South Philly’s Devil’s Den has just announced their appointment of new head chef, Alex Urena. Chef Urena came to Philly from New York, where he ran his own restaurant, Pamplona, to be chef de cuisine at Two Liberty’s R2L, but left abruptly before its opening. Some of his honors include: A 2000 James Beard nomination [...]
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Phoodie Exclusive: The Who And The What Of Stephen Starr’s Fishtown Bier Garten
Aired January 19th, 2010 on Gastropubs, Openings, Rumors and Stephen Starr.31 CommentsVia Google Street view, the site of Starr’s proposed Bier Garten, which sources say he’d like to open by this summer.
We’ve been hearing tell that Stephen Starr has been snooping around Fishtown for a while now, checking out the neighborhood as the possible site for a number of cogs in his ever-growing empire — variously, [...]
It’s The Great Pumpkin, Standard Tap! Plus: Multiplicity!
Aired September 24th, 2009 on Events, Gastropubs, Rumors, The Biz and Uncategorized.0 CommentsAccording to a very handsome bird on our shoulder, The Standard Tap is getting ready to install a twenty-tap system into their bar. The Tap is already known for having a ton of delicious local beers on tap at all times, so goodness knows what lagers and ales will flow out of that new tap [...]
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Evan Turney: An American Hero
Aired May 19th, 2009 on Celebrity Chefs, Gastropubs and Openings.3 CommentsLast night marked the soft opening for Varga Bar, where Chef Evan Turney (pictured at right) is at the helm. If you don’t know, you better know, because he has run four — count ‘em, four — kitchens on Spruce Street. The young chef-star was kind enough to sit down with Collin Flatt to talk [...]
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Phoodie Exclusive: Details On Varga Bar
Aired March 20th, 2009 on Exclusive, Gastropubs, Openings and first look.1 CommentWe’ve been anxiously awaiting details on the forthcoming Varga Bar, the newest addition to the Valanni/Mercato family of WashWest spots, at 10th and Spruce. Named after famed pin-up artist Alberto Vargas — that’s a sample of his work and, we assume, Varga Bar’s decorative vibe, at right — Varga Bar will be helmed by chef [...]
Pearl Hatches “Asian Gastro-Pub” Akoya
Aired January 8th, 2009 on Asian Fusion, Gastropubs and Openings.0 CommentsIs it just us or the phrase “Asian Gastro-Pub” quite possibly the most non-committal phrase our current culinary age could conjure? (Don’t bet your hamachi tacos on it, bub.) Nevertheless, just ten months after we first-looked Center City nightspot Pearl, it’s growing a whole new thing:
Akoya, an Asian Gastro pub, presents an innovative, fun, social [...]
