Archive: December, 2010

Where'd we buy cannoli?

POSTED: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 5:20 PM

Filed Under: Where'd We Eat?

Half ricotta, half chocolate ... three and three, baby.

Adam Erace

Posted 2010-12-01 12:30:24

I know the answer but won't spoil it for everyone

M tothe Dzay

Posted 2010-12-01 21:18:48

ha - st. monica's for ccd. I was GAMP'in it a few blocks up.

M tothe Dzay

Posted 2010-12-01 12:56:23

Cacia's bakery - their tomato pie's not too shabby either.

Drew Lazor

Posted 2010-12-01 13:01:14

M, you got it! This is the OG Cacia's down on Ritner. Picked up some cannoli for friends there the night before Thanksgiving. It was the most amazingly South Philly thing ever when I ordered.

Me: "Half a dozen cannoli, please?"

16-year-old counter girl: "Ricotta or chocolate?"

Me: "I'll do three and three."

16-year-old counter girl: (to Matriarch in Apron) "We need three and three!"

Matriach in Apron: (to Jolly Middle-Aged Italian Bakery Man) "Yo, three and three cannoli up front!"

Jolly Middle-Aged Italian Bakery Man: (to 16-year-old Kitchen Boy) "Three and three, we need three and three!"

16-year-old Kitchen Boy: (to everyone) "What's that, you need three and three?"

M tothe Dzay

Posted 2010-12-01 13:21:43

I used to stop there on my way home from school when I was a kid. I know the place well. I'll have to grab a cannoli next time!

anne

Posted 2010-12-01 14:14:48

cacia's in south philly

Marie DiFeliciantonio

Posted 2010-12-01 14:38:57

Ah, I'm too late. Off topic, but I die for their Pizzaz pizzas. 

@M tothe Dzay I did the same...St. Monica pride.

adam

Posted 2010-12-01 14:46:24

St. Monica pride right here too! What up Sr. Francis!

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Damn: American Blackboard is off

POSTED: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 4:38 PM

Filed Under: Food News

Tim McGinnis just checked in to let us know that American Blackboard, the South Street restaurant he previewed along with his brother Jason Roberts back in October, will not be happening after all. He alludes to a philosophical difference in direction between he/his brother and the owners of the space (1516 South St.), the principles of what was formerly known as Philly Kitchen Share. Guess we're going to have to wait awhile to try this venison stew he shot us a pic of awhile back. Damn! "I'm simply planning on leading a more peaceful existence," McGinnis has to say in regards to his immediate plans.

Michelle

Posted 2010-12-01 12:02:37

Nooooooooooooo!

thesimplicity

Posted 2010-12-01 22:39:07

What's going to happen to American Meats & Provisions?  Does this mean they're going away too?  Those sandwiches were killer.

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Posted 2010-12-01 13:15:22

[...] American Blackboard, the restaurant from Tim McGinnis is off the table. The always painful philosophical differences are to blame. [Meal Ticket] [...]

Holly Moore

Posted 2010-12-01 13:22:09

Upset I am.  A great blow to South Street West civilization.

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[...] McGinnis, late of the called-off American Blackboard project, has a new job. The chef and former food scribe has been all-quiet after his departure, but says [...]

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Dec. 6: Pub & Kitchen does Amis industry night

POSTED: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 4:02 PM

Filed Under: Food Events

The crew from Pub & Kitchen (1946 Lombard St.) will hold court at the next Amis industry night, scheduled for the night of Monday, Dec. 6. Stop by the in-the-biz-friendly trattoria (412 S. 13th St.) beginning at 11 p.m. to grub out on P&K chef Jonathan Adams' Churchill sliders (shrink-rayed versions of their new signature burger), pork terrine studded with pistachio and brandied cherries ("Pulling out my old terrine-making notes from Chef Perrier," says the Brasserie Perrier alum) and a smoked haddock salad with potato, dill, apple and creme fraiche. To drink, P&K will haul in a coupla kegs of their Sixpoint signature brew, plus a gang of the Sazerac rye they've been aging in their own white oak barrels in the back.

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