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Thursday Night Throwdown at Bodhi Coffee tonight

POSTED: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 4:53 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Contests | Food Events

Photo | Drew Lazor

Philly's roving Thursday Night Throwdown latte art competition, which has been held at Spruce Street Espresso, Chestnut Hill Coffee and Brew in the past, goes down tonight at 7 at one of Team Meal Ticket's favorite cafés, Bodhi Coffee in Headhouse Square (410 S. Second St.). It's $5 to sign up to compete and free to watch; there will be cash prizes, plus swag from the Counter Culture and Stumptown roasters.

Michelle

Posted 2010-11-20 16:03:27

Thanks for the info, Tom!

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Posted 2010-11-18 17:12:42

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Posted 2010-11-18 12:25:36

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Michelle

Posted 2010-11-18 16:06:08

Anyone know what delicious beverage was being made in the pic they tweeted earlier?

Tom

Posted 2010-11-19 00:54:12

Michelle- the photo was one of our baristas making Sangria for everyone, didn't last long.

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Name change for Commonwealth Coffee

POSTED: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 5:53 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Openings

Shot Tower Coffee on Facebook

Ran into Mat Derago and Mariel Freeman last night they're the couple opening a Stumptown-dispensing coffee house on the corner of Sixth and Christian, and they shared details with Adam Erace back in September. Turns out they're tweaking the name, originally Commonwealth the café, which should be open in the next two to three weeks, will be called Shot Tower Coffee. Here they are on Facebook and Twitter.

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Posted 2010-12-08 16:41:16

[...] to the Meal Ticket tipster who dropped off these shots inside Shot Tower Coffee at Sixth and Christian. Owners Matt Derego and Mariel Freeman have taken the paper down; hope to [...]

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New-look Flying Saucer lands Nov. 19

POSTED: Monday, November 8, 2010, 7:35 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Openings | Tea

Madeline Hoefer and her husband Werner, both of whom have decades of experience in the F&B biz, have taken over Fairmount's Flying Saucer (2545 Brown St.) and will reopen the dormant café on Nov. 19. The coffee shop, which closed in July of this year, has been given a retro '50s makeover with literal interpretations of the name galore look out for the UFO artwork, ET-friendly logo and "Deep Space Decaf," "Nebula Blend" and "Cosmic Roast" coffees from Souderton's One Village. Hoefer says Flying Saucer Café will also carry Premium Steap teas and an array of sweets and baked goods from South Philly's Traveling Hat Bake Shop and Tea Room, plus housemade soups, chilis, hummus and more.

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Oct. 28: Thursday Night Throwdown returns to Spruce Street Espresso

POSTED: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 8:38 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Contests | Food Events

Photo | Drew Lazor

This Thursday at 7 p.m., Philadelphia's Thursday Night Throwdown latte art contest, aka TnT, returns to Spruce Street Espresso (1101 Spruce St.) Professional and at-home baristas alike are invited to take part in pouring lattes in a tournament-style competition for cash and other prizes, including the Grinder Burr Medal currently held by Aaron Ultimo of Ultimo Coffee, who took first prize in September's TnT at Chestnut Hill Coffee. (That's his handiwork above.) The Throwdown is $5 to enter, but free to watch. There will be pizza from Gianfranco, beer from Philadelphia Brewing Co., and even a costume contest with a $50 prize for the best get-up. Check out our report from July's Throwdown at Spruce Street.

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Posted 2010-10-26 16:39:48

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Posted 2010-11-18 11:54:04

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Good Karma's second location opens

POSTED: Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 4:13 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Openings

Photo | Drew Lazor

David Arrell, proprietor of the very popular Good Karma Cafe at 22nd and Pine, opened his second coffee house on Saturday. The new Good Karma (928 Pine St.), which we first mentioned in April, is more than twice the size of the original and features a separate quiet area for study or group meetings. Same food and coffee approach, but Arrell plans on expanding his offerings a bit here since he has the added room. Same hours as the original cafe, too: daily, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Mount Airy's InFusion on the market

POSTED: Monday, September 27, 2010, 11:00 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Food News | Tea

Photo | Michael T. Regan

Jocie Dye, who owns Mt. Airy's InFusion with husband Jason Huber (shot above for our '07 piece on Saxbys Coffee), has announced via press release the couple's intentions to sell the coffee shop (7133 Germantown Ave.), citing a shift in professional goals. (The cafe opened eight years ago, and Dye and Huber briefly ran a second location in South Philly in the 10th-and-Carpenter space that is now Mazag.) An excerpt from their announcement:

So the goal is to find a similarly community-minded independent company to take it over. Until that happens, say Dye and Huber, theyre in it to win it. Infusion is maintaining a full calendar of events, while a new ad campaign highlights the integral role their customers played as InFusion evolved from just a coffee shop to a community gathering place and key driver in Mt. Airys Germantown Avenue renaissance. Even with competing demands on our time and energy, we continue to improve our menu offerings, and to make ourselves available to the community, says Dye. InFusion is too important to Mt. Airy and to us personally to do it any other way.

Those interested in inquiring about InFusion should contact Dye at 215-248-1718 or jocie@infusioncoffeeandtea.com.

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Tonight: Thursday Night Throwdown at Chestnut Hill Coffee

POSTED: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 10:14 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Food Events

Tonight, the monthly Thursday Night Throwdown (TNT) barista latte art competition heads northwest to Chestnut Hill Coffee Company at 8620 Germantown Avenue (previously installments have been held at Spruce Street Espresso and Newbold's Ultimo Coffee). Competitors will sign up at 7 p.m. ($5 entry fee) and pouring will commence promptly at 8; winner gets the pot, plus some prizes from Counter Culture. Spectators are more than welcome to come check out what's being touted as a "latte art massacre" (!). UPDATE: According to TNT's Twitter, Obama might be there!

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New look for Old City Coffee

POSTED: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 6:30 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Food News

Photos | Drew Lazor

Old City Coffee at 221 Church Street just recently unveiled a spiffy new interior, with some really pretty new wood work. Lookin' good!

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Commonwealth Coffee a month or so away

POSTED: Friday, September 17, 2010, 2:00 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Food News | Openings

Photo | Adam Erace

Just touched base with Mariel Freeman, whos opening Commonwealth Coffee with partner/boyfriend Mat Derago in the Sixth-and-Christian shell you see above. Were hoping to be open next month, or more reasonably, November, says the L&I-wise part-time yoga instructor. The Bella Vista and Queen Village crowds have their fingers crossed; Commonwealths got Stumptown lined up for brew, Chi-towns Intelligentsia for espresso and no one yet for tea, though Freeman estimates theyll carry about 20 blends. Chi-chi cookies, cakes, scones and other sweet, sweet carbs will come from Garces Trading Co.; Freeman trained Joses baristas during her three-and-a-half-year tenure at Lambertvilles Rojo Roastery, supplier of Garces' private-label beans. Commonwealth will seat 25 to 30 and will be open 7 a.m. through 8 or 9 at night "We'll see what the neighborhood wants," Freeman says. Not like its a commute for the New Hope native she and Derago now live down the street, in the house where Deragos parents grew up.

Martha

Posted 2010-09-19 20:44:22

I am looking forward to this place opening! I miss my Intelligentsia in L.A.

benji

Posted 2010-09-17 15:53:21

It'll be nice to have some Stumptown coffee in the neighborhood

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Intelligentsia Coffee coming to Center City

POSTED: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 9:16 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Food and Sports | Openings

Stopped into the awesome Bodhi Coffee (410 S. Second St.) just now and ran into Evan Inatome (right), who is in the early stages of setting up a café called Elixr in the long-vacant space that was last Hausbrandt (207 S. 15th St.). He was hooking up with some barista buddies to host an informal "cupping" (coffee tasting) for three international varietals from the lauded Chicago supplier Intelligentsia, whose roasts he'll use at the shop. (For the record, Bodhi rocks Stumptown.) The space is in good shape, Inatome says, but he plans on making a number of cosmetic changes; he hasn't landed on a food/baked-good approach just yet. Opening should be in the next few months. Inatome's brother-in-law is Eagles O-lineman and food freak Winston Justice (check out this vid of #74 making maki with Zama Tanaka), who will be involved with the café, particularly in a charitable sense for example, Inatome and Justice plan on launching a bottled water line to be carried at Elixr, the sales of which will benefit clean-water initiatives in countries like Haiti.

benP

Posted 2010-09-20 12:06:50

It's so cool to see intelligentsia coffee become more popular in other cities outside of Chicago.

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