· If you haven’t noticed already, The Standard Tap has installed its massive twenty line tap system and even if you’re not a beer person, it’s goddamned pretty. If you are a beer person, it’s a challenge; first to get through all twenty beers gets a kiss from Ron The Bartender. But seriously, great job [...]
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Beer Blob: Taps At Tap, Tasting Room, Beerrings?
Aired February 18th, 2010 on Beer and Food Blob.1 CommentIt turns out Philadelphia is home to the second hungriest district in the nation.The list was created by the Food Research and Action Center and was determined by the resident’s “lack of money to buy enough food to satisfy a family’s needs.” [KYW]
Morimoto launched a new lunch menu available starting today. The menu is available [...]
This weekend seems to be packed with lots of delicious things to do and eat, check out the list below and don’t forget, you can always check out our calendar for daily events or email us at phoodie[at]gmail[dot]com with your event tips.
FRIDAY:
· Don’t forget, today is the daythat Koo Zee Doo starts serving up brunch.
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· Tonight, Fork’s Thanksgiving Preparation Class has been cancelled (turkeys), but that doesn’t mean Thanksgiving chefs can’t learn some tricks to make their turkey day a little tastier and easier to orchestrate with some help from Food In Jars blogger, Marisa McClellan. At the Philly Kitchen Share, she’ll learn you how to make real cranberry [...]
GQ food blogger Alan Richman, who is not Alan Rickman, recently put together a slideshow of “America’s 25 Best Pizzas.” He also put together a really long article about pizza that we definitely did not read. The slideshow, though — beautiful. And Philly makes two appearances. Our first comes in at number nine with Tacconelli’s — a [...]
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Serious Eats helps Philadelphia distance itself from the ever-looming specter of the cheesesteak with their glowing write-up of Tony Luke’s roast pork Italian sandwich. We’re all pumped to see this Philly staple get some recognition and who knows, maybe this is a step toward a whole new reputation for Philly. One of fame for many different [...]
Food Blob: When Is Beer Week’s Steel Reserve Event?
Aired February 9th, 2009 on Beer and Food Blob.0 CommentsThe folks over at The Standard Tap decided to host an event for Philly Beer Week that may actually be fun. Not that endless beer and food tastings aren’t fun, it’s just that… well, shouldn’t Beer Week also celebrate the rowdier aspects of beer drinking? To that end, the Tap is hosting Beer Balderdash on [...]
Food Blob: Now That’s Just Not Right
Aired January 7th, 2009 on Food Blob and Uncategorized.2 CommentsStare at either long enough, and you’ll start to crave Coke.
· Can we just ponder for a moment Pepsi’s Obamariffic new logo? Surely we are living in strange times.
· And no matter what you do to me, Great Depression 2.0, I am not — repeat NOT — eating squirrel. [Gawker]
· And finally, I like cake, [...]
· You might not have noticed, but at least one of our interns is crazy about Cantina Dos Segundos. Not to beat a dead caballo here, but Craig LaBan reminds us of another reason to love them, pointing to their pretty decent offering of mezcal. Many places, if they carry any at all, have the sort [...]
· Satan spawn and sworn enemy of all Earth people Rachael Ray is going to be the grand deathwizard of the Philly Thanksgiving Day Parade. [6ABC]
· Distrito: Three bells! [Inky]
· And finally, as part of our ongoing Turkey Day ramp-up/psych-out, we leave you with this quote from Founding Father/amateur electrician/noted bisexual Ben Franklin:
For my own [...]
