Aired June 9th, 2011 on Bars, Beer, Beer Week and video. South Philadelphia Taproom’s 6th Annual Wheat Beer Fest from Fractal Circus on Vimeo. Local production company Fractal Circus put together this video of the South Philly Tap Room’s Annual Wheat Beer Fest. Block party meets beer festival events like this are what makes Philadelphia such a great beer city, and this video shows why.
Aired June 9th, 2011 on Bars, Beer and Happy Hours. Revolution Cider, Philadelphia’s only locally brewed hard cider, will be part of a Happy Hour at MidAtlantic Restaurant and Tap Room on June 20th from 5:00PM to 7:00PM. The newly-launched cider will be featured along with cider inspired snacks from the kitchen. Also on hand will be brewing brothers Jonathan and Gideon Gradman; discussing their [...]
Aired March 11th, 2011 on Bars, Beer and Events. In case you missed that whole Pliny the Younger episode back at the end of February, it’s still here. It’s at Sidecar today starting at 4pm, and you can get it at Devil’s Den tomorrow, along with others. Devil’s Den is having a West Coast Extravaganza featuring Russian River. All beers will be tapped by [...]
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Aired March 2nd, 2011 on Bars, Beer and Events. Not sure what to do on the worst day of the year to be Irish? Allow us to help: · Dock Street Brewery is teaming up with Di Bruno Bros. cheeses from 6-8PM on St. Patrick’s Day. The dinner is upstairs at Di Bruno’s on 1730 Chestnut St. Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 [...]
Aired February 24th, 2011 on Bars and Beer. A friend who works at Monk’s, told us about this event coming up on Monday, proclaiming “even Tom doesn’t understand why people get so hyped up about one beer”. Tom Peters over at Monk’s has acquired one sixtle of Russian River’s Pliny the Younger (triple IPA). They’ll be hosting one of their Mad Mondays featuring [...]
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Aired February 15th, 2011 on Bars, Beer, Drinks, Events and Locavore. We’ve consistently had a bottle of Root and/or Snap in our stash since the fall, and we’re super excited about all of the good things they’ll be cooking up for us at North Third on Monday, February 28th. The event takes place during regular dinner hours, and will feature ROOT and SNAP Beer Cocktails paired [...]
Aired February 15th, 2011 on Bars. Plan Philly’s Kellie Patrick Gates wrote about Developer Robert Ambrosi’s latest idea for the ground floor of a hotel/retail/residential development at 401 Race Street is a 23,000 sf country music themed bar/restaurant/dance venue in honor of country music legend Toby Keith. Ambrosi told residents’ group leaders and Councilman Frank DiCiccio last week that he’s been [...]
The General Lafayette Inn & Brewery closed at the end of September. An inn that once paid tribute to the man who led America’s freedom fighters out of Barren Hill, upon encroachment of the British, now lies empty, with a sad, snow-covered parking lot. A pending sale, that had been ongoing for almost a year, [...]
Aired January 3rd, 2011 on Bars and restaurants. This weekend’s extremely mild weather left us wishing that New Year’s had been colder and snowier, and that we could cozy up with some nice wintry, whilst staying warm by a fire. If you’re wishing the same, be prepared during the next snowfall with this list of bars and restaurants where you can enjoy a [...]
Aired December 8th, 2010 on Bars, Coffee and Openings. Milk Boy Coffee just announced a new location coming in 2011 to 1100 Chestnut Street, in addition to their Ardmore and Bryn Mawr locations. Thanks again, Reinvestment Fund! We hope they keep those weird old painted wall signs. “Dear friends, family, customers, and community, we would like to officially announce some very exciting news: MilkBoy [...]
