We told you about Birra (1700 East Passyunk Ave.) a little while ago, previously saying it was set to open around Labor Day. Well, Labor Day came and went without any news from the Birra camp, but today we found out that barring any unforseen circumstances, Birra will be opening its doors by the end [...]
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Birra Set To Open By The End Of October
Aired October 13th, 2011 on Openings, Pizza, Uncategorized and video.0 CommentsDough Boys, Tasting The Worst (And Best) Pizza So You Don’t Have To
Aired October 13th, 2011 on Food Bloggers and Pizza.1 CommentDough Boys is a food blog on a mission. The mission is to try as many Philadelphia pizzas as possible and either praise or decry them, depending on their quality. The two guys who run the site, John and Jon, promise “to hit every place worth mentioning in our area and reviewing the pizza for [...]
Gordon Dinerman, proprietor of the soon-to-be-open Birra (1700 East Passyunk Ave.) has been hard at work getting Birra ready to open and testing out some of the menu items in his home kitchen. Check out the preview above and look for Birra to open its doors around Labor Day.
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Osteria’s Parma Pizza Named PA’s Best
Aired August 1st, 2011 on Awards, Pizza and Uncategorized.0 CommentsFood Network Magazine has named Osteria‘s (640 North Broad St.) Parma Pizza the best in Pennsylvania in its “50 States, 50 Pizzas” feature. The accompanying text said, “The owners of Osteria sampled pizza all over Italy before adding one to their menu. Food Network Magazine’s editors were won over by the Parma, a simple combination [...]
Dept. Of OMG I WANT THIS SUMMER FOOD IN ME NOW PLS: Mack and Manco Porn
Aired June 29th, 2011 on Food Bloggers, Food Porn, Pizza, Props Is Due and Seasonal.0 CommentsMack and Manco’s Pizza from Michael Campitelli on Vimeo. A quick guhhhh-peek at how-a they make-a the Mack & Manco’s Pizza from the goingtotheshore.com blog.
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Brian Dwyer (aka Pizza Brain) doesn’t yet have a pizza oven, but that’s not going to stop him from setting pizza records in the Guinness Book of World Records. On July 31, 2011, a day Dwyer says will “Live in pizza infamy,” A judge from Guinness World Records will be evaluating Dwyer’s open-to-the-public pizza collection [...]
Pizza Brain Needs Your Help, Offers Live Music In Return
Aired May 12th, 2011 on Events, Phoodies and Pizza.0 CommentsKensington artist and pizza’s number one fan Brian “Brain” Dwyer is the driving force behind Pizza Brain (which to this day has produced nearly 600 tweets and zero actual pizzas). Dwyer is hoping to open what he calls “the world’s first pizza museum, restaurant, and hang out spot,” which is where you come in. Pizza [...]
Santucci’s, if you didn’t know, is the fantastic sauce-over-the-cheese square pizza. Back when we first discovered Santucci’s they only had six outposts, but now they’re opening up another location in South Philly and by the looks of things, ANY DAY NOW. The pizzeria started out of their O Street Restaurant in Juniata back in ’59, [...]
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Pizza Wolf?
Aired March 2nd, 2011 on Animal Rights and Pizza.5 CommentsPizza Wolves at KFN from Hillary R on Vimeo. As Philly comedian Hillary R recently revealed at Kung Fu Necktie, “You get to be a pizza wolf if you can eat Lazaro’s large cheese pizza in less than 30 minutes, and if you do that, you get ‘sliced in.’” It’s kind of an urban myth, [...]
A pizza buzz has engulfed Philly thanks to Brian “Brain” Dwyer and his Pizza Brain. Dwyer, an artist by trade from Kensington, spearheaded a pizza-themed art show at Rocket Cat Café last year called “Give Pizza Chance” and he has a tattoo on his back that reads, “Totally Sauce’some.” An in-the-works pizza nirvana will be [...]
At least it wasn’t when I was there this past year.
