I SUMMON THEE!
It’s really beginning to heat up in there, and we’d love to hear what you have to think about the city’s best (and worst) bagels.
Archive for February, 2009
Reminder: Please Weigh In On The Great Bagel Debate
Aired February 27th, 2009 on Brain Trust and Readers Write.2 CommentsMid-Day Sonic Run Provokes The Horrifying Question: Are The Meat Sweats Real?
Aired February 27th, 2009 on Animal Rights.1 CommentWe just got back from an impromptu expedition to the closest Sonic to Center City that could find. That’s our friend Beto at right, with the Sonic Coney Island Hotdog. Thank your lucky stars that we didn’t take a close-up — it was total “This Is Why You’re Fat” material. Anyway, as always happens on [...]
Kanella: The 37th Greatest Breakfast In America
Aired February 26th, 2009 on Awards, Breakfast and Greek.3 CommentsEsquire, that fading captain of men’s magazinery, did another one of those list jawns specifically intended to get lots of blogs in “major markets” to link to them. And, guess what: It worked. (It always works.) For what kind of people would we be if we did not share this moment of rejoicing with the [...]
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Local 44 To Host Russian River Brewing Afternoon During Beer Week
Aired February 26th, 2009 on Uncategorized.0 CommentsHot off the presses came this nugget of insanity. If you drink lots of beer and don’t know who Russian River Brewing is, we welcome you back to reality today. That bright star in the sky is the sun, my hibernating friend. And that sun has smiled upon us in a BIG way today.
Spanky and [...]
Like all food psychos, we love finding that one hidden gem, that special place where the food just tastes better, the menu is a little more adventurous, and no one else knows about it yet. Then we arm wrestle at the HQ about whether or not we let the city in on the deets. We’re [...]
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We were sampling a firkin of the Sly Fox Gang Aft Agley last night when a waft of hearty and raw coffee beanage smacked our nose like a beautiful fist. The Gang was malty and slightly smokey, but there shouldn’t have been a heavy cocoa aroma in the glass. Sure enough, it was not the [...]
You Heard It Here First: Restaurant Week in Fishtown/Port Richmond/East Kensington
Aired February 25th, 2009 on Events, Exclusive and specials.2 CommentsGod we love the rare instance when a food event actually has a decent logo.
Hey, we live and work in Fishtown, so don’t tell us that the idea of a Fishtown Restaurant Week sounds strange to you. We’re the ones who’ve been living on Arctic Splash and Zayda’s Pickles and Pizza Pretzels since the 1970s. [...]
New York Times food writer Harold McGee tackles a question we here at Phoodie have honestly never considered: Why use so much water when boiling pasta? In this time of super sensitivity towards wasting anything, McGee began to ponder all the energy needed to boil quarts of water per pound of pasta, and the water [...]
Even Yet Still More Specials: Morimoto, Continental, and Maia
Aired February 25th, 2009 on specials.1 CommentMorimoto is launching something called “Signature Hour.” Sundays through Fridays from 5PM-7PM, they’re featuring new cocktails like sparkling cider, Morimoto Martini, Lotus Blossom, and the signature Morimoto Sake all for $6.
Morimoto, 7th and Chestnut Sts. (215) 413-9070
Elsewhere in Starrland, for your parties of three or more, go to Continental Midtown. 60 oz. shakers [...]
Will The Real El Camino Real Review Please Stand Up?
Aired February 25th, 2009 on BBQ, Bad Food Writing and reviews.5 CommentsSince we gave it our first solid run-through back in December, Owen Kamihira’s El Camino Real has become a Phoodie go-to staple. This has been for two reasons: One, geography, and two, Camino’s excellent, amazing, nothing-quite-like-it-in-town Waygu Brisket. But in the last week, two significant reviews of El Camino Real have surfaced: Trey Popp’s evisceration [...]
