The Oyster House shook some hands, kissed some babies, and made offers people couldn’t refuse to obtain a special shipment of Nunavut Arctic Char. This rare fish swims in freshwater and saltwater in the coldest lakes and coastal water regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Known to taste like a meld of salmon and trout, the [...]
Archive for September, 2009
We recently got befollowed by Stephen Starr’s Twitter. Whether or not it is real we found this tweet to be interesting: “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: I am going back to my roots & will be booking comedians. Tangerine will now be called The Comedy Casbah.” It might be a hoax, but if not, we’re down. Tangerine was [...]
This Just In: Paesano’s Opening Another Location In South Philly
Aired September 10th, 2009 on Object Of Desire and Openings.3 CommentsSouth Philadelphians rejoice! Word has it that Peter Andrews and Nate Baynes of the ever popular Paesano’s are opening a second location in South Philadelphia. Our sources tell us they will be occupying a recently closed space at 9th and Christian. We hope this will speed up the process of Paesano’s becoming Fishtown/Northern Liberties favorite [...]
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Only The Freshest Mozzarella Will Do For The Tony Danza
Aired September 9th, 2009 on Animal Rights.0 CommentsYou know, say what you will about Who’s The Boss? star Tony Danza teaching your children, I think we can all agree: Tony knows where to go for his fresh mozz.
Morimoto To The Concession Stand At The U.S. Open: I Do Not Approve Of Your Meat-To-Cheese Ratio
Aired September 9th, 2009 on Celebrity Chefs and Cheesesteak.2 CommentsSome dude from The Daily Beast put your hero and mine, Chef Masaharu Morimoto, in front of a table full of offerings from the food stands at the U.S. Open. Watch the dude mow ‘em down. Proper.
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Readers Write: We Can’t Believe She Used It All!
Aired September 9th, 2009 on Brain Trust, Locavore and Readers Write.2 CommentsHats off to Phoodie reader Lisa Fernandez, who responded to our call yesterday for a little Summer Bounty Show-N-Tell with this concoction, which, we’re guessing used everything she grew. Quoth Lisa: “My ‘summer pie‘ with arugula… A mash up of summer deliciousness in unmeasured form… Layer yellow and green zukes, Russian banana fingerlings, yellow and [...]
Well, I guess summer is over, at least in Stephen Starr’s book: The Press Of Atlantic City is reporting that on the very day after Labor Day, Starr has announced that he’s officially detaching from his two restaurants in The Chelsea, the boutique hotel opened up last summer by Curtis Bashaw. Teplitzky’s and Chelsea Prime [...]
Calling all area gardeners: If you live in the Philadelphia and have an edible garden, we want to hear from you. Growing bunches of scallions to save on money? Have an assortment of herbs or tomatoes exploding in your backyard? Or maybe you have a crop of kale and pumpkins in a community garden? Whatever [...]
The Best Fucking Chicken On Earth
Aired September 8th, 2009 on BBQ, Object Of Desire and You Wish You Had This Dish.3 CommentsThat glorious mess you see above is the hard work of Marc Coates, Smokengrillenmaster at Bebe’s BBQ in the Italian Market. Really, it’s a gamechanger. We stopped by for a taste of the goodness, hoping dearly there might be some of his famed brisket left (Coates doesn’t make everything every day, just what comes in, [...]
Admittedly, the bar for bowling alley food is set, quite naturally, pretty low. That’s kind of the point. So when we say that North Bowl has the best bowling alley food around, that’s praise that goes in two directions: The North Bowl menu is great because it doesn’t ever get too highfalutin (this is a [...]
