The quiet war for the title of “Best Pancakes in Philadelphia” rages on — at least around the Phoodie lunch table — and after much debate, we’ve got the skinny on what we deem the city’s top contenders: Honey’s Sit n’ Eat, 800 N. 4th St., (215) 925-1150: These pancakes are light, soft, and buttery. [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Field Guide: Banh Mi For Me And For You!
Aired May 19th, 2009 on Asian Fusion, Field Guide, Sandwiches and Vietnamese.12 CommentsVietnamese hoagies or “Saigon Subs” are a dark horse of Philly sandwich cuisine. This unique concoction is a result of French colonialism in the 1950s and 1960s, which mixed the liver-filled baguettes of the French countryside with the pickled vegetables and the tangy pork of Vietnamese cooking. During this pre-hoagie time, these sandwiches were sold [...]
Evan Turney: An American Hero
Aired May 19th, 2009 on Celebrity Chefs, Gastropubs and Openings.3 CommentsLast night marked the soft opening for Varga Bar, where Chef Evan Turney (pictured at right) is at the helm. If you don’t know, you better know, because he has run four — count ‘em, four — kitchens on Spruce Street. The young chef-star was kind enough to sit down with Collin Flatt to talk [...]
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Hot Potato: Lied To Us, About To Feel The Fiery Tongue Of Gordo
Aired May 19th, 2009 on Bad Food Writing and Celebrity Chefs.13 CommentsPreternaturally doomed carb-peddlers Hot Potato are going to have a lot of ‘splaining to do this week: For one, they’re going to have to explain a lot of things to Gordon Ramsay who, it has now been confirmed, will be taking over the Fishtown BYOB for an episode of his show, Kitchen Nightmares. But for [...]
Programming Note: Grilling Week Next Week On Food Network, And A Classic Phoodie.info Evergreen
Aired May 18th, 2009 on BBQ.0 CommentsCould it already be the time of year when a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of sizzling flesh upon a hickory flame? Why, it sure is. So while you get ready next week to find out the only stuff worth knowing from Bobby Flay, might we also recommend a Phoodie.info classic? In case you [...]
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Amidst all the new openings in developer Bart Blatstein‘s increasingly cuisine heavy portfolio, it looks like we may have a closing on our hands. Swallow, located on Liberties Walk, seems to have closed down once again — even though its most recent all mac-n-cheese menu was notable and lauded, rumors of a permanent vacation for [...]
Airport Food Now Priced Only 500% Of What It’s Worth
Aired May 18th, 2009 on Animal Rights and specials.0 CommentsAs part of the travel industry’s collective futile effort to get you to go somewhere, anyway, Philadelphia International Airport‘s food vendors have gotten together to offer you something called “Wow! $5 Chow,” in which you give them $5 and they give you something that, ostensibly, you could put in your mouth. And that’s all we [...]
Local 44′s Locals-Only Beer Weekend
Aired May 14th, 2009 on Beer, Events and Uncategorized.2 CommentsMay 23-25 is Memorial Day weekend, and what better way to spend your hopefully lazy, intro-to-summer days than with your favorite West Philly bar and your favorite local Philly beers? Local 44 has been providing a substantial draft list for the past few months, and for those three days, it will be supplemented by local-only [...]
By proclamation of Governor Edward G. Rendell, beginning today and following through each and every subsequent May 14th in honor of “the iconic sweet treat sold at roadside stands and farmer’s markets throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” we will all join together as Pennsylvania residents, our faces and hands covered in sticky molasses, and celebrate Shoofly [...]
The Piazza at Schmidts — Bart Blatstein‘s long-in-coming eat/drink/shop space, built on the former site of Schmidt’s Brewery in Northern Liberties — is throwing their Opening Day festivities this Saturday. Amongst the 80,000 square foot Italian-style piazza, 500 apartments, and 50,0000 square feet of office space, will reside 4 restaurants and bars that have the [...]
