For as far as we have come as a food city, sometimes it still feels like whole areas of town are Pizza Dead Zones, where good pizza is seemingly not an option within a certain block radius and out of the delivery zones of various more desirable pizza options. Color us surprised, then, when we [...]
Archive for the 'Object Of Desire' Category
Pizza Of The Moment: Trio’s Rustica
Aired January 25th, 2012 on Food Porn, Object Of Desire and Pizza.0 CommentsVerily We Say Unto Thee, New Heinz Ketchup Packet: YES!
Aired April 6th, 2011 on Condiment Kingdom and Object Of Desire.2 CommentsCore77 has the details and backstory on this new modern wonder, which is so cute we could squeeze its little face until there’s ketchup everywhere. Anybody seen these in the wild yet?
Today, from noon until whenever it is gone, Ressurection Ale House will be serving up batches of their famous twice-fried chicken, with it’s sidekick german potato salad. We can’t think of a more perfect lunch. Resurrection Ale House – 2425 Grays Ferry Ave Photo Courtesy of Zach Radel and Mealticket.
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Gunners Run Opens Brunch And, Also, CLAMBAKE!
Aired March 18th, 2011 on Object Of Desire, Openings, Seafood and Seasonal.0 CommentsGunners Run, the new spot from the four-headed hydra of concert promoter Bryan Dilworth, tattoo artist and Olde City Tattoo owner Jason Goldberg, music booking agent Tim Borror, and chef Shawn Sollberger, soft-opened just a week ago, on the afternoon they got their liquor license. The spot — which settled into the old Swift Half [...]
In Praise (And In Search) Of Spicy Cucumber!
Aired March 2nd, 2011 on Chinese, How To and Object Of Desire.0 CommentsMuch well-deserved hype and love has been thrown in the direction of Old City’s Han Dynasty — and for sure, proprietor Han Chiang himself is the kind of soothsayer this publicist-run Philly food scene could use a lot more of. And we could talk fawningly about the menu and the Cult of Han all day, [...]
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Food Porn: Dominic Episcopo’s Fine, Fine Meats
Aired January 4th, 2011 on Food Porn, Object Of Desire, Openings and Steak.0 CommentsDominic Episcopo has, for a few years now, been a photographer of some note in Philadelphia for both his editorial and commercial work. But this Friday, Episcopo steps out into a whole new realm with “Meat America,” his new show of photos at Bambi Gallery in Northern Liberties. For “Meat America” — which will also [...]
Object Of Desire: Zama’s $100 Sunday Sushi Experience
Aired March 29th, 2010 on Object Of Desire, Sushi and specials.2 CommentsHot on the heels of a three-bell review from Craig Laban, new-ish Rittenhouse sushi spot Zama is rolling out a proper feast on Sundays. Sunday Sushi at Zama is a meal designed for two (very hungry) people, and seems to aspire to what all Sunday meals should do: Lay you out so righteously that you [...]
Help Bring A Mexican Restaurant To Brewerytown
Aired March 15th, 2010 on Mexican and Object Of Desire.1 CommentHey, restaurateurs and potential restaurateurs: The Girard Coalition is trying to lure a Mexican restaurant to Brewerytown as part of its ongoing efforts to spur development along the West Girard Avenue corridor. They’re working in conjunction with both Brewerytown-based real estate developers MM Partners and the business-geared charity The Merchants Fund to find a restaurant [...]
Yay Or Nay: Zapp’s Limited-Edition Spicy Creole Tomato Potato Chips, Spiked With Tabasco Sauce
Aired November 17th, 2009 on Junk Food, Object Of Desire and Yay or Nay.3 CommentsIt’s been a while since we did a Yay Or Nay, but these babies, encountered in line for a sammich at Palm Market today, are firing on so many cylinders that we had to table whatever we were doing for a few moments, just to consider them. Around the shell of Lousiana’s beloved Zapp’s Potato [...]
