Archive: June, 2010

Summer plans and sweet dealage at MÃ©mÃ©

POSTED: Monday, June 28, 2010, 5:14 PM

Filed Under: Dealage | Food News

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David Katz of MÃ©mÃ© (2201 Spruce St.) dropped us some details on a few operational tweaks — and good deals — he's running at his restaurant this summer. For the months of July and August, they'll close up shop Mondays and Tuesdays (it's usually only closed Tuesdays). From Wednesday to Saturday, they'll offer a $35 prix-fixe option in addition to the a la carte menu. Then on Sunday, they'll run a three-course dinner deal, which includes a bottle of house white or red, for $37 a head (no a la carte on this night). The menu for each Sunday meal will be posted on MÃ©mÃ©'s website and sent out via email blast the Friday before. Katz says he'll focus on cooking" cool, simple, homey stuff" for the deal — for example, the first installment, on Sunday, July 11 (they're closing for the July 4 holiday), will feature a romaine salad with green beans, hard-cooked egg red potatoes and dijon dressing; roasted organic chicken with mushroom-gruyere mac 'n' cheese, peas and chicken jus; and old-school strawberry shortcake for dessert.

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poncho

Posted 2010-06-28 14:53:30

I love Meme

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Posted 2010-07-03 19:06:34

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A look at Fond's garden chef's table

POSTED: Monday, June 28, 2010, 4:18 PM

Filed Under: Chef Salad | Food News

Courtesy of Fond

Lee Styer sent over a few peeks at the outdoor garden chef's table at Fond (1617 E. Passyunk Ave.), a feature we first told you about a few weeks back. Peep that link for pricing/menu details. Two more pics after the jump.

Courtesy of Fond

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poncho

Posted 2010-06-28 12:09:26

This looks gorgeous! I hope to get a chance to eat there this summer

rory

Posted 2010-06-29 11:29:20

was delicious out there. absolutely delicious.

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Ticket Stubs: Meal Ticket Weekly Recap, June 21-25

POSTED: Friday, June 25, 2010, 10:05 PM

Filed Under: Menu Time

Monday, June 21 Dogfish Head's Festina Peche is all over Philly and we are very happy. Chatting with The Spice Necklace author Ann Vanderhoof. Tiffin's Munish Narula is opening a not-yet-named upscale restaurant on Broad Street. Crabs and Joose and paella and sushi and such in Notes from the Weekend. Tuesday, June 22 Bust out your stretchy pants — all-you-can-eat sushi is back at Pod this summer. Cooperage starts brunch this weekend. We peep the Call Me Cupcake truck. Happy Hour Hopper heads to Fairmount for an amazing deal at North Star Bar. Wednesday, June 23 Don't forget that Picklefest is this Saturday in South Philly. We've decided that the iPhone 4 is stupid and La Rosa Pizza is way cooler. Unboxing time! Lots of Snack Time action this week, including a teaser about former Ro-Zu chef Todd Dae Kulper's future Philly plans ... Thursday, June 24 Montreal-style wood-fired bagels are coming to Rittenhouse! Big changes for two of the city's three Naked Chocolate locations. For starters, they're not going to exist anymore. Trace the origins of the Arnold Face and make question our judgment for Photoshopping Kevin Sbraga and Lady Gaga together — it's the Episode 2 recap of Top Chef D.C. Friday, June 25 Tommy Up's P.Y.T. replaces one milkshake named after a Philly music luminary with another milkshake named after a Philly music luminary. Bodhi Coffee loves the U.S. soccer team and has the discount to prove it. Wishing Well is starting brunch this weekend, too.

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Wishing Well rolls out brunch

POSTED: Friday, June 25, 2010, 9:45 PM

Filed Under: Menu Time

The Wishing Well at Ninth and Catharine officially launches brunch this weekend. Yes, chef Carmen Capello's scrapple-topped SHAME burger is included on the menu, as are oysters, fried pickles, fried chicken with Benton's bacon-studded gravy, shrimp and grits and more. Full menu after the jump. Between this and Cooperage's brand-new Southern-style brunch (also launching this weekend), y'all got a lot of drawly eggs to get through.

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Julian Abele Park gets a farmers market

POSTED: Friday, June 25, 2010, 8:08 PM

Filed Under: Food News | Openings

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G-Ho/Southwest Center City-area residents now have their own dedicated heart-of-the-neighborhood farmers market. Julian Abele Park at 22nd and Carpenter will play host to a brand-new operation that launches today and will run on Fridays throughout the season. Lancaster County-based couple Jacob and Emma Beiler will sell all sorts of fruits and vegetables, plus fruit pies, cookies, sticky buns, breads, eggs and flowers. The market runs from 3 to 7 p.m.

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Patriotic deal at Bodhi Coffee

POSTED: Friday, June 25, 2010, 7:10 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Food and Sports

In honor of the USA's most excellent 1-0 World Cup win over the Algerian woman slappers national team, the Stumptown-brewing Bodhi Coffee (410 S. Second St.) is discounting all Americanos by half for the duration of our boys' run. Landon is like YES I WILL SLIDE TOWARD THIS DEAL BECAUSE THAT IS A GREAT VALUE!

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Tonight: Taste of Philadelphia at Penn's Landing

POSTED: Friday, June 25, 2010, 6:39 PM

Filed Under: Food and Music | Food Events

The city has given Sunoco the boot and brought in the beloved Wawa as headlining sponsor, meaning Philly foodies and tourists alike should expect satisfaction at this year's Welcome America Taste of Philadelphia fest, which kicks off tonight at 5 p.m. on Penn's Landing and runs until Sunday. Contributing eateries this year include Capital Grille, Cuba Libre, Capogiro, Tommy Gunn's, Paesano's, Jamaican Jerk Hut and Tony Luke's (beer from Yards, too). Those in attendance can sample some of Philly's best dishes for the price of a No. 3 at Mickey D's — tickets will be sold at a dollar apiece, and most hearty helpings will cost you three or four tickets. When you get thirsty, wash it all down with a free sweet tea courtesy of the good folks at Wawa. Stop by on Saturday, too, to groove with funk pioneers Morris Day and The Time as you walk the pier and eat to your heart's content. If you're in the mood for some uplifting while you're grubbing, make another trip on Sunday afternoon as Taste presents its first gospel extravaganza, featuring headliner Hezekiah Walker.

Hughe

Posted 2010-06-25 14:16:05

I don't think the City gave Sunoco the boot, they rejected us.  Thank God Wawa came along.

Lynchburg

Posted 2010-06-26 11:19:36

Who does WAWAhave lined up for live entertainment on the 4 of July ?

Nyidera E.

Posted 2010-06-26 11:39:05

Yes Thank God for Wawa... 
As for the Independence Day lineup, The Roots, Chrisette Michele and The Goo Goo Dolls are performing.

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Musical milkshakes rotate at P.Y.T.

POSTED: Friday, June 25, 2010, 5:21 PM

Filed Under: Food and Music

P.Y.T. owner Tommy Up — as only he can — caused a stir earlier this week when he called out The Roots' ?uestlove for comments made to Newsweek regarding society's role in influencing the actions of Donte Johnson, the accused murderer of Sabina Rose O'Donnell. (Questo took this stance prior to the Newsweek piece, too, garnering a huge response on our sister blog Critical Mass.) Up stated that Questo did not contribute to O'Donnell's memorial fund as he said he did. Up, tapped for more elaborate comment yesterday by CritMass editor Molly Eichel, said that he wants to avoid further negativity surrounding the issue — but did point out that he's made a menu change at his Piazza burger joint. An alcoholic milkshake named for Questo has been removed from the drinks menu and replaced with another sucked-through-a-straw shoutout. Diplo's Key Lime Pie is at mix-up of Key Lime liquor, Gosling's rum, lime juice, vanilla ice cream and crushed graham crackers."When we first started the [O'Donnell] fund, Diplo donated right out of his pocket, and he did it without being asked," says Up in an email.

umm

Posted 2010-06-25 12:36:54

Possible for you to at least spell the name of the deceased young lady correctly?

Drew Lazor

Posted 2010-06-25 12:38:50

My mistake. Fixed.

Harold Powell

Posted 2010-06-25 14:11:00

I understand Mr. Up wanting to avoid further negativity around the issue, but I'd personally like to know what ?uestlove's sponsors think of his little essay, the Newsweek article, and what's looking more and more like the FACT that he never donated a penny to the Sabina Rose O'Donnell fund.

This isn't some local musician who should be blown off; we're talking about a Grammy award winning artist who's on television 5 nights a week and has a Nike sneaker named after him, among other things. How many Twitter followers does he have?

It's nice that Questo has a friend at Newsweek trying to do damage control for him, but I think it's high time the man apologized and then shuts his stupid mouth about the whole matter.

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candy

Posted 2010-06-28 09:48:43

WOW

donte johnson made newsweek.  i bet his momma is proud!
and he did it via Amir.
Standing on the shoulders of giants leaves me cold.

MEN need to STOP RAPING WOMEN.

and other men need to STOP MAKING EXCUSES for how rape could happen.

Perhaps the lyrics of MUSIC could do a better job of subconciously influencing rather than promoting and glamorizing the negative uses of beauty and life.

question mark

Posted 2010-06-28 10:39:39

"MEN need to STOP RAPING WOMEN"

And maybe stop murdering them, too. And apologizing for murderers.

Mark

Posted 2010-06-28 10:55:13

Wait, is that PYT place still open?  The owner should stop worrying about what Questlove is saying and start focusing on his lame ass excuse for a restaurant.  Poor service, lame food and boring atmosphere should be his concern.  What kind of serious restaurant allows the employees to wear sandals?  Seriously?  I've never had worse service.

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Top Chef D.C. Episode 2: It's just lunch

POSTED: Friday, June 25, 2010, 1:03 AM

Filed Under: Food TV | Top Chef

I promise to explain this right after the jump. Quickfire: This one's dubbed a "Biparti-sandwich" Challenge, as the cheftestants are paired off according to a knife draw and made to don sewn-together two-party-system aprons, resulting in the sort of frenetic, three-legged, too-close-for-comfort competition that produces weird, unintentionally avant-garde images like the one above. The teamed-up one-handed chefs flail about and nearly stab each other a lot of times. "If anything, you'll give me a manicure!" Arnold reassures his partner Dark Horse Kelly as she slices a cuke he's holding steady. Oh, Arnold! This leads me to the first installment of what I hope will become a recurring feature this season — every time Arnold says something sassy and irreverent, you automatically get a free order of ...

ARNOLD FACE!

The twosome of Tracy and Angelo, the latter of whom uses terms like "sex on a plate" and "liquid love" to describe their flounder/sriracha mayo get-up (mmm, just talking about flounder turns me on!), win the QF, plus elimination immunity, after getting the blessing from the studly guest judge, White House assistant chef Sam Kass. Kass, for what it's worth, looks like the dude from the video game God of War:

About the Top Chef producers dropping the heartburn-y term "Biparti-sandwich" this go-'round: Surely this just the beginning of what will end up being a cache of hundreds of groanworthy political food puns. I propose that we just get all of them out of our systems right now so we can move on with our lives. I'll start it off, and then you have a spin in the comments. Ready? GO. Majority Whip-ped Cream! Bill of Raita! Secretary of Skate! Phyllo-buster! House of Crepe-resentatives! Federal kefta-cit! Supreme gorp! Impeachment! G-O-Peas!* F-B-Ice Cream!* Department of Homeland Secure-the-Cheese!* * I would like to note that those last three were contributed by City Paper's Isaiah Thompson, who is paid a living wage to write words. Elimination: Kass, who spearheads a national initiative to improve school lunches, tells four-chef teams that they must cook healthy, square, kid-friendly meals for 50 middle-school-age children, relying on a budget of $2.60 a head — the average amount allotted to feed the average kid a lunch in an American public school. "When I go out, I spent $130 on myself!" exclaims Arnold.

ARNOLD FACE!

Amanda, who's teamed with Tamesha, Stephen and Jacqueline, states that she wants to avoid cooking anything sweet, because "People who makes desserts go home." Amanda knows what's up! She opts instead for a sherry-braised chicken thigh (hm, maybe she doesn't know what's up), while the rest of her squad does rice, salad and a strawberry thing. "Kids fucking love tacos," observes Kelly, who puts together carnitas for the main component of her team's plate, which also includes a black bean cake with a Muppet-like sweet potato "wig" from Lynne, plus a sweet potato/sherbet dessert from Tiffany. (Earlier in the ep, Arnold beefs with Kelly about relenting control, but it wasn't that sassy so we won't Arnold-face y'all again.) Elsewhere, Alex, Andrea, Jersey Kev and Timothy make a well-conceived spread based around apple cider BBQ chicken, while the immune Angelo and Tracy work with Ed and Kenny Blalicchio on a chicken burger/apple pudding/PB-and-celery meal. Aside from an anonymous kid yelling "MTV CRIBS," some tween who looks like the The Last Airbender proclaiming his puberty-soaked love for Dark Horse Kelly's tacos, Gail going "Chocolate milk, please!" to a table and Padma dishing out a dozen or so transcendently beautiful bear-hugs to various brace-faces, the actual tasting is uneventful.

"The fuck you just say about my Diet Coke commercial?"

At the top: Kass agrees with Airbender, proclaiming Dark Horse Kelly's team the victor and the Colorado chef the individual victor. "That is a solid taco," Kass declares. Hee. Kelly, don't win anything for awhile so you can continue being the Dark Horse! Jersey Kev gets some close-but-no-cigar love for his healthy yogurt mousse with fruit. At the bottom: Amanda's team, for her poorly received pollo and a Jacqueline-made dessert that ends up having a bunch of unneeded sugar in it; and the Angelo/Tracy foursome, who get chastised for Ed's too-spicy potato puree, their dearth of vegetables and their admitted indifference toward that lack. After a bunch of juicy under-the-bus throwing at judges' table, Jacqueline's sacked for her patently unhealthy dessert. That's two weeks in a row — OK, I'm back to thinking Amanda knows what's up again.

"I'm going to stare at you like this, and continue to stare at you like this, until you sate my current post-partum craving. Eggs over hard and an acoustic rendition of Del Amitri's 'Roll to Me' or I'll vaporize you with my fucking eyes."

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j leo

Posted 2010-06-25 03:40:27

I'm enjoying this season so far. These people are all delightfully bitchy and manipulative. Well done on the Arnold face, I am loving every second of him.

Couple of thoughts:

Even though he was on the block ,I didn't think Kenny would be gone this early after they started to focus on the rivalry/hate/chessgame between him and Angelo. I think they will be milking this for a while. 

After Kelly's win, she's not really a dark horse anymore, right? Has to be one of the early favorites. Seems competent, if not a little vain and self-congratulatory.

The first time I saw Jacqueline, I thought, she's nice, she's happy, she's not built for this, she'll be gone in five minutes. Alas.

I don't think the 10 year old me would eat any of that food, but then, I'm the kid who had a PBJ sandwich for five straight years. BTW, I went to a public school, and we had better options than those. In fact, my high school food selection was a million times better than the eatery next to the dorms at a certain college on Ogontz Avenue..... that I had to pay tuition for....

kibby

Posted 2010-06-25 11:20:16

Dude, Arnold face is SO GOOD.  Also, I would like to add to the political/food puns: Sturgeon General.

Molly Eichel

Posted 2010-06-25 12:01:40

Totally J. Leo, Kenny was never going home this early. I think they're setting him up for a down-for-the-count comeback. Although, Kelly is in that Hosea position where no one really cares about her until she takes it all in the end (sans being a total turd, of course). 
 
Two more things: Angelo is the worst. I hate him more than the hellish Michael Voltaggio. Plus, I need more sass from Tracey. She put up high sass marks in the first ep, but fell behind in this one.

poncho

Posted 2010-06-25 13:00:40

Political/Food Pun:

Offal Office

Awesome recap, I hope Arnold sticks around for awhile cause I love Arnold Face!

Drew Lazor

Posted 2010-06-25 15:00:09

j leo: 

I'm enjoying this season so far. These people are all delightfully bitchy and manipulative.

Couldn't agree more. I forgot to mention the whole Angelo/Kenny "gamesmanship" storyline. I love it! It's been awhile since they've trumped up a white knight/black knight type thing. It makes for great trashy TV.

After Kelly's win, she's not really a dark horse anymore, right? Has to be one of the early favorites.

Save your "reason" and "logic," j leo! KELLY REMAINS THE DARK HORSE

Daniel

Posted 2010-06-26 01:17:26

Arnold face is a national internet meme just waiting to happen.

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IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, June 24

POSTED: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 10:27 PM

Filed Under: In Print

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- Trey Popp checks out City Tap House in West Philly. Their 60-tap beer program is unmatched in the city — but chef Al Paris' menu holds plenty of surprises, too. - Jay's Favorite Sushi Bar is not our favorite — but that doesn't mean that there isn't some solid (and cheap!) fish to be had here. - Hadley Assail breaks down the week in eats in What's Cooking — a seafood cooking class, a bucolic farm dinner and a Journey cover band (?) all have a place this week. - In Feeding Frenzy, we break down new openings, like The HeadHouse, Nana Petrillo's and Call Me Cupcake, plus new from Tiffin and Kanella.

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