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Archive: February, 2013
Notes from the Weekend is a feature that sees the members of Team Meal Ticket compiling all the food/drink highlights uncovered during prime eatin' time, Friday to Sunday. We'd love to hear all about YOUR weekend eating adventures in the comments. Go for it! (View past NFTW installments atcitypaper.net/notes.)
Adam Erace: AE
Caroline Russock: CR
Emily Kovach: EK
Zoë Kirsch: ZK
Last call to help fund the Hot Diggity truck, talking food tv and the wide world of pig parts with Chris Cosentino, a meatless dinner idea from Abruzzo, and a wine pairing event this Thursday featuring Shane Candies, all on today's Afternoon Snacks!
People, if you want a Hot Diggity food truck, get on it: there's just one day left in their Lucky Ant fundraising campaign. Thank you gifts range from a free dog-and-soda combo all the way up to free hot dogs for a year, though our favorite is the $500-level opportunity to create and name your own special dog (you'll also get to eat your namesake dog for free for a month).
Pig parts, shitty TV, non-meatballs, and chocolate, after the jump! »
We here at Meal Ticket know we're hardly the only ones who count Tasty Sausages amongst our favorite food blogs and most-trusted review sources (Craig what? Adam who?). So the radio silence from those quarters since November has been a bit of a bummer. (For the uninitiated, the blogmaster, Jett, is in elementary school—meaning he's probably a lot busier than most of us.) But (joy of joys!) Jett returned yesterday to share with us his thoughts on chef Ben Puchowitz's cooking at Matyson (37 S. 19th St.).
The verdict? 33 sausages, "even with all the lobster and mushrooms," two foods Jett's not a huge fan of. He also skipped the snails, but dug the sweetbreads, uni, foie gras, and all of the desserts. The rating of 33 sausages (out of how many? the sausage ceiling remains to be determined, as we understand it) places Matyson above South Philly Tap Room and Nomad, but short of Le Virtù, Will, and Rittenhouse Tavern. One can only imagine, however, how many sausages may have been granted on a less lobster-heavy night.
We insist that you read the full review here, if you haven't yet.
Restaurant folks, listen up! It's the first Monday of February and that means Industry Night at Alla Spina (1410 Mount Vernon St.). This month Alla Spina is teaming up with La Calaca Feliz and hosting a Febrero fiesta with ceviche tacos and headcheese tortas courtesy of Tim Spinner and gnocchi nachos and Calabrese taquitos from Alla Spina's Mike Deganis. In the cervezas department Tecates will be plentiful and Forest & Main's Saison Solaire will be flowing along with micheladas, margaritas and negronis "chingados" (i.e. WTF negronis). Soundtrack provided Rock Tits' Holly Sue Allen a.k.a. DJ Snakpak.
As usual the party starts at 10 p.m., drinks are cheap, snacks are free, just be sure to bring a pay stub to prove your industry cred.
Break out the Ben Gay and the Grey Goose: Bubbe is coming to dinner. Every Wednesday through Februany --err, February, Meritage's (500 S. 20th St.) Anne Coll is serving up piping-hot bowls of matzoh ball soup to cure what ails ya. The Jewish penicillin heralds the bubbe-inspired $25 pre-fixe, which also includes braised Painted Hills brisket with caramelized onion demi, potato and horseradish croquettes and Earl Grey-infused apple cake (a personal have) with warm apple cider.
Monday, January 28
Tequila Club coming to Cantina Los Caballitos manana!
A funeral procession passes through a York drive-thru.
Tuesday, January 29
Cedar Point Bar & Kitchen bringing retro fare and comfort food to Fishtown.
Wednesday, January 30
An all aphrodisiac menu for Valentine's Day.
Thursday, January 31
East Passyunk's Restaurant week is looking tight.
Rotisseur gets it right according to Phyllis Stein-Novack.
Friday, February 1
Adam Erace tells us where to celebrate the year of the snake.
Today on Afternoon Snacks, we've got a huge bottle swap, a very special ice cream sandwich to ring in February, and plenty of dream kitchens to leer at.
Look alive: there's another Philly Beer Scene/Philly Tap Finder bottle share coming up, and this one's bigger then ever and at Han Dynasty (108 Chestnut St.)—so you definitely want in and might want to consider which bottles you've got that go with spicy-as-hell. (We talked about the last one here, and you can find more details here.) It's taking place at 1 p.m. on Sun., Feb 24, and you'll have to RSVP to bottleshare@phillybeerscene.com in advance (word of warning, they're not kidding when they say the list fills up quickly). The swap costs $15 per person, which is inclusive of snacks.
Mexican coffee ice cream sandwiches and kitchen porn, after the jump! »
Chinese New Year goes down next weekend, and it's the Year of the Snake, ya'll! Sampan (124 S. 13th St.) is doing a family-style menu at $55 per person that features an old-school pupu platter, dan dan noodles, Peking duck and more (minimum two people). Grub while traditional Chinese dancers twirl between the tables. At the AC outpost of Buddakan (1 Atlantic Ocean), another $55 dinner is taking shape with dishes like basil chicken hot pot, Mandarin cheesecake and "longevity" noodle soup we hope rubs off on the Pier Shops. House-made fortune cookies too!
Well, we didn't make it to the shit show fascinating human experiment known as Wing Bowl but The Insider did. He's reporting that a dark horse dubbed "The Bear" reigned victorious consuming 287 wings in a mere half hour. Kudos to you, Bear.
We've been psyched about the upcoming opening of Royal Sushi & Izakaya for a while and now Foobooz is confirming that they teaming up with Brooklyn Brewery and making their debut at this year's Brewer's Plate on March 10th.
There's no arguing that the pizza at Pizza Brain is all around awesome and the pizza-museum makes the experience even better but if you'd like to enjoy a Forbes Waggensense or Wendy Wedgeworth in the comfort of your own home, Grub is reporting that the Brain is now delivering.
Some of us (read: me) can pretty much take or leave Valentine's Day. But for some of those same usses (still me), the same cannot be said about our dogs. Fortunately for all of us (read: all of us), the Pennsylvania SPCA's throwing a Valentine's Day party for you and your dog—and it's actually on the 12th, so you can still celebrate normal V-Day if that's your thing.
The Puppy Love party's scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Tues., Feb. 12, at the 23rd St. Armory (22 S. 23rd St.), with food from Smokin' Betty's, Devil's Alley, and Ms. Goody Cupcake. Attendance is open to humans 21+ and dogs of any age (there will be some adoptable pets at the party to keep you company if you show up solo), and your $40 ticket price (which you can buy right here) goes to benefit the PSPCA.
In addition to live music and a doggie photo booth and other fun distractions, there will be plenty of food and booze. Smokin’ Betty’s and Devil’s Alley will team up to put out an array of comfort food appetizers like crab cake sliders, BBQ chicken salad sliders and mini veggie burgers, and the bar will be stocked by Absolut, Jameson, Malibu, Brooklyn Brewery, Yards Brewing Co. and Stoudt's Brewery. And Ms Goody Cupcake is bringing treats for everyone, like chocolate-covered strawberry cupcakes for humans and "banana mutt" muffins for the pups.
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