· Victory Brewing Company has partnered up with the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Corp. to create the With Love Philadelphia XOXO’s Summer Love Ale just in time for Philly Beer Week. This new brew will debut June 4th and will be available at Beer Week events and other bars all throughout the summer. [GrubStreet] · Apparently in [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Food Blob: Philly Gets Its Own Beer, Possibly with Longest Name Ever
Aired May 27th, 2010 on Beer, Beer Week, Food Blob and Openings.1 CommentIn More News On The Ass Backwards PLCB
Aired May 27th, 2010 on Drinks, Liquor, Uncategorized and Wine.0 CommentsThe PLCB has gotten itself into a lawsuit with restaurant owners who are joining together with the Washington Square West Civic Association and State Rep. Babette Josephs to sue the board for allowing a wine boutique in Garces Trading Company. All those involved, which include owners from Le Bec Fin, Tria, Lolita, Fergie’s and Caribou [...]
Food Network Will Open Your Restaurant For You For The Low, Low Price Of YOUR SOUL.
Aired May 26th, 2010 on Animal Rights and TV.0 CommentsHear Ye! Hear Ye! A casting call is going out via Morgan Casting for Food Network‘s The Opener, the latest in a long line of Schadenfreude Reality Television wherein an expert swoops in to help unwitting small businesspersons and shopkeeps and berates them to tears or worse, all in the name of helping them do [...]
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KFC’s Double Down Has Nothin’ On Frög’s “Love Burger”
Aired May 26th, 2010 on Burgers and Openings.0 CommentsPhilly.com’s The Insider reports that preps are underway for the Saturday soft-opening of Steve Poses’ Frög Burger, which we mentioned last week. The grand opening is still a couple weeks out, but the big tent going up beside that big, shiny plane at the Franklin Institute will be shilling out the new vittles ever so [...]
So, apparently there’s a bagel joint in Jenkintown called Fill A Bagel that is celebrating the Flyers’ entry into the Stanley Cup run with a curiously hued breakfast baked good. Behold, then, the Flyers Bagel. It’s a very, VERY orange poppy-seed bagel that supposedly doesn’t actually taste like orange – it’s just dyed. Whether we’re [...]
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Philadelphia Distilling, located in the Northeast, will host an open house on Wednesday, May 26 to give patrons a glimpse into the sparkling world of craft spirits. The distillery, which prides itself on its use of local ingredients and its homages to history, will offer two free and open-to-the-public tours: one at 4 p.m. and one [...]
Pat Croce’s Key West restaurant, Rum Barrel, will be adding some extra Philly flavor to the joint by new head Chef Patrick Dunn. Dunn, a native of Philadelphia and protégé of Jose Garces, plans to create a menu of signature dishes for the restaurant which will include his take on the Philly cheesesteak. “Expect flavorful, [...]
So far, there’s close to 900 events listed for Philly Beer Week, being held June 4th through the 13th this year, which can make it difficult to decide just what beer drinking event to partake in. Here are a few suggestions from Joe Sixpack on some events that will probably sell out quick, so get [...]
On June 12th, chefs Tim McGinnis and Brian McManus — also known as Spinal Tapas — will be continuing with their themed dining experiences with a night of food, music and booze inspired by Yards Brewing Company’s Brawler Pugilist Style Ale . The menu includes “Manhandled” mussels, Alsace salad, BBQ wings, pork sausage sandwich, and [...]
