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Meal Ticket
Excited to announce that the Meal Ticket print magazine CP dropped this past Thursday is now online! Head right here to flip through the virtual pages, checking out pieces from Adam Erace, Brion Shreffler, Felicia D'Ambrosio and excellent photography from Neal Santos and Mark Stehle.
There should still be hard copies in CP honor boxes throughout Philly, but you can also snag a mag this Friday, May 20, inside any issue of Philadelphia Business Journal.
Monday, May 9
New local brand Sumo Steaks is opening two locations in North Philly.
Tuesday, May 10
NoLibs' newest brunch spot is a cart — La Copine.
A Full Plate is throwing its first-ever chili cook-off this year.
New on South Street: Burger.Org, serving an all-organic lineup of burgers.
Wednesday, May 11
Market Day Canelé now makes ETI-worthy savory tarts.
Little Caesar's, the coelacanth of fast-food pizza, opens a new location (?!) on Girard.
Are you an amateur cook who's good with queso? Then enter The Cheese Experiment cookoff in June.
Foodspotting has launched a bunch of Philly-specific programming.
Thursday, May 12
Adam Erace tests out Chick-fil-A's new sweet potato fries.
Amada rolls out a new Saturday and Sunday brunch menu.
Friday, May 13
Check out the frozen mint juleps at Khyber Pass Pub.
Hot Diggity! is the name of a new hot dog joint coming to South Street.
- First things first: Be sure you snag a print copy of City Paper today to get your hands on our first-ever full-color Meal Ticket magazine! The publication, whose debut we celebrated last night with a great event at Trust (pics from that to come), features long-form pieces from Felicia D'Ambrosio, Adam Erace and Brion Shreffler, awesome photography from Neal Santos, an up-to-date guide to Philly's farmers markets and more. The mag will be online soon (we'll update with a link), but in the meantime, be sure to snag a hard copy!
Elsewhere in the CP food section:
- Our resident supermarket product expert, Carolyn Wyman, takes a hard look at Tastykake products, comparing them to comparable snacks from Mrs. Freshley's — a brand owned by Georgia corp Flowers Foods, which recently purchased Tastykake outright. Will Flowers change our native sweets for the better or for the worse? Read on to find out how Tasty stacks up.
- Adam Erace visits Danny's Café on Snyder Avenue, a quaint breakfast/lunch spot that offers a mix of American and Southeast Asian specialties. Big endorsement for their Cambodian stews, hot weather notwithstanding.
- What's Cooking? Laurel Rose Purdy sums up a busy week in eats, from La Minette's French movie nights and a Collingswood restaurant crawl to this weekend's big ol' Italian Market Festival.
Photo: Neal Santos
Cheers to Grub Street and The AV Club for shouting out our tasting event, discussion panel and Meal Ticket magazine launch party, going down tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. at Trust (249 Arch St.). The price of your ticket — available here, and at the door tonight too — gets you tastes from more than 20 food/drink exhibitors (check out the list here), plus the chance to check out a restaurant business panel co-moderated by Peter Van Allen of Philadelphia Business Journal (our media partner for the event) and myself. Providing insights on the business side of the food industry will be Michael Schulson (Sampan, Izakaya), Moon Krapugthong (Chabaa Thai, Yanako), Mitch Prensky (Supper, Global Dish Caterers) and Dana Herbert (Desserts by Dana).
The evening serves as a kickoff for the full-color Meal Ticket magazine (sneak peek of the cover above) that's coming out in all copies of City Paper tomorrow, May 12, and in all copies of Philadelphia Business Journal next Friday, May 20. Get your tix and we'll see you there!
Monday, May 2
We were still in NOLA oops.
Tuesday, May 3
Rocco Cima is opening a third location of Fuel in Center City.
Spread Bagelry begins baking Montreal-style bagels in Rittenhouse.
The Food Trust's next Night Market goes down in West Philly this June.
Spike TV's new show Bar Rescue is coming to Philly to revamp two flailing watering holes.
Meritage reintroduces its Tuesday-night all-vegan tasting menu.
Wednesday, May 4
Little Baby's Ice Cream sets an official debut date.
Passyunk Avenue's Plenty now offers its signature sandwiches at Shot Tower Coffee.
NoLibs' Dapper Dog celebrates a year in business with a good ol' fashioned wiener-eating contest.
West Philly's Marrakesh Express shuts down.
Thursday, May 5
The Ultimo Coffee team has a second location in the works.
Roost is the name of a new fried chicken operation opening soon in West Philly.
South Philly's Le Virtu has opened Campo, its outdoor dining area, for the spring/summer season.
Stephen Starr's Fishtown beer garden, Frankford Hall, opens May 17.
Friday, May 6
Adam Erace scarfs down a Cocoa Pebbles Treat for the latest installment of Weekly Candy.
We here at Team Meal Ticket are quite excited about the full-color Meal Ticket-themed magazine that's coming out next Thursday, May 12, in all copies of City Paper and all copies of the Philadelphia Business Journal, our media partner for this effort. The publication, which will feature some great longer-than-a-blog-post writing from the likes of Adam Erace, Felicia D'Ambrosio and others, was a chance to harness the oft-frenetic approach we take here on he web and parlay it into a fully realized mag. Can't wait for everyone to check it out.
While the magazine drops on the 12th, there's also a launch event on Wednesday, May 11 that you should know about. From 5 to 7 p.m., come to Trust (249 Arch St.) for cocktails and eats from some of our favorite restaurants, including Delicatessen, Koo Zee Doo, Maru Global, Marabella Meatball Co., Oyster House and more (full participant list after the jump). The food and drink will be accompanied by a panel discussion co-moderated by PBJ BizBites columnist Peter Van Allen and myself. Featured panelists include: Michael Schulson of Sampan and Izakaya, Mitch Prensky of Supper, Moon Krapugthong of Chabaa Thai and Dana Herbert of Delaware's Desserts by Dana, winner of the TLC reality show Next Great Baker.
Monday, April 18
Our fave yogurt Yogorino now comes in pint format.
"Let's Eat!" is a very insane and very Philly-centric new OnDemand kid's cooking program.
Dining Out For Life is coming up on April 28.
Tuesday, April 19
Moore College of Art & Design has launched a new outdoor café.
Fork & Barrel and Tap & Table, from the owners of Farmers' Cabinet, are both closed.
Biba has completed construction of its sunny deck seating area.
It's a auspicious and scrapple-topped start for Molly Malloy's in the Reading Terminal Market.
Wednesday, April 20
The beer garden at Memphis Taproom has got a haute dog operation going on.
Weekly Candy runs down the particulars of the ever-delicious Mint Aero Bar.
Mark Coates says goodbye to Fergie's to start up a mobile BBQ operation called The Smoke Truck.
Thursday, April 21
Thai takeout Circles is opening a a new sit-down café in Newbold.
Rebecca Torpie, formerly of Flying Monkey, is opening a new BYO cheese shop called Wedge & Fig.
Friday, April 22
Center City gets a Krispy Kreme location on May 4.
Adam Erace shares a how-to on candying violets. How pretty, Adam!
Monday, April 11
West Philly now has its own Sweetgreen location.
Horizons will close in its current home by this July, but a brand-new vegan concept is on the way.
OCF Realty has opened the first of its two coffee shops.
Tuesday, April 12
There's now a taco truck on the roof of the Whole Foods in Plymouth Meeting.
Wednesday, April 13
Chef Moon Krapugthong is recreating her recent James Beard House menu at Chabaa Thai.
Broad Street's Perch Pub is now open for lunch.
We've got a sneak peek of what the second location of Honey's Sit 'N Eat will look like.
Photos of Pure Fare, which just opened off 21st/Walnut.
Thursday, April 14
We've got details on chef Mike Stollenwerk's plans for two new concepts in Brewerytown.
Newbold's Lucky Old Souls has earned the officail go-ahead from the PLCB.
Details on Sawatdee, a new Thai BYOB coming to the corner of 15th and South.
Friday, April 15
Chef Brian Ricci shares some dishes off his spring menu at Kennett. Sounds good!
Meet The Beast, the most intense-sounding breakfast sandwich in the world, at Time.
Monday, April 4
Memphis Taproom will debut its lunch truck-appointed beer garden later this month.
Tuesday, April 5
Got/want guts? Then hit up the funked-out kokoretsi at Opa.
Catahoula is throwing crawfish boils every Tuesday through Memorial Day.
Wednesday, April 6
We found home-cooked Trinidadian food at an unlikely place: Doobies!
New cupcake truck alert: Sweetbox has launched in West Philly.
Looks like South Street is getting a new Thai restaurant.
Thursday, April 7
Yogen Früz is the name, blended froyo at Citizens Bank Park is the game.
How to toast to a great cause at Noble.
Friday, April 8
Sampan has started dim sum brunch service.
The owners of Desi Chaat House and Desi Village are hopping into the coffee game with Mood Café.
Supper will soon launch a new cocktail list designed by The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co.
Check out our first look inside Talula's Garden, the new Aimee Olexy/Stephen Starr restaurant.
Monday, March 28
Meritage chef Anne Coll has brought back her popular Korean fried chicken.
Monday means brunch for industry folk at Jet Wine Bar.
Indian Restaurant has opened up shop on South Street West.
Strange Brew will bring Counter Culture coffeee to the Pennsport neighborhood.
Say you were designing the itinerary for a chicken tender crawl. Where would you go?
Tuesday, March 29
1518 Bar & Grill is now open on Sansom.
Gunners Run is a brand-new bar/resto operation in The Piazza at Schmidts.
Wednesday, March 30
Paradiso is building a garden on its East Passyunk Avenue rooftop.
Victory is bringing back its popular seasonal Summer Love Ale, with new branding and everything.
Philly's got its share of anonymous restaurant-industry tweeters — here are a few.
Thursday, March 31
Stephen Starr has opened his Franklin Square shack SquareBurger for the season.
Legendary chef Jonathan Waxman will cook a charity-benefit tasting at Osteria in late April.
Friday, April 1
Jim and Kristina Burke's James will soon call it quits in its current Italian Market space.
Philly's hilarious dating blog Shmitten Kitten now has a signature beer, thanks to Sly Fox.
Did we get you with our April Fool's post on SPTR chef Scott Schroder, yes or no?
West Philly café Unitea has shut its doors.
Primo coffee roasters La Colombe will exhibit at Art in the Age throughout the month of April.
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