Today is Fastnacht Day in Philadelphia — the day where you eat as many hole-less donuts as you can before Lent starts. A sort of PA Dutch version of Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, Fastnacht comes out of an Old Country custom, with similar traditions celebrated in Germany and Switzerland as well. You can get [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Society Hill Hotel To Get Copa’d, And Come Out As The Monkey Bar & Restaurant
Aired March 8th, 2011 on Reopenings.3 CommentsWhen Society Hill Hotel at Third & Chestnut abruptly closed its doors last month, we shed a single, lonely tear. Sure, the kitchen needed some work, but the staff was friendly and its sidewalk and window seating were perfect for daydreaming. (Also, it was one of the few non-douche bars in Old City, and you [...]
Fried Chicken And Donuts Everyday Of The Week
Aired March 8th, 2011 on Coffee and Fried Chicken and Donuts.0 CommentsThis summer will see the opening of Federal Donuts on 2nd Street in South Philly. Serving up donuts, coffee, and fried chicken, Federal Donuts will be a mostly take-out shop open from 7AM-9PM, seven days a week. Chefs Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook are partnering with Thomas Henneman and Bob Logue of BODHi Coffee, and [...]
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This Might Be One Of The Only Non-Stupid Mardi Gras Things Happening In Philly
Aired March 7th, 2011 on Drinks.0 CommentsFat Tuesday at The Franklin. God, that sounds so civilized.
Attn. Beer Nerds: Final Tappings Of Beserker Bock Tonight!
Aired March 4th, 2011 on Uncategorized.0 CommentsA little birdie tells us that Beserker Bock, the much-hyped latest collaborative brew in Sixpoint Brewers‘ “Mad Scientist” series, will see its final tappings in Philly tonight. The collab with Stumptown Coffee Roasters is available this evening (Friday) at Khyber Pass Pub and Devil’s Alley. Also, this video is like WHOA BEER NERDS.
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One of our very favorite restaurants in the whole city, La Locanda Del Ghiottone in Old City, fell victim to fire last night. As of early this morning, we don’t have further details, but we’ll update as we do. Our thoughts are with the owners and staff of Locanda Del Ghiottone at this time. UPDATE: [...]
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Pizza Wolf?
Aired March 2nd, 2011 on Animal Rights and Pizza.5 CommentsPizza Wolves at KFN from Hillary R on Vimeo. As Philly comedian Hillary R recently revealed at Kung Fu Necktie, “You get to be a pizza wolf if you can eat Lazaro’s large cheese pizza in less than 30 minutes, and if you do that, you get ‘sliced in.’” It’s kind of an urban myth, [...]
In Praise (And In Search) Of Spicy Cucumber!
Aired March 2nd, 2011 on Chinese, How To and Object Of Desire.0 CommentsMuch well-deserved hype and love has been thrown in the direction of Old City’s Han Dynasty — and for sure, proprietor Han Chiang himself is the kind of soothsayer this publicist-run Philly food scene could use a lot more of. And we could talk fawningly about the menu and the Cult of Han all day, [...]
From The Vaults: The Frugal Gourmet Does Philly
Aired March 1st, 2011 on Celebrity Chefs, How To and TV.0 CommentsBoy, does this ever take us back: The late, great Jeffrey L. Smith — aka The Frugal Gourmet — was, of course, a staple of the local PBS Saturday afternoon lineup, and our moms loved him. (That is, er, until that unpleasantness, which ended his career — but even then, people still loved him.) In [...]
