Brian “Pizza Brain” Dwyer, Philebrity Award winner and Guinness World Record holder for “largest collection of pizza-related items,” may be finally opening his pizza shop/museum. Dwyer just tweeted an address without commentary, 2311 Frankford Ave. Could this be the location of the forthcoming Pizza Brain? We’ll let you know when we know more.
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Pizza Brain’s Pizza Shop To Be At 2311 Frankford Ave?
Aired January 4th, 2012 on Pizza and Rumors.1 CommentA 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 [...]
After a strange encounter with Internet fame and a series of rumors that it’d one day be Sabrina’s North, longstanding Fishtown diner Sulimay’s has officially announced that they’re looking for a buyer. While proprietor Lucretia Sulimay has been busy beating cancer, rumors have swirled around the fate of her restaurant, but one thing is now [...]
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Phoodie Exclusive: The Who And The What Of Stephen Starr’s Fishtown Bier Garten
Aired January 19th, 2010 on Gastropubs, Openings, Rumors and Stephen Starr.31 CommentsVia Google Street view, the site of Starr’s proposed Bier Garten, which sources say he’d like to open by this summer. We’ve been hearing tell that Stephen Starr has been snooping around Fishtown for a while now, checking out the neighborhood as the possible site for a number of cogs in his ever-growing empire — [...]
Snoopin’ On Stella, Stephen Starr’s New Pizza Joint
Aired September 25th, 2009 on Openings, Pizza, Rumors and Stephen Starr.7 CommentsStella is Stephen Starr‘s long-speculated-upon and soon-to-be-opening pizza spot at Second & Lombard (formerly known as Jennifer Weiner’s Cosi). We just happened by, and we noticed a few nice details. Today is training day, apparently — Stella is slated to open on the 29th — and here’s hoping that Starr will insist, like he did [...]
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It’s The Great Pumpkin, Standard Tap! Plus: Multiplicity!
Aired September 24th, 2009 on Events, Gastropubs, Rumors, The Biz and Uncategorized.0 CommentsAccording to a very handsome bird on our shoulder, The Standard Tap is getting ready to install a twenty-tap system into their bar. The Tap is already known for having a ton of delicious local beers on tap at all times, so goodness knows what lagers and ales will flow out of that new tap [...]
Chinatown May Be Jumping On The Restaurant-Week-Bandwagon; We Say Hurray!
Aired August 6th, 2009 on Chinatown, Chinese, Restaurant Week and Rumors.0 CommentsRumor has it that the Restaurant Week trend might be coming to Chinatown soon. Apparently the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation has been contacting Chinatown restaurants, and the goal is to have 3 options: a $10 3-course-meal (!!!!!), $20 4-course-meal and a $30 5-course-meal (my mouth is already watering). This is good news for Chinatown, cheap [...]
Left Coast Burgermongers Due For Philly Sometime Eventually Probably
Aired July 23rd, 2009 on Burgers, Openings and Rumors.0 CommentsWe all know Philly is a beer city. But now, it can pretty much be considered a burger city too (if it already wasn’t). Citywide, we’ve got tons of great gastropub burgers (Grace Tavern and Good Dog hollerrr!) and we’ve got burger joints like P.Y.T. and Sketch Burger, just to name a few. Meal Ticket’s [...]
Rumor has it that Mark Summers of Double Dare and Unwrapped fame is thinking about hosting/producing a reality show about Valerie Safran and Marcie Turney‘s 13th street empire, which includes Lolita, Bindi, Grocery and Open House.The concept makes a lot of sense; the restaurant industry is rife with drugs, sex and drama. Add the fact [...]
Worst Rumor Of Ever: Shirt Corner To Become Applebee’s?
Aired January 15th, 2009 on Closings and Rumors.2 CommentsIs God dead? We only mention it because Shirt Corner is closing, ending literally decades of unironic Old City shopping, but also this: Could the venerable Old City location (Third & Market Sts.) be further insulted by the placement of an Applebee’s? Mon dieu, indeed. I mean, think about the kind of asshole who regularly [...]
