Preview of ‘Downey’s and Out’Get More: Preview of ‘Downey’s and Out’ Last night, Downey’s Irish Pub, the “Worst Irish Pub in America” was featured on Spike TV‘s new show Bar Rescue. On the show, bar and restaurant consultant Jon Taffer goes all Kitchen Nightmares on bars across the country, hoping to save them from shutting [...]
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Wine School Pairs With Davio’s For Movable Feast
Aired June 27th, 2011 on Events, Italian and Wine.0 CommentsThe Wine School of Philadelphia (127 South 22nd Street) and Davio’s Philadelphia (111 South 17th Street) are coming together to offer a movable feast and wine tasting. On Wednesday, July 20th from 6:00PM to 9:30PM, you can enjoy a hand-picked selection of Northern Italian wines followed by an evening of paired culinary tastings prepared by [...]
Brooklyn Trial Proves That Mafia Really Just Comes Down To The Spaghetti and Meat Balls
Aired April 25th, 2011 on Italian and The Biz.0 CommentsJoseph Massino, a mob boss for the Bonanno Crime Family, has taken the witness stand in Federal Court in Brooklyn. The Bonannos are one of the five families that (allegedly!) control New York’s organized crime and this marks the first time that someone of Massino’s stature in the family is testifying for the government. However, [...]
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Le Virtu Launches Outdoor Pad With a Party
Aired March 16th, 2011 on Beer, Events and Italian.0 CommentsLe Virtu is getting into the outdoor cooking game by revamping their adjacent grassy lot for an outdoor cooking area. Starting on Thursday, May 5th, Le Virtu will officially open their Campo with a celebration including a wide selection of Abruzzese specialties like roasted suckling pig and a wine and beer tasting with some of [...]
Colosseo Opens! Thank God. This Town Needs More Brick Oven Pizzerias.
Aired December 7th, 2010 on Italian, Openings, Pizza, first look and restaurants.2 CommentsWe were excited to ride by this corner yesterday to see the lights on and Christmas lights twinkling, and a big grand opening banner over the front awning of Colosseo, a new brick-oven pizzeria at 15th & Spring Garden. The space was previously a diner-ish spot that never seemed to be open. Now it’s a [...]
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Who doesn’t love meatballs? Philly.com already announced the arrival of Marabella Meatballs Co. to Walnut St. last week. But we thought we would show you a shot of the place that wasn’t from Google street view: We don’t know about you guys, but we sure are excited for some hot balls to come to Walnut [...]
Oooh! Samples! On Saturday, April 24 from 10am to 4pm, Reading Terminal Market will be holding its first-ever Italian Festival (which, given the longstanding availability of an array of Italian delicacies in the RTM, is surprising!). Several of the Market’s vendors will be set up in the center court area to serve sample-sized bites of [...]
With March Comes The Madness: Together, This Month, We WILL Decide What Is THE GREATEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN PHILADELPHIA
Aired March 1st, 2010 on Italian and competitions.43 CommentsIt was born of a debate we were having recently, having just checked out, at long last, Modo Mio. We found a lot to love there — as many have — but we couldn’t help but think: Are we crazy, but was Il Cantuccio, a less-hyped spot but a standby nonetheless, much better? And you [...]
Ricki “Go Ricki! Go Ricki!” Lake had “Weave Wars.” Jenny Jones had geek-to-chic makeovers. Oprah had a wagonfull of lard. But only Maury Povich has had the privilege of seeing his talk show’s high-water-mark turn into a full-fledged cultural meme: After almost a year, the now-famous clip of guest Alycia extolling (?) the seductive virtues [...]
Diet Vetri Tastes Like The Real Thing
Aired January 18th, 2010 on Celebrity Chefs, Italian and Openings.0 CommentsWith all of the Jose talk around town, we figured we would chat a bit about a guy who just doesn’t get enough of the spotlight: Marc Vetri. ‘Narf. Seriously though, Vetri is a bit polarizing around these parts, evidenced by showing up twice on our list of the best and worst of 2009. First, for [...]
