OPA just held a ceremonious plate smashing at their official opening this afternoon. Representatives from Mayor Nutter’s office were there to recognize Opa as being part of the larger Midtown Village revitalization [Mealticket]. From 5 to 10pm, sample chef Andrew Brown’s traditional Greek treats. Complimentary mezedes and cocktails will be served. Please RSVP! Opa – [...]
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OPA’s Grand Opening And Ceremonious Smashing Of The Plates
Aired April 11th, 2011 on Greek, Openings, Uncategorized and restaurants.0 CommentsModern Greek At Opa Coming Soon
Aired February 1st, 2011 on Greek, Openings and restaurants.0 CommentsTake two Greek siblings, George Tsiouris and Vasiliki Tsiouris, who grew up in the restaurant biz, throw in a skilled designer and a seasoned chef and Opa! You have Opa, “a Modern Greek restaurant- bar,” slated to open this month at 1311 Sansom Street. Modern Greek? Yes, modern. With guidance from the brilliant design mind [...]
Green Lunchin’ At The Falafel Factory
Aired February 17th, 2010 on Fast Food, Greek, Israeli, Lunch, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern.0 CommentsIn a city full of starving vegetarian residents, there certainly isn’t a shortage of falafel around here. Rob Rimeris is providing his take on the Middle-Eastern favorite at his new restaurant, Falafel Factory, up Rittenhouse way. The Factory’s serving up sandwiches and dips placed in the traditional pita, with six different options, including the “Hawaiian,” [...]
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Kanella: The 37th Greatest Breakfast In America
Aired February 26th, 2009 on Awards, Breakfast and Greek.3 CommentsEsquire, that fading captain of men’s magazinery, did another one of those list jawns specifically intended to get lots of blogs in “major markets” to link to them. And, guess what: It worked. (It always works.) For what kind of people would we be if we did not share this moment of rejoicing with the [...]
Recipe: The Phoodie.info Test Kitchen’s Grilled Feta
Aired June 30th, 2008 on Greek and Recipes.3 CommentsFirst things first: We’ve been in love with the grilled feta at Effie’s for years, and much of the inspiration for this recipe tracks back straight to their delicious original. But here at the Phoodie.info Test Kitchen, we’re cool with letting the inspiration take us somewhere else entirely. In this case, that means going from [...]
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Privé, the soon-to-be tapas joint is pushing its opening back a bit, again. Originally scheduled to open June 1st, the Privé crew then delayed the opening to June 23rd, and are now looking to late July or early August. A Phoodie.info intern sat down with Billy Lavdas and chef Peter Karapanagiotis upstairs at Privé a [...]
The Greek Grub Club over here at Phoodie has an icy new friend this summer. We wanted our tub of Baklava Pagota Ice Krema, the new frozen dessert from the Greek Gods Yogurt peeps, to have real chunks of phyllo pastry in it, but this was not to be. Instead, the krema was a simple [...]
We’ll admit it. Our knowledge of Greek food doesn’t go much beyond Gyros, Baklava, Tzatziki, and Moussaka. We like it, we love it, but that’s all we know. We haven’t been pushed or challenged with any Greek dishes. Enter Kanella. Â Chef Konstantinos Pitsillides has created the restaurant of his dreams and ours. A Cypriat [...]
Five Reasons You Cannot Help But Love The St. George Greek Festival
Aired May 28th, 2008 on Events and Greek.1 Comment1. Its color scheme goes really, really well with the Phoodie.info palate. 2. It’s hidden back in a little hamlet that is not quite the Gayborhood and not quite Wash West (see graphic), but if you happen to accidentally bike or stroll back there to the parking lot where it’s held, as I did one [...]
