This Thursday from 6-8 PM, Brett Mandel, former executive director of Philadelphia Forward and current candidate for Philadelphia City Controller, will be hanging out with the youngin’s at popular Philadelphia pita spot, The Pita Pit. Here he will try to win over, with an informal question and answer session, both those who show up because [...]
Archive for April, 2009
La Chula es Puebla opened last month at 2nd and Master, and after passing it almost every day, I finally stopped in for lunch. The place is a classic Mexican taco spot, complete with tons of sodas and Mexican neo-folk blasting from the stereo. The waitress brought out homemade tortilla chips and two varieties of [...]
OCTO To Finally Save Hellaware Avenue From Itself
Aired April 20th, 2009 on Openings, Seafood, Uncategorized and first look.7 CommentsWhy is it that The Sims always get to check these new places out before we do? Mention the idea of partying on Delaware Ave. — or Columbus Blvd. to you noobs — to local persons of a certain vintage, and you can still provoke a quick case of the douche-chills. Back in the day, [...]
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For years, we’ve been hearing those wieners over at the World Wildlife Federation bitch and moan about overfishing practices and how the whole ocean is going to sink into the center of the earth if we don’t stop and pull a stupid dolphin out of some stupid tuna nets. But recently, some new facts have [...]
Resturant Week 2.0: Kensington, Fishtown, Port Richmond Edition
Aired April 15th, 2009 on Events, Locavore, Phoodies, Uncategorized and specials.1 CommentAs we mentioned earlier, Kensington, Fishtown, Port Richmond Resturant Week fast approaches and Phoodie/info is proud to announce that we’re its official media sponsor. KFPRRW (it sounds like a sexy growl!) runs from May 1st-6th and promises to leave both our wallets and our bellies happy and full. Participating restaurants include: Bistro Juliana, Cassizzi’s Pizzeria, [...]
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Garces’ Blend: Whiskey And Jose Together Creates Awesomeness Heretofore Nonexistent
Aired April 15th, 2009 on Celebrity Chefs, Openings and Whiskey.7 CommentsHot off the presses comes this super happy news in our intertubes. You’ve heard the rumors, now feel the real. JOSE+WHISKEY. That’s right, Village Whiskey. ‘Village Whiskey will feature a veritable library of 80 to 100 varieties of whiskey, bourbon, rye and scotch from Scotland, Canada, Ireland, United States and even a few Japanese options. For [...]
Do You Think Because You Are Virtuous, That There Shall Be No More Cheesesteaks And Ale?
Aired April 14th, 2009 on Authors, Events and Phoodies.0 CommentsSurely the brainchild of a late night filled with wine-drinking and no-real-idea-having at the City Food Tours office, there is now such a thing as the Shakespeare Birthday Tasting Tour of Philadelphia, to be held on Sunday, April 26. Fun fact, guys: Shakespeare loved Philadelphia. He had so many haunts. It seems only natural that [...]
Roundup: The Free Library Festival’s Books For Phoodies
Aired April 14th, 2009 on Authors, Festivals, How To and Phoodies.0 CommentsThis Saturday, April 18, The Free Library Festival is hosting a number of chefs and food writers with new releases. Here’s the low-down on their appearances: Christina Pirello: This Crazy Vegan Life 12:00PM, Skyline Salon On Saturday afternoon, the Emmy Award-winning host of Christina Cooks and author of Cooking the Whole Foods Way and Cook Your Way to the [...]
Salt Pepper Ketchup, the Philly cart cuisine web show we told you about back in January, just debuted its first episode! SPK host Brendan Huffman tells us that new episode will drop every Tuesday at noon. For the first episode, SPK tackles the most iconic Philly cart item there is — the beloved classic egg [...]
While we in Philadelphia (for the most part) love cheese steaks and cream cheese, it’s high time rest of the world recognize we have much more to bring to the table than kitschy junk food. Why can’t they see us for what we are, rather than the common perception of a gloomy puddle of fryer [...]
