It’s summer and everyone wants you to get drunk. No need to fight it. The latest place to jump on the discounted drinks bandwagon is The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. It’s their first birthday so they’re making it extra easy for you to try every drink on their extensive alcohol-only six-page menu. From June [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Half-Price Cocktails at The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co.
Aired June 17th, 2010 on Drinks, Liquor, Seasonal and specials.1 Comment· Another sushi place to add to your overflowing list of places to check out: Muntin. But try this one first ‘cos this Friday, 8 p.m. – 11 p.m., is their kickoff party and everything is 10% off. Call to reserve a spot. Muntin, BYOB, 1326 Spruce Street, 215-546-0180 · Next Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., [...]
Attention Armchair Food Critics: Top Chef Returns Tonight!
Aired June 16th, 2010 on Openings, TV, Top Chef and Uncategorized.1 CommentLike you haven’t had it on your Google calendar for weeks: Every snarky Phoodie’s favorite culinary competition/egofest, Top Chef, returns to Bravo tonight at 9, and don’t pretend you’re not all planning your entire evening around the Season 7 premiere. This time the “Cheftestants” (we know, we know) convene in our nation’s capital for some [...]
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This is Why You’re Fat, touted as “hardcore, wet and sloppy, extreme, take-no-prisoners, get down and dirty food porn” (sorry, just couldn’t write anything more evocative than that) by The Frisky, has suddenly gone missing. Apparently, it’s been removed by its owner. But we were only just starting to understand why we were fat… All [...]
Not the vitamin kind, though that could be good, too. B12, in Floret speak, refers to the restaurant’s new $12 or under bar menu. The Radnor restaurant-by-the-water (previously Pond, previously Passerelle — cursed? Or third time’s the charm?) will offer a choice of small, reasonably-priced dishes or salad and either a burger or pasta for [...]
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If You Do Not Appreciate The Beauty Of This Photo Op, You Are Gastronomically Dead Inside
Aired June 16th, 2010 on Animal Rights.0 CommentsApparently, Tony Luke Jr. and Ms. Paula Deen made friends at the Great American Food & Music Festival at The New Meadowlands this past weekend. Ignoring for the moment that the background of this image has been Photoshopped out for some curious reason, ponder with us for a moment the possible food combinations (that are [...]
London Grill‘s waking up early every Saturday this month so you can watch the World Cup on their 42″ flat screens. The restaurant will open at 10 a.m. and serve a “morning special” of $3 Carlsbergs, hardboiled eggs and ham pie. If that doesn’t sound enticing, no problem, the normal brunch menu will be available [...]
According to A. D. Amorosi at the City Paper, the much-missed Spice Corner should be re-opening “real soon.” Chatter at Chow Hound chalked the closing up to the city requiring the Spice Corner get a restaurant license. No word on if they managed to stick it to the man or conceded, but we’ll keep ya [...]
All right, are you sure you still wanna do this? To be honest, all the events are starting to blur together — you can still drink with every brewer, you can still have that prix fixe beer dinner. With the sassiest Friday event being Pimp My Rye, Pimp Yourself at Head House (where you can [...]
