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The Lola Bean opens Saturday

POSTED: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 8:33 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Openings | Photos

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Erica Zito and Mary Button's super-bright, super-cute Lola Bean, at 1325 Frankford Avenue (215-634-LOLA), will open to the public this Saturday, Sept. 11. (We first mentioned the café in April.) They'll serve from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day and 7 a.m. to 4 pm. on Sunday before kicking off regular hours(6:30 a.m.-6 p.m.) on Monday, Sept. 13. The plan is to launch serving La Colombe coffee and espresso, plus Au Fournil pastries, and then roll out sandwiches, soups and whatnot in the coming weeks.

Michelle

Posted 2010-09-09 15:56:16

Adorable!

Posted 2010-09-13 14:51:06

Congratulations girls, looks super cute Duke & I will come for a visit this Saturday afternoon.

You both inspire me taking the plunge to open your own business.

Deb

Posted 2010-09-10 08:21:20

Love it!

Mark

Posted 2010-09-09 16:13:25

Looks awesome!  So excited to enjoy a cup of coffee at this new place!

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Posted 2010-12-03 11:56:08

[...] contender for more adorable-est café in all the land, has steadily expanded its menu since opening a few months ago. Mainstays like the vegan veggie hummus wrap (above; spinach zucchini, squash, onion, sun-dried [...]

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Manakeesh Cafe and Bakery up for November

POSTED: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 5:28 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Openings

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Manager Abd Ghazzawi just checked in with Meal Ticket to share some prelim details on Manakeesh Cafe and Bakery, a Lebanese cafe at 45th and Walnut. The 3,000-square-foot historic building, at 4420 Walnut Street, is owned by the same company that owns the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects mosque across the street; it's currently being partitioned, and 2,000 feet of it will be dedicated to Manakeesh, named for the Lebanese flatbread sandwich that's traditionally topped with salty cheese, thyme or ground spiced beef or lamb. The 40-seat café will specialize in these eats, but Ghazzawi says they aim to fuse Lebanese and American breakfast traditions together expect sausage/egg/cheese combos, tuna melts and various other meaty eats joining forces with Lebanese baked goods like ma'amoul (basically a shortbread cookie stuffed with dates or nuts) and kanafi, a phyllo-based sweet treat. To drink: Lebanese and herbal teas, Turkish coffee and espresso beverages, too. Manakeesh, which is up for a November opening, will open daily at 6 a.m. and close anywhere from to 6 to 10 in the evening depending on the season.

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Posted 2011-01-12 11:12:28

[...] Cafe and Bakery, the Lebanese hub that Meal Ticket first discussed in September, will open this coming Monday, Jan. 17, says GM Abd Ghazzawi. The combo coffee house and bakery is [...]

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The Lola Bean getting close

POSTED: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 7:00 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Openings

The Lola Bean (1325 Frankford Ave.), the café we first mentioned back in April, will be opening on or around Sept. 11, co-owner Erica Zito tells Meal Ticket. They'll pour La Colombe coffee and serve an array of light bites and baked goods.

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New Four Worlds Bakery opens Sept. 1

POSTED: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 4:46 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Openings

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Superbaker Michael "Challahman" Dolich checks in to let Meal Ticket that he'll officially open his new Four Worlds Bakery space, at 4634 Woodland Avenue, next Wednesday, Sept. 1. (We first mentioned the project way back in January.) Dolich says running limited retail hours will allow the opportunity to provide customers with croissant, bagels, breads, challah, baguettes and so forth when they're capital-F Fresh, "within minutes of coming out of the oven." In addition to that, the bakery will provide a green bean roasting platform for Joe Cesa of Joe Coffee; they'll serve hot coffee, tea and cocoa, and offer whole coffee beans that've been roasted on the premises. Dolich will also carry Buttercream cupcakes (baked on-site) and a signature grab-and-go parfait, which'll layer Four Worlds granola, Pequea Valley yogurt and fresh fruit. Retail hours: Mon.-Fri., 6:30 a.m.-11 a.m.; Sat.-Sun., 8 a.m.-1 p.m. For more on Four Worlds, check out our 2008 profile of Dolich.

barryg

Posted 2010-08-25 13:32:41

This guy's challah is the shit.

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More on Grindcore House

POSTED: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 8:49 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Openings | Vegan | Vegetarian

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Last week, Rachel Burgos told you a little bit about Grindcore House (1515 S. Fourth St.), the new all-vegan café in Pennsport. Here's a little more: Owners Mike Barone and Dave Anthem are currently running soft-opening hours of 3 to 8 p.m. daily, mainly to let people check out the PHL: Printers/Haters/Lovers show that's hanging till the end of October. But the duo is slowly rolling out everything else as they work toward regular hours of operation for the 25-seat café. They'll offer beans roasted by Goshen Coffee out of St. Louis, Vegan Treats sweets (including the "Chocolate Peanut Butter Explosion," a dessert exclusive to Grindcore) and an on-its-way selection of sandwiches (some featuring Upton's Naturals seitan). Barone says they plan on installing a radical lending library in the shop, as well as using it as a venue for workshops, performances and film screenings.

Joe

Posted 2010-09-19 18:04:26

Yes, this place is great. Awesome  books and Philly related Art in the back.

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Grindcore House opens this Saturday with an art show

POSTED: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 4:59 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Food and Art | Openings | Vegan | Vegetarian

Would you like some Napalm Death with that latte? Starting this Sat., Aug. 21, the much-anticipated Pennsport coffee shop/vegan goodies joint Grindcore House (1515 S. Fourth St.) will open its doors for the first time. To celebrate the event, the House will host an art show entitled PHL: Printers/Haters/Lovers, featuring prints by Philly-based artists that pay tribute to our fair city. The opening reception runs from 7 to 10 p.m.; we'll have further details on their food and drink offerings soon, but for now, check out Grindcore on Facebook and Twitter.

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Posted 2010-08-24 15:49:44

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Posted 2010-08-19 12:43:53

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Flying Monkey Deuce debuts garden room

POSTED: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 8:22 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Food News

Courtesy of Rebecca Michaels

Flying Monkey Deuce (1112 Locust.), which cupcake doyenne Rebecca Michaels opened last September, just unveiled this snazzy garden room off to the side of the café. (It's part of the renovation project we mentioned in April.) The enclosed space replaces the outdoor area along Deuce's western wall, but there is still a small open-air patio, with seating, in the back (see second pic).

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Posted 2010-09-13 13:29:07

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Posted 2010-08-18 19:30:53

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Posted 2010-08-19 12:51:52

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This Sunday, get "closer to the roaster" at La Colombe

POSTED: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 12:05 AM

Filed Under: Coffee | Food Events

Courtesy of La Colombe

La Colombe co-founder Todd Carmichael and his crew dont make coffee. "We cook coffee," he clarifies. "Were cooks." This culinary roasting approach has made L.C. a fave of big guns like Daniel Boulud and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and you better recognize. If youve fallen out of touch with our acclaimed house blend, get reacquainted this Sunday at their Rittenhouse cafe (130 S. 19th St.). From 1 p.m., Carmichael (whos been penning a coffee column for Esquire.coms Eat like a Man blog, by the way) will be roasting, grinding and brewing out of his sweet new ride, a vermilion 1967 French panel van equipped with a circa-1930s Vittoria roaster he and business partner JP Iberti unearthed during an espresso machine expedition in Bologna. Carmichael "refurbished it down to the bearings," and the ride is now a totally mobile coffee shop, capable of going from green bean-to-brew in less than 15 minutes. "Its all about getting closer to the roaster" is the notion fueling Cranked, Carmichael and Ibertis caffeinated Philly-to-Chicago road trip. If all goes according to plan, the new ride will hit the road in mid-fall, after Carmichael, an avid (and record-setting) trekker, traverses Death Valley on foot. "Ive got a rickshaw with a bag of food, a tarp and 500 pounds of water," he says of his preparation for the challenge. "Im gonna heave that bitch all the way across." What about caffeine? I make the worlds best survival coffee," says Carmichael. "I burn butane-infused wax to heat a six-ounce Turkish coffee pot. Nizza, sugar, stirred with a knife, all on my haunches."

barry eichner

Posted 2010-08-07 08:51:41

This just made my day!  I'm going to re-post this!  I worship la Colombe coffee.

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NOW OPEN: Chhaya Cafe

POSTED: Friday, August 6, 2010, 7:07 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Openings | Photos

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Husband-and-wife team Brett Shangold and Vernana Beuria, aka V, softly opened their Chhaya Café, at 1823 E. Passyunk, early this morning. Chhaya, which we first told you about in early July, will serve coffee roasted by Joe Coffee, plus housemade pastries and baked goods, while they get their feet. Next week, V, a chef who's cooked everywhere from Marathon Grill and the Urban Outfitters' café down at the Naval Yard to Tria and the defunct ¡Pasion!, will roll out a gourmet waffle menu. Then that weekend is when they'll introduce a simple small-plate dinner menu — inspired by ciccheti, sort of the Venetian take on tapas — that'll be available Friday and Saturday nights.

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Posted 2010-08-27 11:30:07

[...] already know there’s plenty going on down Passyunk way   the just-opened Chhaya Café, the debut of Le Virtu’s outdoor dining area, the in-the-works (but not yet official!) move of [...]

poncho

Posted 2010-08-06 14:55:16

This place looks beautiful!

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Posted 2010-08-06 15:34:19

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Chhaya Cafe soft-opens Friday

POSTED: Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 12:30 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Openings

That was fast! Chhaya Cafe (1823 E. Passyunk Ave.), the coffee/waffle/small-plate spot we mentioned earlier this month, will soft-open this coming Friday, serving coffee, pastries and light snacks, owner Brett Shangold tells Meal Ticket. Next week, they'll roll out their waffle menu, with the aim of having dinner service going by that weekend. More soon.

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