Apothecary got us to thinking: We’re not sure that $10 cocktails are really ok, let alone cocktails reaching multiples of that number, even if they have rare and crazy (and with all due props, delicious) ingredients. If you’re as broke as we are, try infusing your own liquors. “Infusing” is a fancy restaurant/lounge word for [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Dept. Of Recession Chic: Infuse Your Own Damned Vodka
Aired July 24th, 2008 on Drinks, How To and Superfoods.2 CommentsExclusive Video: Drinks At Distrito
Aired July 24th, 2008 on Drinks, Mexican, Openings and video.1 CommentPhoodie.info gets a peek at Jose Garces‘ just-opened Distrito, which features an eye-popping interior and an elaborate menu of fresh-made, adventurous cocktails. [Director: Steve Mohimani]
It’s Vintastic: Montes Sauvignon Blanc Leyda 2007
Aired July 23rd, 2008 on It's Vintastic and Wine.0 Comments Wine psycho Collin Flatt climbs out from under the air conditioning to serve up a New World white with Old World style. Follow him down the path towards a $9 Chilean Sauvignon Blanc that someone left in his fridge.
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Openings: Capriccio Opens Again and UPenn Students Get Chocolate They Don’t Deserve
Aired July 23rd, 2008 on Coffee, Openings, Sweets and Uncategorized.0 CommentsCapriccio Café, the self proclaimed first true coffee and espresso bar in Philadelphia, is adding another location. The new place with be on the Ben Franklin Parkway in the New Café Cret Pavilion. Officially named Capriccio Café & Espresso Bar at Café Cret (can we add some more ‘C’ words to that title please) is [...]
· Start planning your NJ Farm To Fork Tour. The South Jersey Independent Restaurant Association launches its second annual local ingredient tour with special $35 four-course dinners designed to showcase the Garden in the Garden State. A list of the participating restaurants can be found here. [Inky] · 600 Starbucks are closing, and they seriously aren’t [...]
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Dept. Of Meta-Blogging: News About Twenty Manning Sneaks Into Philebrity Horoscope
Aired July 21st, 2008 on Phoodies.0 CommentsPersonally, we’ve been fans of Twenty Manning, the sister restaurant of Audrey Claire, for years now. As date restaurants go, it’s at just the right level of fancy and schmancy — it’s kind of expensive but not in a presumptuous way, nice wine selection, great staff/service, always some kind of deep, decadent red meat on [...]
Free Dinner On Your Birthday Courtesy Of Tiffin
Aired July 21st, 2008 on Food Blob, Indian and Openings.1 CommentOur favorite Indian restaurant Tiffin has two bits o’ news, good and bad. The bad news: Tiffin’s new Mt. Airy location opening has been postponed until Thursday, July 24th. If you know somebody, though, there’s a Friends and Family dilly-o the night before, an informal affair of sorts. Nope, we can’t get you in. Hell, [...]
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Studiokitchen Redux: The Path To Deliciousness
Aired July 17th, 2008 on Celebrity Chefs, Exclusive and Jargon.9 CommentsCollin Flatt chats with the smartest man in Philadelphia not cooking for you, Shola of Studiokitchen. Croissant Soup. Bloodless Mary. All this and more in the most interesting Q&A we’ve ever had. Pics and foodgasm after the jump.
It’s Jose’s World, We Just Live In It
Aired July 16th, 2008 on Celebrity Chefs and Mexican.2 CommentsAs we prepare for the landing of the 250 seat mothership of Mexican goodness known only as Distrito — which, this just in, opens Monday — our appetizer came in the form of this TV listing: “Garces vs. Flay” on August 17th. Iron Chef America gets the Philly treatment in something called the “Brain Freeze Challenge.” Whether this [...]
