Orbitz: A Drink With Balls!
Orbitz was a drink that ruled 1997’s refrigerator with an iron fist. A drink that wasn’t afraid to say “Check out my sweet balls… My sweet, chewy, gelatin, pink balls.” But sadly, like so much Clearly Canadian and New York Seltzer, Orbitz disappeared from our grocer’s shelves and entered into our [...]
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Another Drink We (Think We) Miss: Orbitz!
Aired September 2nd, 2010 on Drinks and Phoodies.0 CommentsFrom The Dept. Of Bygone Carbonated Beverages We Also Miss: New York Seltzer
Aired September 1st, 2010 on Drinks, Phoodies and Props Is Due.1 CommentWe bet these guys could beat the bejesus out of those lameass California Raisins.
Apparently, that post about Clearly Canadian unleashed the floodgates of ’80s food memories. According to InThe80s.com, New York Seltzer was “possibly one of the tastiest non-alcoholic beverages ever. It was seltzer water with a lot of flavor in it so that it [...]
You know, for months, we’d been thinking that the Pickleback — a double-shot of pickle juice and Jameson, introduced to the Philly market, we believe, at PYT — had the honors locked down for Official Drink Of Summer 2010. (If we are to be honest, though, the honor should have been carried away by the [...]
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Hey, You Know What Was Awesome? Clearly Canadian Was Awesome
Aired August 18th, 2010 on Drinks.1 CommentHey, anybody remember this stuff? For a time, in the late 1980s, Clearly Canadian was the very height of soda-fying luxury, a status symbol on par with one of those t-shirts that changed colors. The “flavoured sweet sparkling water” preceded the whole high-end-ish beverage market by years, and while it’s still in production, we couldn’t [...]
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Half-Price Cocktails at The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co.
Aired June 17th, 2010 on Drinks, Liquor, Seasonal and specials.1 CommentIt’s summer and everyone wants you to get drunk. No need to fight it. The latest place to jump on the discounted drinks bandwagon is The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. It’s their first birthday so they’re making it extra easy for you to try every drink on their extensive alcohol-only six-page menu. From June [...]
In More News On The Ass Backwards PLCB
Aired May 27th, 2010 on Drinks, Liquor, Uncategorized and Wine.0 CommentsThe PLCB has gotten itself into a lawsuit with restaurant owners who are joining together with the Washington Square West Civic Association and State Rep. Babette Josephs to sue the board for allowing a wine boutique in Garces Trading Company. All those involved, which include owners from Le Bec Fin, Tria, Lolita, Fergie’s and Caribou [...]
Starr Unveils Details For The Ranstead Room, El Rey’s Speakeasy Life Partner (That Is A Dead Ringer For The Franklin)
Aired April 21st, 2010 on Drinks and Openings.4 CommentsQuestion: Do you think Stephen Starr doesn’t know about high-end, darkly-lit cocktail havens in Philly like The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co., Village Whiskey or Southwark? Or is it more that he just doesn’t think that you do? In any case, Starr let loose of some details on his new cocktail concept, The Ranstead Room, [...]
Name This Holiday Cocktail!
Aired December 22nd, 2009 on Drinks, Holidays, How To and competitions.14 CommentsHey guys, so, see that last cocktail on tonight’s list for Philebrity Salon: Jazz Xmas, tonight at 700? We want you to name it. Here’s the recipe:
“1.5 oz silver tequila
3/4 oz chocolate liquor
1/2 oz coffee liquor
Aztec chocolate bitters
Orange bitters
Fresh ground black pepper
Fresh ground nutmeg
Hot Coffee
Shaved pitch-dark chocolate garnish”
What have you got? Tell us in the [...]
Wait A Second, There’s No Booze In Root Beer?!?!
Aired December 7th, 2009 on Drinks and Trends.1 CommentRecently, a few local breweries have started down a new, less boozie path by brewing root beer. There’s something wonderful about real root beer that can not be denied. On that same note, there’s something undeniably similar between the word “barf” and Barq’s. Anyway, Philadelphia seems to be embracing root beer with open arms; here’s [...]
