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Archive: May, 2010
Filed Under: In Print
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| Photo | Neal Santos |
Here's something you can take in during Beer Week 2010 that won't get you buzzed: a quick history session on Philly's beer culture dating back to the Founding Fathers. Ben Franklin's brewing adventures and Benjamin Rush's Moral Thermometer Chart — which basically says control yourself or meet the gallows — are just a few notes in the lesson plan. Brew N History Tours around the Christ Church Burial Ground (Fifth and Arch) take off at 3:30 p.m. each day from June 7 to 11, and tickets run $2 for adults, $1 for students and $10 for groups up to 25 people. Tours are only 20 minutes, people. I'm sure you can tear yourselves away from drinking to replenish those brain cells you're killing off.
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| Earth & Fork |
[...] Market + Food Love = Al Pastor Lust Posted by Erin Filed in Weekend Update Tags: 9th street, al pastor, cannoli, chili, [...]
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Mackerel Escabeche : Solere Cava NV Crab Imperial : J. Dumangin âBlock 31â Rose Champagne NV Fried Oyster Rockefeller : Walnut Block Sauvignon Blanc 2009 Lobster Newburg : Domaine de Beauregard Muscadet 2009 Skate Meuniere & Haricot Verts Almandine : Betts and Scholl Eden Valley Riesling 2007 Arctic Char & Smashed Red Bliss, Sauce Gribiche : Baywood Cellars Pinot Noir 2008 Baked Alaska : Domaine Grange Neuve Monbazillac 2001
This sounds amazing.
[...] - How sick does this old-school seafood dinner at fish sound? [...]
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great
Here we've got a sneak peek at the lunch, dinner and "light fare" menus for Jamal Parker's Le Cochon Noir (5070 Parkside Ave.), the restaurant and music venue we featured a week back. They'll start serving pig in soft-open mode next Friday, June 4.
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[...] UPDATE [26may10]: Here are Le Cochon Noir’s menus. [...]
geesh that's a lot of descriptions
Wow, those seem like expensive prices... especially for the neighborhood. $8 for a side of mac and cheese? I'm hoping these are some huge portions & that there's always some live music going on...
who's the Exec Chef again?
And where is the BBQ. Looks like a fairly standard America menu. I hope the music venue is good.
Nick, his name is Christopher Maguire.
Eric did you even look at the menu before commenting??? Dryrubbed beef and pork ribs, dryrubbed BBQ London broil, smoked chicken, pulled pork, pulled chicken...how are you not seeing the BBQ?
Exec Sarcasm Director Nick DiSante was being sarcastic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWc-8E3zec0
Hey everyone! First off thank you to Drew and City Paper for this post and all the previous ones. I just wanted to set everyone's mind at ease! Yes the $8 sides are HUGE! Think sides that are served family style as they do at many steakhouses like Capital Grille a Ruth's Chris. One side can feed 4 people. The Exec Chef is Christopher Maguire who has pretty much proven himself time and time again in many of the local, well-known BBQ contests (1st Place Gary Maddox Rib Contest from 2003-2008; 1st Place Tom Monaghan Rib Contest from 1998-2005; 1st Place Tom Monaghan Chili Contest in both Hot and Mild from 1999-2006). In regards to the neighborhood... Quite like areas that were not so long in the past seen as "questionable sections of the city" (i.e. Northern Liberties/Temple University Area/Manayunk to name a few), the whole Parkside area is going through quite a transition as evidenced by The Please Touch Museum moving in to the area as well as the brand new Lowes/Shop Rite shopping center directly behind us, whose astounding success has been featured in a number of local and national news stories. not to mention the Mann Center across the street from us. I hope that you will all take a trip down and simply give us a chance to impress you. BTW... did i mention that Bootsie Barnes was extremely impressed with the place the couple of times he's stopped by and we just booked Beyonce Knowles' Trumpet player, Crystal Torres, to play with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen on Sat, June 5th. Please join us!
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well, as the first angered responder, i'll say that's good to hear, though still far from ideal...had mojo been on the other side of campus, it'd be 5 blocks closer to me. oh well. maybe the next time hub bub is closed, i'll give mojo a try. anything's better than the burnt espresso @ gia.
[...] also got a coupon on their web site for a free iced coffee or tea with the purchase of lunch. Meal Ticket has some more on the [...]
Where's the Center City food truck love? I know the permits and lack of space can be a bitch to deal with, but I would love nothing more than awesome coffee out of a truck.
[...] to City Paper, the city’s department of Licenses and Inspections decides which neighborhoods and spaces are [...]
Happy Hour is a place to vent daily frustrations and unwind, a time to reconnect with friends and coworkers you don't mind seeing beyond the boundaries of Cubicle Land. It's is also the ideal time to score a deal on your favorite gustatives and gulpables. Although my work scenario has me behind a kitchen prep station rather than a desk, I can appreciate HH just the same. For this feature, I'll hop bar by bar to HHs across the area and report back to Meal Ticket every Tuesday. If you've been to this week's featured HH, tell us about it in the comments. I want recommendations for future trips, too! Let's delve into it at Bar 210 at Lacroix. WHERE YOU AT? I've eaten dinner at Lacroix (210 W. Rittenhouse Square) on a few occasions, each time arriving early to relax at the bar and warm our insides with a few drinks. To me, the bar is an extension of the restaurant, but to the Rittenhouse Hotel it's considered its own entity, which was made clear when they launched Bar 210 in 2008. (I wonder if we'll need to go through a customs-like checkpoint to transfer our drinks and tab now?) I waited for a friend and her co-workers (finally, some stereotypical classic happy hour company!) to join me. There were only 10 seats at the bar and four small two-tops behind it, which didn't leave us many options, but I secured a spot at the corner of the marble bar so that we could somewhat face each other if we swiveled our rattan seats just right. Sitting alone for a while gave my mind ample time to wander, and when I gazed at the candle-lit walls with long hanging mirrors, I pictured myself in a cavern below a castle. Then a sailor walked in and it was time for a drink. WHAT'S THE SCENE? The sailor wasn't part of my fantasy, he was really there. Although, upon closer inspection, he wasn't really a sailor but a man in the midst of an identity/wardrobe crisis. Billy Idol, Clint Eastwood or Captain Stubing â what's it gonna be, sir? I wonder what Colin Powell would say? (He was giving a speech down the hall and I hoped he'd stop by and I'd get him a drink. Maybe two since the deal was so good.) After I shook off the three-man-wonder sighting, my mates and I chatted it up with a few couples, singles and out-of-towners in for a conference. Then another guy, who I dubbed The Artist Never Formerly Known As Prince, came in with his mom. Unlike our confused singer/cowboy/sailor, this guy knew his endgame: to one day become Prince's stunt double. If it weren't for the 60something threesome that walked in looking for trouble and their way back to Palm Beach we'd have sat right next to this dude and no doubt hit it off. We relinquished our seats so the trio could sit together and we moved to one of the two-tops with nap-inducing, cushioned seats. WHAT'S THE DEAL? I was in a beer mood and was bummed when I saw none on special. My spirits fizzed back up after a few sips of the Moscow Mule (vodka, ginger beer, lime) in a super-chilly copper mug, priced at half of its usual $12 damage. Bar 210's happy hour stretches Monday to Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. and features half-priced cocktails and two wines (usually a Sauvignon Blanc and a Cabernet Sauvignon) for $5. Embarking on one of my lushier HHs, I sampled almost half the cocktail menu in two hours, including the Blackberry Bourbon, Kiwi Caipirinha (my favorite) and a Ciroc Martini with frozen grapes. Between drinks #1 and #2 I was presented a teeny, edible "thank you" in the form of a honey- and truffle-glazed chicken wing served over a pear and carrot slaw. I like to think I'm special but bites are offered to every happy hour guest every day. Other than the gratis grub, there are no specials on food but there is a very reasonably priced gem-filled bar menu priced from $4 to $8.
What... no photos of the Prince look-a-like and his mom for your readers? Great entry.
[...] A West Philly sighting of Sonny Forriest Jr.! After not being able to produce evidence of last week's three-man wonder and Prince-wannabe sightings, I learned my lesson and snapped a [...]
Filed Under: Chef Salad
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| jameson8th.com |
For brunch: chocolate & chestnut ravioli, star anise whipped cream For dessert: chocolate tureen, candied orange, toasted brioche; chocolate bacon budino, smoked paprika ice cream and bacon brittle For drink: affogato, vanilla ice crea, espresso and a shot of JamesonBurke's creations will make a short stay — approximately two months — in choco-rama land, so be sure to get in there soon.
[...] coming Monday, Max Brenner, Chocolate by the Bald Man will launch a menu of four dishes created exclusively for the 15th-and-Walnut shop by chef Jim Burke of Philadelphia's [...]
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| Photo | Drew Lazor |
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