You’ll be able to find The Cornerstone Market‘s old digs in a new spot on Frankford and Columbia. Brownstoner reports that Fishtown Jewelers’ owners Tom Vaughn and his wife have purchased the market’s furnishings for a new bread and cheese shop. The store is said to open in about six months. No word on if the ghosts [...]
Archive for July, 2010
English Muffin Men To Exec: Now That You Know All Our Secrets, You’re Ours Forever
Aired July 28th, 2010 on Bread.0 CommentsAh, the burden of knowledge. Thomas’ English Muffins wasn’t kidding when it said that its recipe (those mysterious “nooks and crannies”) was highly-classified (if you didn’t think that trade secrets were serious business, think again). Only seven people know all three trade secrets of the popular breakfast food. So when one of those seven, Chris [...]
Or maybe not wonderful at all. You be the judge. After reading Drew Lazor‘s City Paper cover story on Philly pizza (lede: “The pizza in Philly sucks.”), we’ll admit we’ve had slices on the brain. But if you’re still not convinced about our city’s dough (apparently, it’s all about the water, man), there’s an alternative [...]
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Grace Tavern, home of the Bevador (pre-refrigerator) and serving food until 2am, is applying for a take-out beer license. Keep your fingers crossed, residents of “Graduate Hospital”- we think you guys need this.
London Grill has declared August “Lobster Month.” So Lobster Month it will be. They’ll be doing lobster every which way until Labor Day; take your pick: • Lobster Roll ($13.) Lobster Salad on a New England Hot Dog Roll • Lobster Bake ($18.) Half Lobster, Corn on the Cob, Potato, Clams and Chorizo Sausage • [...]
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Snyder’s Trying the Merge Again, Second Time’s the Charm?
Aired July 27th, 2010 on Junk Food.0 CommentsSnyder’s of Hanover has been making moves. Last year, the pretzel guys nearly bought out Utz to become a salty, crunchy powerhouse, but the deal fell through (after the Federal Trade Commission asked for more details. Sketch?). Now, Snyder’s is merging with food company Lance Inc. Lance makes Cape Cod Potato Chips and Stella D’oro, [...]
New York Fancypants Burgers Headed Our Way
Aired July 27th, 2010 on Burgers and Uncategorized.1 CommentThis meat is making people illogical. That’s more than one usually expects from a burger. And while we haven’t tried the cuts in question yet — from Pat LaFrieda Wholesale Meat Purveyors — we think maybe that’s a good thing: Writers seem to lose all objectivity and start waxing lyrical about rib-eyes and chuck ground [...]
The way we live now: Bottom Dollar Food is making its Philly debut in the fall. The chain, found mostly in the south — North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, will open 21 stores in Philly and its surrounding counties. And with a name like Bottom Dollar, there’s no mistaking it: It’s a discount grocery store. You’ll [...]
Attn. Cooking Channel-loving freegans, if you exist: Ching He-Huang of Chinese Cooking Made Easy on the Cooking Channel is going on an ice cream truck tour! Of the USA! For reals?!?! Now, we don’t have the scoop (tee-hee) on what the flavors are except that they are allegedly the “summer’s most delicious…coolest, tastiest flavors” and [...]
Food Truck Fiesta, a Twitter feed/Google map/blog for all things mobile food in D.C., launched this month. The site keeps you up to date on truck locations, special deals and other handy truck news (like which trucks park in sheltered areas on rainy days). The whole thing got us thinking, OK, so maybe most of [...]
