Ristorante Panorama at the Penn’s View (14 North Front Street) boasts on its website that it has, “the largest wine preservation and dispensing system in the world.” Which, “allows [them] to maintain the vitality of 120 open bottles of wine for an extended period of time.” This system and respect for wine has led them [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Ristorante Panorama Celebrated For Its Wine List
Aired October 18th, 2011 on Uncategorized and Wine.0 CommentsPrimo’s Brings The Pilgrim For Thanksgiving
Aired October 17th, 2011 on Sandwiches and Uncategorized.1 CommentIn honor of the holiday most related with eating, eating, and more eating, Primo Hoagies is introducing The Pilgrim, their 63rd sandwich. The sandwich itself is a little more than Thanksgiving dinner on a roll, featuring homemade stuffing, cranberry sauce and fresh oven roasted turkey, and served with mayo on a homemade Primo Bread roll. [...]
If Chalky White’s Wife Won’t Give Him Some Hoppin’ John, We Will
Aired October 17th, 2011 on Recipes, Soul Food and TV.1 CommentFans of HBO‘s Boardwalk Empire have been waiting for an all out freakout from Chalky White (aka Michael Kenneth Williams, aka Omar from The Wire) since he first appeared on the show. But on the list of things people thought he would lose his shit over, Hoppin’ John was somewhere down at the bottom, between [...]
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“Imagine There’s No Pizza” Says Our Next President
Aired October 17th, 2011 on Pizza, Uncategorized and video.0 CommentsFormer Godfather’s Pizza CEO and our next President Herman Cain has got a set of pipes on him, and he’s not afraid to show them off. In this video from the 1991 Omaha Press Club Meeting, Cain looks like some kind of pizza praising seraph, asking you to “Imagine there’s no pizza,” which is honestly [...]
We’ll be honest with you: we love talking about food, and we love eating food, but when it comes to making food, we’re a bit impaired. If you’re anything like us, you need a little bit of help around the kitchen, perhaps even more than a cookbook could offer. Well luckily for all of us, [...]
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Birra Set To Open By The End Of October
Aired October 13th, 2011 on Openings, Pizza, Uncategorized and video.0 CommentsWe told you about Birra (1700 East Passyunk Ave.) a little while ago, previously saying it was set to open around Labor Day. Well, Labor Day came and went without any news from the Birra camp, but today we found out that barring any unforseen circumstances, Birra will be opening its doors by the end [...]
First Look: Sbraga
Aired October 13th, 2011 on Chefs, Openings, Prix Fixe, Top Chef and first look.2 CommentsWe mentioned yesterday that Top Chef winner Kevin Sbraga was set to open his first restaurant, Sbraga, in Philadelphia this Saturday. The 440 South Broad Street spot will be a “modern American restaurant” featuring a $45 prix fixe menu we detailed yesterday, including deserts made by the chef’s wife, Pastry Chef Jesmary Sbraga. We sent [...]
Dough Boys, Tasting The Worst (And Best) Pizza So You Don’t Have To
Aired October 13th, 2011 on Food Bloggers and Pizza.1 CommentDough Boys is a food blog on a mission. The mission is to try as many Philadelphia pizzas as possible and either praise or decry them, depending on their quality. The two guys who run the site, John and Jon, promise “to hit every place worth mentioning in our area and reviewing the pizza for [...]
We mentioned it way back in early summer, but Top Chef Kevin Sbraga‘s new restaurant, Sbraga, is opening this coming Saturday. According to a press release: Some opening menu items will include: Eggplant Terrine with black garlic and jalapeno; Frisée with creamy gorgonzola and pomegranate; Foie Gras Soup with a rose petal relish; Black Cod [...]
