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Archive: September, 2009
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Memphis Taproom is holding its second annual Mystery Beer Weekend starting Sept. 4, and the ballots are now live, in PDF form, on their site. Here's how this goes down: Beginning at noon this Friday and going through Sunday, Sept. 6, Memphis will blind-tap three groups of 11 different beers, in categories ranging from IPA and Belgian-style to Dubbel and German. It's up to you to sample each one and correctly identify them all based on the beers listed on the ballot. The winner receives the people's ovation and fame forever, plus a sick beer prize pack that includes stuff like obscure lambics and plentiful beer glasses.
Just to give you an idea of how hard you gotta come to make a showing � last year's winner, Jim Keaveney, named 28 out of 30 beers, and runner-up Suzanne "Beer Lass" Woods correctly IDed 24. Serious business.
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Tonight, Beneluxx (33 S. Third St.) will pour a bunch of beers from Vermont-based "eco-brewery" Long Trail. Chef Nick Macri's ploughman's plate, a special at happy hour (5-7), will be paired with a Long Trail beer; after 7, check out selections from their Brewmasters Series (Double IPA, Coffee Stout, Imperial Porter) along with cheese, charcuterie and chocolate pairings.
We're barely into our recaps for Season 6 of Top Chef (here's Episode 1 and Episode 2), and Philly's already looking formidable. Above, check a clip from tonight's ep, where 10 Arts chef de cuisine Jennifer Carroll � an early front-runner in our eyes � puts the kibosh on idle chit-chat in an executive chef role. Don't cross this chick!
I can't wait to see to watch this later!
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| Lovely fungus |
No, not those mushrooms, hippie.� This sort are grown by at Mother Earth Mushrooms in West Grove, PA.� Fair Food is partnering with the Mother Earthers to host a tour of the mushroom farm on Saturday, Sept. 12, discussing the challenges and benefits of growing fungus organically.
Guests will also be treated to a fresh and locally-sourced picnic and have a chance to explore the 24th annual Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square, PA.� Lovable Top Chef runner-up Carla Hall will be doing shroomy cooking demos at the fest, while kids bob for mushrooms and talented amateurs offer up their best bowls in the Soup Contest.
Contact Louisa Amsterdam at farmtours@fairfoodphilly for your reservation to the mushroom picnic, or call 215-386-5211 ex. 113.� Tour and picnic is $25 for adults and $12 for kids aged 6-13.
Yesterday, we shared a peek at the first half of Village Whiskey's menu. Today, we went back and bugged the staff a little more to grab some more food photos for y'all, which technically means we're the neats-and-eats bar's first regulars. (And we haven't been kicked out yet!) Everybody's been asking us about the burgers, so we made sure we got shots of all that on-a-bun goodness.
Meal Ticket will know by the end of the day whether VW's original Thursday opening still stands.
UPDATE: We now hear that they won't know if the city will allow them to open this Thursday (L&I/paperwork delays, you know the routine) until Wednesday night. So keep checking back here (and follow Meal Ticket on Twitter) to find out first.
What's what, in order:
- Cape May Salts (served in a prospector's pan)
- Nausett Bay (MA) top neck clams
- Shortrib and cheddar French fries (cooked in duck fat)
- Lobster Roll (one pound of butter-poached lobster in a lemon/Old Bay aioli with applewood-smoked bacon, lettuce and tomato)
- The Village Burger (eight ounces of meat ground in-house, homemade Thousand Island dressing, Boston bibb lettuce, tomato, house-baked sesame bun)
- The Whiskey King (10 ounces of meat ground- in-house, one ounce foie gras, bleu cheese, applewood-smoked bacon, maple bourbon-glazed cipollini onions, Guinness potato roll)
- Veggie Burger (black bean burger, guacamole, aged cheddar, sesame roll)
- Kentucky Fried Quail (with sweet potato/chanterelle/corn succotash, roast chicken jus)
- House-smoked hot links (barbecue baked beans, cole slaw, Texas toast)
i must have those fries. those look unreal and that quail (or maybe just more of those fries).
do want!
planning to go on saturday - hope it's open!
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[...] late yesterday Meal Ticket was back for more pictures, including the burgers and [...]
Why are there tomatoes on my lobster roll? Why is there bacon on my lobster roll? Why isn't there more lobster on my lobster roll? Ah, maybe it'll seem OK after a couple stiff whiskeys.
[...] Whiskey King Burger – Photo via Meal Ticket [...]
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Meal Ticket ducked into a staff tasting at The Sidecar (2201 Christian St., 215-732-3429) last night to see what's in store from new chef Brian Lofink, who comes to the G-Ho beer bar from the co-chef de cuisine post at Matyson.
Lofink, who co-owner Adam Ritter took on to bolster his long-term expansion plans, has rolled out a menu that's big on lighter fare � there are plenty of new salads (Jersey tomato; romaine with chicken or shrimp; another topped with cornmeal-crusted trout and horseradish dressing) and seafood/veg options (a Napoleonic "crab stack" done up with crispy tomatoes and crab salad; a summer veggie panini with herb goat cheese). But fear not, fried fans � there are still plenty of munchie-slaying bar grub options available, from jalapeno corn dogs and pretzel-crusted chicken fingers to the new burger, topped with a fried panko-crusted poached egg, gruyere cheese and truffled mayo. Standards � the reuben, the black bean burger, carnitas, onion rings, etc. � remain.
The new menu rolls out today. Check it out in full after the jump.
Starting Sept. 14, the bar will be open Mondays, and will stay open till 2 a.m. on Sunday nights. Also starting that week, they'll open up shop at 3 p.m. as opposed to 5; happy hours will run from 3 to 7 and midnight to 2, with an in-the-works discount menu available during those times.
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[...] Lofink, the former Matyson chef who took over at The Sidecar (2201 Christian St.) a little more than a year ago, is now pulling double duty and running the show at Fishtown’s Kraftwork (541 E. Girard Ave.), [...]
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