Aired July 18th, 2011
on Beer, Events, Jose Garces and Uncategorized.
Chifa (707 Chestnut Street) will continue its Beer Dinner series this Thursday with Colorado’s Oskar Blues Brewery. The theme is a Latin-Asian BBQ, and menu items will include: Chilled Corn Soup with purple potato, lovage and lime-dale espuma Oysters on the Half Shell with Lil Yella Pils, watermelon and black pepper Curried Deviled Eggs with [...]
Aired June 2nd, 2011
on Jose Garces.
As if Jose Garces didn’t do enough already, his JG Domestic (2929 Arch Street) will continue the Sunday Suppers series. The series, which will take place one Sunday per month, will feature live music, and is $40 per person. Sunday Supper is served from 4:00PM to 9:00PM. Sunday Supper dates include June 19th, July 24th, [...]
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Aired October 4th, 2010
on Celebrity Chefs, Jose Garces and Openings.
It’s lucky number 7 for Chef Jose Garces as he plans to open his 7th Philadelphia restaurant in the Cira Center this month. Everything on JG Domestic’s menu will be sourced from the U.S., we’re told — a boast that’s simultaneously strange and impressive and sad that it has to be made in the first [...]
Aired September 28th, 2010
on Jose Garces, specials and Tapas.
Has it only been five years? It hardly even seems possible that one dude has opened five crazy successful restaurants in one city in that amount of time (Amada, Tinto, Distrito, Chifa, Village Whiskey), not to mention a market & cafe spot (Garces Trading Co.), a cute-as-buttons roving food truck (Guapos Tacos), and the coming-soon [...]
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Aired September 9th, 2010
on Jose Garces, specials and Tacos.
Every Monday night throughout football season, Distrito (3945 Chestnut St.) will be hosting an ongoing Football Fiesta with Endless Tacos and Enchiladas. From 8-10 PM and for just $25 per person. Distrito has thee HD TVs downstairs to watch the game on, and a projection big screen in the second floor lounge. $2 drafts of [...]
Aired August 17th, 2010
on Jose Garces and specials.
For one week starting tomorrow, Garces’s Amada will be celebrating Spain’s La Tomatina Festival. The festival is actually a big-ass food fight but since, being Philadelphians and all, we’re civilized — there will be none of that. Instead, Amada chef MacGregor Mann created a menu of dish after dish of heirloom tomato goodness. Each of [...]
Aired July 20th, 2010
on Jose Garces.
According to Meal Ticket, two of the Jose Garces projects that have been whispered (by which we mean, somewhat frequently talked) about finally have names. The taco truck is going to be called Guapos Tacos (aww, how cute) and brews and bratwursts jawn is going to be Frohmans Wursthaus (which sounds kind of like Brauhaus [...]
For all of you avid brunch-goers, Garces Trading Company does a weekend brunch (from 11am to 2:30pm) as of now. One option is to go for the $25 prix fixe menu, which includes 3 courses and a refreshing, booze-free beverage. Potential combinations include Fresh Summer Melon with mint labneh and spiced pecans, Blueberry Muffin French [...]