St.). Nick Macri and crew will be cooking their own renditions of menu items at the Center City brewpub, all of which will be paired with the Head's house beers — nicoise salad (done with tuna crudo) and Saison; beer-steamed mussels and spicy house fennel sausage joined by IPA; a "French dip" (braised beef, caramelized onion/thyme broth, ricotta dumplings) with Grog; and chocolate pot du crème, Nodding Head owner Curt Decker's favorite dessert, with Phunkin Wishniak. There will be a 7 p.m. dining room seating, with the Nodding Head team on hand to talk up their wares; the $45 menu will also be offered throughout the evening to those who opt to sit at the bar. Call 215-238-1888 for reservations.
Photo: Courtesy of Southwark
[18nov11]: Added full menu after the jump (click to enlarge).
Adam Erace already shared the particulars on Stephen Starr's Route 6 (600 N. Broad St.) last week, but here are a handful of shots inside the just-about-complete space, which the restaurateur will open at Broad and Mt. Vernon this Thursday, Nov. 17.
Named for the stretch of highway that helps Massholes travel along Cape Cod, the restaurant is appropriately mod-New England in appearance, with white wash, cherrywood, clean subway tile and nautical tchotkes out the wazoo. Seating's spread between the main floor near the open kitchen (enter through a courtyard on the Mt. Vernon side of the building) and a wraparound dining room with picture windows peering out onto Broad. Chef Anthony DiRienzo put out lil' food previews like fried clams, johnnycakes, fries and lobster rolls on Friday; his full Maine-to-Maryland menu isn't live just yet but we'll share it here when it is.
Monday, November 7
Food Network dude Ted Allen has a good sense of humor.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint has a second run at Fergie's.
Jason Cichonski and Chip Roman introduce Ela.
Tuesday, November 8
In Riva is a Southern Italian concept coming to East Falls.
Empanadas, steer feet, sweetbreads and other stuff in Notes from the Weekend.
Frankford Hall ups its food game for the colder months.
Former 10 Arts chef Jennifer Carroll is cooking up a dinner series with SPTR's Scott Schroeder.
Wednesday, November 9
Buxco's Desiato Cider debuts in Philly.
Adam Erace recommends you eat groundcherries immediately.
Thursday, November 10
Stephen Starr's latest, Route 6, opens Nov. 17.
Buncha food/interior shots inside Cichonski and Roman's Ela.
Friday, November 11
Center City's Miran is now a new Korean restaurant called Wa Joe.
Celebrated Internet art critic Hennessy Youngman shows us how to make his signature cocktail.
Chef-brothers Terence and Patrick Feury (L-R) have gotten into cheesemaking, and on Monday, Nov. 14, you'll have a chance to eat their curds during a special four-course dinner on Terence's turf at Fork (306 Market St.). The Feurys have tapped Victory for pairings (included in the $55 price) and brewery cofounder Bill Covaleski will be on hand to talk beer — in 2009, the three collab'ed on Victory’s Fists of Feury — amid bites of fresh chevre with heirloom root vegetables and ricotta gnudi with pancetta, butternut squash and brown butter. Peep the full menu after jump and call Fork at 215-625-9425 for reservations.
Chinatown's been crazy with activity lately — Yummy Lan Zhou and Jin Wei recently opened, Yakitori Boy is working on a ramen shop, Sammy Chon's K-Town BBQ and Korean fried chicken spot Soho are on the way and Hop Sing Laundromat could very well open at some point within the next five to six years. Add M Kee (1002 Race St.), which opened Monday, to the hit list — little duck house, big menu, with soups and congee and rice dishes and even hot pots like crazy. Dropped by for a late lunch the other day and got down on the house special roast duck noodle soup and a starter of hot beef tripe. Full menu after the jump (click to enlarge).
Photos: Drew Lazor
- The nifty blog La Domestique runs a feature during which they spend the entire week discussing a single ingredient and the many ways one can use it. This week it was Brussels sprouts, one of the most delightful vegetables you wish your mom didn’t boil to within an inch of their lives during the holidays.
- Hot Diggity!, which was reviewed by Adam Erace this week, was also just featured in Serious Eats' Hot Dog of the Week column. The focus? Their Philly Surf and Turf Dog, a take on the Philly Combo. Hawk Krall's first-ever review was of that classic regional style and he was pretty excited to find an updated version.
- Philly representin' globally this week! National Geographic made a list of the top 10 places to eat ice cream in the world. Guess who was ranked No. 1? Our own Capogiro, of course.
- Friendly's can file for bankruptcy; Arby's can, too. But Dippin' Dots?! Not Dippin' Dots! Those tiny ice cream balls, flash-frozen in liquid nitrogen, were revolutionary. Not to mention they were featured on Adam Gertler’s Kid in a Candy Store on the Food Network. Isn’t that supposed to seal a company’s success?
- It seems like people are "occupying" pretty much everything these days. Last week, a group of 30 protesters fell in on Thomas Keller's French Laundry in Yountville, California. What did Keller do? He served them cookies. According to Eater, this is not the first time the superchef has rewarded civil disobedience with baked goods.
Photo: iamdomestique.com
Philly has its famous edible signatures — cheesesteaks, pretzels, scrapple, hoagies. But there are just as many regional foods that have fallen out of favor, due to changing tastes, environmental shifts or simply just the passage of time. Tomorrow, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Reading Terminal Market (12th and Arch streets) is bringing some of these eats back during its second biannual Festival of Forgotten Foods in Center Court.
The event will feature tastes of archaic Philadelphia dishes and products, like Wilbur Buds (the chocolate treat that eventually evolved into Hershey's Kisses); fried catfish and waffles; pepper pot soup; fried oysters and chicken salad (a classic Philly combo that's starting to come back into favor); raspberry shrub (the vinegar/fruit/water concoction that was a favorite of playboy Ben Franklin); and paw paw ice cream.
Vendors providing these delights will include Pearl’s Oyster Bar, Down Home Diner, Beck’s Cajun Café, Martin’s Quality Meats and Sausage, Fair Food Farmstand, Pennsylvania General Store and Bassetts Ice Cream. All the samples will costs between $2 and $5 apiece. For those attending between 11 and 3, there will be a live banjo player on hand as you make the rounds.
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