Philadelphia businessmen Gary Dorfman and Sean Stein — with 71 years in the sandwich biz between them — are preparing for the May 10th opening of their new sandwich shop venture, Jake’s Sandwich Board. This new shop, located at 122 S. 12th Street, will be offering up some inventive sandwich variations all priced between 7 [...]
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Garces Trading Co. To Open Next Tuesday
Aired February 9th, 2010 on Bakery, Celebrity Chefs, Cheese, Coffee, Openings and Sandwiches.0 CommentsCan’t get enough of Philly’s own Iron Chef, Jose Garces? Uh, neither can we. Next Tuesday, February 16th, Garces will open his sixth culinary venture, the hotly-awaited gourmet market and café called Garces Trading Company, located on 1111 Locust Street. With operating hours of Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday and [...]
Field Guide: Banh Mi For Me And For You!
Aired May 19th, 2009 on Asian Fusion, Field Guide, Sandwiches and Vietnamese.12 CommentsVietnamese hoagies or “Saigon Subs” are a dark horse of Philly sandwich cuisine. This unique concoction is a result of French colonialism in the 1950s and 1960s, which mixed the liver-filled baguettes of the French countryside with the pickled vegetables and the tangy pork of Vietnamese cooking. During this pre-hoagie time, these sandwiches were [...]
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Smells Like Recession Cuisine: Salt Pepper Ketchup Coming Soon
Aired January 5th, 2009 on Junk Food, Sandwiches, Superfoods and video.2 CommentsWe were cruisin’ around the ol’ YouTube, and we came across this, the trailer for Salt Pepper Ketchup, which bills itself as “the first Philadelphia Cart Cuisine Internet show!” Sweet! Coming Spring ‘09.
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This is the one that got me. Like the Loch Ness Monster and Sasquatch rolled into one, the whispers about the existence of a sandwich that rivals the artery-clogging power of the Cheesesteak are legit. For veggies and ‘vores alike, this one will kill us all. When my dining partner and I looked at the [...]
