It’s just about that time of year again: Restaurant Week, the sprawling, 124-restaurant promotion put together by Center City District wherein you can sup three-course dinners for $35, is upon us, from January 22 – 27 and January 29 –February 3, 2012. As ever, the lineup is impressive, including (but not limited to): 10 Arts [...]
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And Now, Five Essential Truths About Restaurant Week
Aired January 4th, 2012 on Animal Rights and Restaurant Week.0 CommentsThree Local Men Arrested For Harvesting Horseshoe Crabs, Presumably To Make Weirdest Food On Earth
Aired May 25th, 2011 on Animal Rights, Crabs and Seafood.0 CommentsAccording to the Philadelphia Inquirer, three local men were arrested for trying to steal 132 horseshoe crabs in Ocean City. Yes, people were actually trying to steal those terrible, creepy things. It may seem harmless but the horseshoes are used for medical and scientific purposes, along with keeping the ecosystem going. The Inky says that [...]
Miserable People Hate Outdoor Seating And Tattled About It
Aired May 10th, 2011 on Al Fresco and Animal Rights.11 CommentsThe start of spring weather is finally here, and many Philadelphians are taking full advantage of the sunshine by eating outside at sidewalk cafes. However, the outdoor seating option, which often increases visibility for businesses to draw customers in, is coming under fire by the Philadelphia Streets Department. KYW Newsradio is reporting that the Streets [...]
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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, [...]
Presented Without Comment: Your Old Pal, Cookie Puss
Aired January 7th, 2011 on Animal Rights.1 CommentAnd don’t forget HUG ME THE BEAR.
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7-11 Dabbles In Veganism
Aired December 17th, 2010 on Animal Rights, Fast Food, Junk Food, Retail and Trends.3 CommentsIt’s a little ridiculous, some of the things that people boast are vegan, like Oreos. Seriously? So, no animals, no dairy, but it’s cool to pump your guts full of fat and refined sugar? That’s not to say that all vegans believe in this, but we can count at least a handful that have brought [...]
Who Hears The Cries Of The Lonesome Old City Shitty-Restaurant Greeters?
Aired October 13th, 2010 on Animal Rights.4 CommentsWe do. For in these recessionary times, Restaurant Greeters are the new homeless: Ignored, spat-upon (well, maybe, probably if it’s a weekend night in Old City) and generally just more desperate than even you or I. Since we’ve relocated to Old City, we’ve noticed that these greeters/hostesses line the streets here, trying hawk up business [...]
What? You didn’t realize it is halfway to St. Patrick’s Day? Well, McGillin Olde Ale House (1310 Drury Street) didn’t forget. They have dubbed September 24 & 25 “St. Practice Daze” so you can keep up your training for the real holiday in March. Complete with green beer, live music, and Irish food, this green [...]
So Wrong It’s Right (And Then It’s Wrong Again): Lorenzo’s Pizza Apparel
Aired September 7th, 2010 on Animal Rights and Pizza.0 CommentsA lazy weekend stroll to the venerable Lorenzo & Sons revealed this prized artifact of modern urban warfare: The Lorenzo’s t-shirt line. A very perverse part of us nearly bought both designs until we realized they were done in late-80s “coed naked lacrosse” style, with a small logo on the front corner and the good [...]
Does God Cry Or Laugh When A Pretty Girl Eats 33 Tacos In 9 Minutes?
Aired August 30th, 2010 on Animal Rights, Mexican and Phoodies.2 CommentsSo wrong it’s right, or so right it’s wrong? Lisel Parillon is all like, “Oooh-wee, what up with that.” UPenn Grad Student Lisel Parillon (pictured) completed the Drinker’s Triple Crown taco challenge last Thursday, thereby winning free drinks at all three Drinker’s locations for a year, and scaring the living hell out of anyone who [...]
