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Birra Will Now Be Serving Brunch, And It Looks Delicious

Jim Adair — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:02:25 +0000

East Passyunk’s Birra (1700 East Passyunk Avenue), so far known for their inventive pizzas, will be debuting a brunch menu this Sunday. From 11:30AM to 3:30PM, you can swing by Birra to get one of the two dishes in the video above (the amazing looking La Cardiaco and Focaccia French Toast), or any of the menu offerings below:

Veggie Frittata: roasted seasonal vegetables slowly baked – served with a fresh side salad
Tiramisu Waffles: warm baked waffles with mixed berry coulis and mascarpone cream
Brunch Calzone: house cured pancetta – scrambled eggs – cured tomatoes – arugula
mozzarella – in our savory red sauce
and more

In addition, the people at Birra say, “brunch pizzas are still being finalized,” which sounds very intriguing.

Matyson Unveils All New Dinner Entrees

Jim Adair — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:15:01 +0000

Matyson, (37 South 19th Street) one of Philadelphia’s BYOB pioneers, has unveiled their all new dinner entrees. Chef Ben Puchowitz completely re-did all of the dinner entrees and also added some apps to dinner and a handful of new items to lunch.

The new dinner apps include: Spicy Bay Scallops, Heirloom Tomatoes & Cucumbers & Blue Moon Baby Arugula

The new dinner entrees include:
Lightly Smoked Arctic Char: Black rice crepe, maitake mushroom, plum-soy
Sauteed Bronzino: Fennel, apricots, wax beans, smoked paprika-brown butter
Potato Crusted Alaskan Halibut: Asparagus, miso-truffle, poached egg, pickled shitake
Seared Duck Breast: Green farro, eggplant, muhamarra, pumpernickel
Lobster Stuffed Skate Wing: Baby squash, chickpea, tomato, chirizo, lemon-verbena
Grilled NY Strip Steak: Crispy grits, swiss chard, peaches, huitlachoche
Herb Roasted Chicken Breast: Lancaster county succotash, fennel, pancetta, mascarpone

New lunch items include: Heirloom Tomato & Cucumbers, Chilled Sesame Noodles, Grilled Cheese & Tomato, Lobster Stuffed Skate Wing

The Farmers’ Cabinet Announces New Brunch Menu

Jim Adair — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:34:15 +0000

Just in time for summer, the recently opened Farmers’ Cabinet is unveiling their new weekend brunch menu, which will be available every Saturday and Sunday from 11:00AM until 4:00PM.

The menu includes Doughnuts and Coffee Yogurt Parfait, Eggs Benedict Trio (smoked salmon and roe on a pretzel crisp, duck ham and dijonaise with duck egg on brioche, and quail egg with house-cured Canadian bacon on a mini English muffin) and Cornbread Waffles among others. All dishes will range from $6-$15.

In addition, special brunch cocktails will be served, including Death in the Afternoon (absinthe with chilled champagne). Uh…what? That sounds both amazing and deadly (we’re not sure which way it leans more though).

The Farmers’ Cabinet, 1113 Walnut Street.

New Menu Unveiled At Noble

Jim Adair — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:30:23 +0000

Noble: An American Cookery is breaking out a new a la carte three-course menu.

First course dinner options include Chilled Sorrel Soup and Peekyote Crab ranging from $7-$14. The second course includes Gnocchi Paarisienne, Wild Rock Bass and the delicious sounding Grilled Spinach Rock Octopus (with caper-blood orange dressing) among others. Second course items range in price from $12-$22. The third course offers Canadian King Salmon Fillet, Amish Chicken, and Peking Duck Breast (along with a few more) for a range from $20-$28.

In addition, Executive Chef Brinn Sinnott is offering a nightly three-cuorse prix-fixe menu for $45. Co-owner Todd Rodgers said of the new menu, “We wanted our guests to be able to experience a wider array of Chef Sinnott’s vast talent. With that, we built a three-course dinner menu while pulling back on prices and portion size to a degree, so that guests may enjoy a broader spectra of flavors, textures and visual presentations … We feel with this new menu we’ve accomplished that.”

Noble: An American Cookery, 2025 Sansom St., 215-568-7000

Have A Picnic, But Take It To Go

Mark — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:41:43 +0000

“One of the greatest pleasures of the summer season is a meal outside, especially in one of our city’s gorgeous parks,” says Chef Jose Garces of Graces Trading Company — and we couldn’t agree more. To make the one-two punch of summer and picnics even more unresistable, Garces has come up with a fantastic idea: Picnics To-Go. Garces and GTC are now offering new Philadelphia Picnics To-Go, a pre-packed basket for take-out all summer long, starting in May.

Chef Garces is dishing out three options for Philly Picnic Lovers: Happy Hollow For Two, a snack-heavy basket of Rioja Salami, Bianco Sardo cheese, fig and cherry marmalade, large Fiji water, homemade mustard, fresh apple, fig crackers and macaroons. This selection is the namesake of the city’s first playground. The second choice is a more filling Boathouse Row, also meant for two people. This one is named after Kelly Drive, which welcomes its visitors to Fairmount Park. This picnic comes with country pate, duck rillette, a homemade sourdough loaf and a tomato salad with mozzarella. Mixed olives, a variety of chocolates and a bottle of Perrier sparkling water are also included. The third and final choice is the Belmont Plateau, which can serve two to four and is titled in the spirit of Philadelphia’s top outdoor grilling spots. This picnic gives you Agro Dulce ribs, mortadella hot dogs, pain-au-lait buns, potato salad and homemade potato chips, mustard, macaroons and to cap it all off, four cold seasonal brews.

All three picnics come with a jute bag, napkins and plastic utensils and the meals are $35, $45 and $75, respectively, going down the list. Each one also comes with wine suggestions that can be bought on location at GTC and the picnics can be custom ordered for up to 20 guests. The baskets will be available for walk-in customers, or you call in and order.

Garces Trading Company, 1111 Locust Street, 215-574-1099

Adsum’s New Brunch Menu

Rose Rae — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:08:04 +0000

Now, on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am-3pm, you have another place to go to brunch. Adsum‘s chef, Matt Levin, calls the new brunch menu “ambitious and comforting” and we see his point. There’s an heirloom tomato omelet, wild Maine blueberry pancakes, and cashew granola parfait for the less adventurous, but also stuff like chorizo corndogs, smoked sturgeon lox with “not so traditional” garnishes and (wait for it…) bloody mary gazpacho. Whoa. Anyways, plates range from $6-15, which is pretty par for the brunch course, and also, again: Bloody mary gazpacho.

Adsum, 700-702 S. 5th Street, 267-888-7002

Floret Debuts B12 Menu

Juliana — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:10:32 +0000

Not the vitamin kind, though that could be good, too. B12, in Floret speak, refers to the restaurant’s new $12 or under bar menu. The Radnor restaurant-by-the-water (previously Pond, previously Passerelle — cursed? Or third time’s the charm?) will offer a choice of small, reasonably-priced dishes or salad and either a burger or pasta for $12. Home-baked dessert is an additional $3. The B12 menu will be available during Floret’s Happy Hour (Monday-Friday 3 p.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday after 9 p.m), when you can also get half-price summer cocktails (limoncello! hurricanes!) and sip ‘em by the waterfront (er, pondfront?). Word on the street is that they have swans.

A preview of the menu:

Surf and Turf Burger with Angus Beef and Nova Scotia Lobster , Bernaise Sauce, Frites

K Burger – Vegeterian Chic Pea, Cous Cous, Veggies and Herbs with Lettuce,Tomato, Onion, Dijon, Frites

Papardelle with Fennel Sausage Bolognese

Spice Rubbed Duck Breast, Mediterranean Couscous

Braised Pork, Grilled Rosemary Polenta, Green Apple Chutney

Crispy Hot Rock Shrimp over Minted Cucumber and Yogurt

Floret, 175 King of Prussia Road, Radnor, 610-293-9411

This Just In: Deli For Dinner!

Juliana — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:16:48 +0000

Delicatessen, Michael Spector’s new-ish Jewish deli at 7th and Chestnut, is now serving dinner from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m., with a couple twists: 1) throughout June, bring in your most uncomfortable Bar/Bat Mitzvah (or “any awkward adolescent teenage rite of passage photo” – for those of you who were never awkward, well, you’re out of luck) and get 25% off your meal. You’ll also be entered in a photo contest and might just win “celebratory dinner for four” (first place) or… an engraved pen (third place), 2) buy any dinner entrée and your second is only $7.03. Some offerings:

Edie’s Savory Brisket, slow roasted with vegetables, pan gravy and crispy latkes

Pop Pop’s Pastrami Mac and Cheese

Hanukah Salmon, latke crusted salmon filet, pan seared with garlic spinach and a lemon butter sauce

Dinner entrees range from $14-$18 and come with a cup of soup or house salad, choice of an additional side dish and a taste of “Mom’s Jewish apple cake to accent the evening.” You can also get Delicatessen’s traditional dishes, like the Corned Beef Special and the Pastrami Reuben (pictured).

Delicatessen, 703 Chestnut Street, 215 923 4560

Oh, This Old French Tarragon? Just Picked It From the Roof

Juliana — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:58:22 +0000

Noble’s Sunday Tasting Menu offers a curious dessert option: Rooftop verbena ice cream. Look up through the skylights, and you’ll find they mean it literally — Noble has a full garden on its roof, including three different beds and one potted garden. New executive chef Brinn Sinnott designed and planted the garden with the help of Grace Wicks of Graceful Gardens. The garden boasts a lengthy list of herbs, produce and edible flowers, among them several species of rosemary, French tarragon, Mexican marigolds and Vietnamese cilantro (yeah, it’s quite the picture of multiculturalism).

Sinnott has been using these ingredients in some of his dishes but this month, he’s debuting a whole menu based around the garden. Noble’s first “Roof-to-Table” dinner will debut Thursday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m. Spots are capped at an exclusive 10 guests only, so make that reservation fast. The dinners will continue every last Thursday of the month and as of now, will still only offer 10 seats each time. The menu in all its sustainable, green glory:

Cherry Tomato Cocktail with assorted basils and mints; Barnegat Light Sea Scallops with faro and nasturtium pesto; Slow-Cooked King Salmon with apricot, chanterelles and herbes de Provence; Grilled Beef Sirloin with Vietnamese cilantro; and Cherry Clafoutis with lemon-verbena ice cream.

$55 per person, additional $20 for wine or cocktail pairings with each course by mixologist Christian Gaal.

Noble: An American Cookery, 2025 Sansom St., 215-568-7000

Wednesdays Continue to Look Up

Juliana — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:22:42 +0000

Center City Sips. $6 movies at The Ritz. And now, Bistrot La Minette brings you Bistrot Bites: $10 for a light meal and a drink. It starts this Wednesday with the restaurant’s take on pizza and beer: Flamenküche, an Alsatian pizza with caramelized onions, lardons and creme fraiche, and a glass of Kronenbourg.

A look at the menus to follow:

· Pan Bagnat (similar to Nicoise salad on hand-made artisan bread) with a glass of Provencal Rosé wine

· a French red wine with your choice from a menu of three cheeses, salad and toast

· Moules Marinière (mussels in white wine, with a tarragon and leek broth), with a Dagan cider from Normandy

Oh, and $5 for a second drink. No word on the third…

Bistrot La Minette, 623 S. 6th Street, 215-925-8000