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Archive: July, 2011
Just in time for our annual Stage 5 heatwave, Downingtown's Victory Brewing has entered the frozen dessert fracas, offering three ice cream varieties inspired by Victory beers to the double-scoop-loving public. They've served these ice creams in their brewpub for close to a decade, but this is the first time they've been available in take-home pints and quarts. The flavors — Triple Monkey (banana ice cream with peanuts and caramel, made with the wort from Golden Monkey); Hopped Up Devil (cayenne/cinnamon ice cream with choco coffee beans, made with Hop Devil wort) and Storm King Crunch (malted milk ball-studded chocolate ice cream made with Storm King Stout wort) — are available for purchase at the brewery's retail shop, in addition to cases and six-packs of the non-alcoholic root beer owner Bill Covaleski has been making since '97.
Photo: Courtesy of Victory Brewing
Chef Tony Inchote and his wife Noy will launch their BYO Sawatdee (Thai for "hello") this Friday, July 8. (We had early details on it here.) The lime-green corner restaurant (1501 S. 15th St.), which you can probably see from space (Noy picked out the colors herself and had fun convincing painters that yes, this was definitely the color she wanted), will start out serving dinner nightly, with lunch on the weekdays. And what a lunch deal they've got: For the ludicrously cheap price of $9.95 (attn Midtown Lunch Philly), you get soup (tom yum gai, tom kha gai or kaeng jeud tao hoo, aka tofu/veggie soup), a choice of salad or app (pan-seared dumplings, spring rolls, etc.) and an entrée course, spanning options like multi-colored curries, soups, fried noodles, seafood and more. Tony is still fine-tuning his dinner menu, but we'll post that here it's finalized. More pics after the jump. Opening hours: Mon.-Thu., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri., 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sat., 4-11 p.m.; Sun., 4-10 p.m.
On Thursday, July 7 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Reading Terminal Market (12th and Arch streets) will be hosting Thanks Giving in July, a fundraiser for food nonprofits Philabundance, The Food Trust and MANNA. The Insider's Michael Klein (the afternoon doubles as a launch event for his new food site, philly.com/food) shares that they'll be hosting cooking demos on the half-hour, right next to Philbert the Pig in center court, featuring Top Chef winner Kevin Sbraga, Jennifer Carroll of 10 Arts, Jack McDavid of Down Home Diner and Big Daddy’s House host Aaron McCargo Jr., who will also be signing his new cookbook, Simply Done, Well Done. For $5 you can sample what the chefs are cooking up; all proceeds go to the charities. If you can’t come to the event, RTM encourages all to drop some bills into Philbert, as money collected throughout July will be donated to the orgs, too. Klein also mentions the Phillie Phanatic will be making an appearance around noon, but "he probably won’t cook."
Given our love of breakfast-for-dinner and challah french toast, we were excited to learn that Sabrina's Café owners Robert and Raquel DeAbreu plan to open a third location in University City this fall.
According to Raquel, she and her husband Robert “have been looking for a third location for a while,” considering locations in Fishtown and the suburbs of Philly before settling on University City. (They currently have their original café at at 901 Christian, and their second restaurant at 1804 Callowhill, which opened in 2007.) Situated on the Drexel University campus in Ross Commons (34th and Powelton), Sabrina’s will draw students from Drexel as well as surrounding schools like Penn and the University of the Sciences. Raquel is quick to point out, however, that Sabrina’s will welcome any and all eaters.
Raquel also tells Meal Ticket that despite the launch of the new location, the menu and approach will stay the same. Expect sandwiches, salads, burgers and veggie options alongside everyday specials and, of course, an extensive brunch menu. Sabrina's University City is set to open in September.
Monday, June 27
My Tho is a new South Philly noodle shop specializing in crawdads.
Chef Clark Gilbert's Gemelli on Main is now seating in Manayunk.
News on food co-ops in West Philly and South Philly make major progress.
The owners of Horizons share details on their next project, Midtown Village's Vedge.
Homemade orgeat, tiki parties, Mexican brunch and other good stuff in Notes from the Weekend.
Tuesday, June 28
A rundown on what's changing at Walnut Street's Minar Palace.
Ranstead Room rolls out its new summer cocktail list.
Gordon Ramsay's ridiculous TV show Kitchen Nightmares is looking for Philly restaurants to film.
Marc Vetri's Italian gastropub Alla Spina won't be opening anytime soon, so don't get too amped yet.
Wednesday, June 29
Le Virtu has launched a hell of an outdoor dining deal in their Campo.
Though it doesn't have a storefront yet, Rubb BBQ is smokin' with the best of them in Manayunk.
Check out pics of NoLibs' brand-new Blind Pig, and its signature ball-shaped menu item.
Thursday, June 30
Run with the bulls (figuratively) by ordered Tinto's San Fermin Festival menu.
Friday, July 1
What a deal! Housemade hot dogs and cold beer at MidAtlantic for just six bucks all month.
Avram Hornik of Four Corner Management shares a bit about his takeover of Ortlieb's Jazzhaus.
Old City's Chloe has started accepting credit cards — after more than 10 years!
Sneak a quickie peek inside Hop Sing Laundromat, the cocktail bar coming to Chinatown.
Adam Erace shares his recipe for Dogfish Head Festina Peche honeysuckle syrup. Woo!
If there's one thing I like better than drinking Dogfish Head's Festina Peche (a Meal Ticket favorite!), it’s cooking with Dogfish Head's Festina Peche. Because Sam Calagione & Co.'s new-school Berliner weisse finishes as dry as Piedmont pinot grigio, it's more versatile than you might think in savory applications, but its subtle peachiness makes it a natural in desserts.
Back in March we had a bit of info on the cloak-and-dagger Hop Sing Laundromat (1029 Race St.), the Chinatown cocktail joint run by a dude known only as Lêe. Stopped in this afternoon to find the space pretty close to completion — the wall on the eastern side of the room has been done over, sconced-up and chipped away to expose the original brick in stylishly haphazard sections, and that 40-foot wood-paneled bar is in like Flynn, with much of the equipment already placed. Learned today that a number of decorative touches in the Laundromat were salvaged from churches; have a look-see at the crossed-up hanging lights above the bar (!). Furniture's still being selected/discussed.
Lêe chalks up the delay in opening (he was originally aiming for April/May) to a litany of construction tweaks and delays; at this point in time, the bar owner will only commit to "late summer" as far as opening goes. For now see our March post for background. More photos after the jump.
Heat Seekers is a new Food Network program in which Aarrrrrrrón (roll the R, son) Sanchez and Roger Mooking, host of Cooking Channel's Everyday Exotic, travel the country eating stuff that will turn their faces red as an Irishman's. The show premieres on Fri., July 22, at 10 p.m. with an episode that sees the dynamic duo in Chi-town. Later in the season, we’ll see them burning their tongues here in Philly. When they visited about a month ago, they filmed with Peter McAndrews at Monsú — told ya about that here — and also headed to Campo's (214 Market St.) and Q BBQ & Tequila (207 Chestnut St.). See the full description of the Philadelphia episode of Heat Seekers after the jump.
The three-year-old Summer of Riesling is a wine-lover's promotion, with the blessing of the International Riesling Foundation, designed to steer drinkers toward the white grape most people identify first with Germany and second with being overly sweet. Though more than 60 percent of the world's Riesling vines do grow in Deutschland, it's a misconception ("a hackneyed belief," officially) that all Rieslings are cloying. Multiple bars and restaurants in multiple cities, Philly included, have signed on to pour three Rieslings by the glass all summer long, in addition to organizing Riesling-based events.
Mary Ann Ferrie and Dan Grimes' long-running Chloe (232 Arch St.), which just celebrated 10 years in business this past fall, does not waver on much: They're cash-only, they only serve four nights a week and they do not — DO NOT! — take reservations. That's why it's quietly monumental that the Old City BYOB has decided to begin accepting credit cards, starting on July 6. "However, cash is still king!" Ferrie intones.
The couple is also participating in a bit of friendly customer-sharing for the rest of the summer. Michael O'Halloran's Bistro 7 (7 N. Third St.) will be closing for vacation all this month, and the chef/owner has posted a sign directing diners to the nearby Chloe. When Ferrie and Grimes close up shop to take a break in the month of August, they'll post a sign sending eaters O'Halloran's way. "Isn't it nice how we do that for each other?" says Ferrie. "However, come September, the gloves are off. Just kidding."
Check out our November 2010 feature for more on Chloe.
Photo: Neal Santos
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