Having spent the past year envying NYC’s iconic Treats Truck and the way it distributes its delicious baked goods like an ice cream truck (but being too proud to admit it), we were happy/relieved to read that Philly’s finally getting a snackwagon of our own. It’s about time! Buttercream, the bakery run out of Philly [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Cupcake Truck Makes Snacking Even Easier
Aired July 21st, 2009 on Bakery, Junk Food and Uncategorized.0 CommentsFolks, if you make it to one Philebrity Salon this summer, make it tonight. DJ Pasta comes to us by way of our friends at Park The Van Records down in New Orleans; Pasta specializes in what the people of The Big Easy call “Swamp Pop”: That 50s-era intersection of soul, doo-wop, jazz, and New [...]
It’s Picnic Times Again: Win A Gourmet Picnic Basket From Cornerstone Market At Waterfront Wednedays
Aired July 21st, 2009 on Contests.0 CommentsIt’s about that time again, folks: Waterfront Wednesdays, a free, Wednesday-evening concert series at Penn Treaty Park, is back tomorrow night with the John Clark Little Big Band. And Phoodie.info and Cornerstone Market are giving away a gourmet picnic basket. One lucky winner will have basket hand-delivered to them when they arrive at the park [...]
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Brain Trust: Cheesecake, Munchin’ On The Cheesecake
Aired July 20th, 2009 on Brain Trust and Sweets.3 CommentsThursday, July 30 is National Cheesecake Day. And in honor of this momentous occasion, Phoodie.info will be running our first-ever All-Philly Cheesecake Roundup. While we’ve already got a few suspects we’ll be profiling, we want to be thorough. So tell us in the comments: What are the standout cheesecakes of the 215 area? If you [...]
Come this time of year, there may be nothing more de-lovely than slicing up a big, ripe — and importantly, ugly as all get out — Jersey tomato, adding a little fleur de sel, and going to town on that bad boy. But whether they’re grown in one’s own garden (you rule) or coming from [...]
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Update: Philly Google Maps Mash-Ups Not So Gross Anymore
Aired July 16th, 2009 on BYOB, Beer, Mexican and Vegetarian/Vegan.0 CommentsLast year, we showed you the bucket-of-truth that is the Philly Health Code Violations Google Maps Mash-Up. Well, these days there are lots of other Philly food mash-ups that aren’t so gross and we’ve got em all rounded up here for you to try out. Whether you’re looking for burritos, micro brews, veggie/vegan, or a [...]
Yesterday, Philly Mag’s Restaurant Club blog posted a story about a Center City bar that is serving a low-quality bourbon to patrons who order Maker’s Mark, even going so far as to pour the swill out of a Maker’s Mark bottle. The faux-Mark is described as “nasty” and “acidic.” (We’ll add that it was probably [...]
Speaking Of Pizza, Tonight Is PIZZA OLYMPICS! (Pizzolympiad?)
Aired July 16th, 2009 on Events, Pizza, Uncategorized and competitions.0 CommentsWe’re At The Pizza Hut. We’re At The Taco Bell. Or, The Official Phoodie.info Summer Jam of 2009™
Aired July 16th, 2009 on Mexican and Pizza.6 CommentsAll it took was one lunch run to Taco Bell to remind us of our unofficial Phoodie Summer Jam of 2009™, and being the kindhearted people that we are, we wanted to share it with you. Presenting “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” by Das Racist, the first song we know of to name-drop our [...]
