Cantina Dos Segundos (931 North 2nd Street) is turning three! Happy Birthday Cantina Dos Segundos! To celebrate, the Cantina is throwing a fiesta to celebrate all things three. On February 1st, from 11AM to 2AM, three types of $3 tacos specially crafted by Sous Chef Neal Mayton will be available throughout the day, featuring: Pork [...]
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The Team Behind Cantina Feliz Opens La Calaca Feliz In Fairmount
Aired January 24th, 2012 on Mexican, Openings and Uncategorized.0 CommentsChef Tim Spinner and his business partner Brian Sirhal recently celebrated the first anniversary of their Fort Washington restaurant Cantina Feliz by opening La Calaca Feliz, or “The Happy Skeleton,” at 2321 Fairmount Avenue. Spinner and Sirhal (both Garces alums) claim La Calaca Feliz has, “[an] edgy urban feel with a unique menu of contemporary [...]
Local Hero Fights To Get The Taco Word Out, Puts His Body On The Line In The Process
Aired December 5th, 2011 on Mexican and Tacos.0 CommentsEvery once in a while, a food hero comes along, taking on a mission for the greater good, and possibly sacrificing himself for it. The man over at Month of Tacos is doing just that. He is spending the entire month of December eating only tacos, every day. Nothing but tacos. He is keeping track [...]
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Xilantro Welcomes Fall With New Cocktails
Aired October 4th, 2011 on Liquor, Mexican and Uncategorized.0 CommentsThe relatively new Xilantro (103 North Wayne Avenue, Wayne, PA) has been serving Mexican cuisine to Wayne for a few months now, and with the change of the seasons comes a change in taste. Xilantro is introducing some new autumn cocktails in preparation for the unveiling of their new fall menu coming later this month. [...]
Plenty of Philly’s finest bars and restaurants are throwing down tonight for Cinco de Mayo. Here’s some quick picks: · Chef Jose Garces‘ Distrito is gearing up for the holiday. Beginning at 3PM downstairs in the restaurant, Garces will kick off the festivities with a special menu, special pricing on margaritas and a DJ. The [...]
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‘Dish And Cocktail’ Pairings Throughout February At Xochitl
Aired January 31st, 2011 on Drinks, Mexican and restaurants.0 CommentsTomorrow welcomes the first day of February. You know what that means. Potentially two more months of gray skies and blistering cold. Lucky for you, you live in (or not to far from) a city where restaurants keep their innovative flames burning well into this “slow” season. Xochitl also welcomes February, and chef Lucio Palazzo [...]
Cantina’s Fall Inspired Mixed Drinks
Aired November 1st, 2010 on Drinks, Mexican and specials.0 CommentsI asked myself the other day, how do Mexican places stay afloat once the taco & margarita-craving warm weather is over? The answer: Fall inspired mixed drinks, that’s how! They’ve got a special Fall Concoction at Cantina Dos Segundos, a Ginger and Nutmeg Margarita that will have you flagging down your waiter for another in [...]
Does God Cry Or Laugh When A Pretty Girl Eats 33 Tacos In 9 Minutes?
Aired August 30th, 2010 on Animal Rights, Mexican and Phoodies.2 CommentsSo wrong it’s right, or so right it’s wrong? Lisel Parillon is all like, “Oooh-wee, what up with that.” UPenn Grad Student Lisel Parillon (pictured) completed the Drinker’s Triple Crown taco challenge last Thursday, thereby winning free drinks at all three Drinker’s locations for a year, and scaring the living hell out of anyone who [...]
· We’ve got Korean: hoagies, BBQ tacos and fried chicken. Now you can add Korean BBQ short rib burgers to that list. The Korean BBQ short rib burger is PYT‘s Burger of the Week (but word of the street is that they usually have extra and offer them until about Tuesday the following week). It’s [...]
Tequila enthusiasts who don’t get violent or naked whilst imbibing, take note: Mexican Post (the one in Love Park) is having a Tequila Tasting Dinner tonight from 6:30-8:30. The tasting menu is ripe with tequila-imbued savories, think spicy and Tequila blanco salmon tartar, grilled filet mignon with spicy and creamy tequila blanco sauce and tequila [...]
