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Fish Opens New Location Tonight

Jim Adair — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:07:42 +0000

The new Fish opens tonight at 1234 Locust, where both seafood and non-seafood will be served. The new pastry chef mentioned above? Former 10 Arts pastry chef Monica Glass.

Matyson Presents: Lobster Mania!

Jim Adair — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:24:02 +0000

Matyson (37 South 19th St) will be presenting Lobster Mania this Wednesday and Thursday. The menu (below) is $45 a person; be sure to call ahead (215.564.2925) to make reservations.

Lobster Soup
Miso, buckwheat noodles, Japanese turnips, asparagus

Spicy Lobster & Charred Watermelon Salad
Saffron-lime, fava bean tapenade, opal basil

Lobster Stuffed Squash Blossom
Local baby squash, white beans, tomato, lemon verbena

Butter Poached Lobster
Seared foie gras, jalapeno corn cakes, truffled peaches

Lemon Cheesecake
Stewed blueberries

$45 Prix Fixe does not include tax, beverage or gratuity

Three Local Men Arrested For Harvesting Horseshoe Crabs, Presumably To Make Weirdest Food On Earth

Jim Adair — Wed, 25 May 2011 20:25:22 +0000

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, three local men were arrested for trying to steal 132 horseshoe crabs in Ocean City. Yes, people were actually trying to steal those terrible, creepy things. It may seem harmless but the horseshoes are used for medical and scientific purposes, along with keeping the ecosystem going. The Inky says that the men may have been harvesting them to sell for food, since it is apparently popular right now in Asian cultures to eat omelets made from their eggs:

Listen, we won’t knock it until we try it, but this just seems weird. And it gets even weirder when you know they aren’t actually crabs and are more closely related to scorpions and spiders.

We Apologize In Advance For This Headline: Take A Dump At Oyster House

Mark — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:28:07 +0000

The Oyster House is dishing up their “dump dinners” again. These seasonal dinners are a hands-on way to enjoy some shellfish, which are dumped (crab-boil style) onto the newspaper-covered table. At 5PM on every Tuesday though this summer, patrons can get down and dirty with some shellfish. The Oyster House’s Sam Mink explains the revelry of their $19 dump dinners: “Old-fashioned seafood boils are a hallmark of summer, but they have a reputation for being messy and a lot of work. With our Dump Dinner, we’ve done the work for you – right down to covering the table with newspaper, toting the full steam pot from the kitchen and pouring it out onto the table.”

The dinners includes boiled shellfish like shrimp, mussels, clams and oysters. Potatoes and smoked kielbasa also add to the rich flavor in the pot. If the bucket of shellfish isn’t enough for you, you can get buckets of Miller Genuine High Life Ponies to quench your thirst (3 for $5, 6 for $9 and 9 for $12). The Oyster House is open for dinner from Monday through Saturday, 5-11PM.

Oyster House, 1516 Sansom Street, 215-567-7683

Unplug Your Computer From The Wall And Go To Little Fish Right Now

tips — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:58:19 +0000

We pore over menus every day here at Phoodie.info, but we cannot quite recall the last one that made us literally stand up and say right into the computer screen, “SHUT UP, INTERNET. THE SEA IS CALLING ME.” But that’s what happened when we scoped tonight’s menu at Mike Stollenwerk‘s recently reopened BYOB Little Fish. According to your server Tom Dugan, that Ivory King Salmon is only 5% of the catch. Get over there.

Little Fish Restaurant, 746 S. 6th Street. 267.455.0172

Baseball Brunch At Fathom

Mark — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:49:25 +0000

Fathom Seafood House is coming correct with the three B’s: Baseball, beer and a brunch. From Sunday 11AM-3PM every week, Fathom offers their brunch. The brunch menu includes dishes like Stuffed French Toast, Peekyote Crab-Cake Sandwiches and Shrimp and Chorizo Frittatas. With the Phillies game at 1:35 on Sunday, Fathom would be a great place to grab a meal and a beer while you watch the game. Sunday Brunch is only one of three weekly events that Fathom hosts, the other two being Fish Fry Fridays and an Industry Night, also on Sunday. The Industry Night runs from 10PM-midnight and has ridiculous deals like $1 oysters, $2 pounders and $3 oyster shots, along with $4 drinks and $5 snacks.

Fathom, of course, is the sister restaurant to Fish on 1708 Lombard St. Outside of the great idea of the baseball brunch, Fathom has done a number of great things— including loading their menu with great deals and some really great dishes. Their menu includes both East and West Coast Oysters, Cod Pierogies and a Lobster Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Other items on Fathom’s menu include Blue Crab, Blue Bay Mussels, a plate of 7 Jonah Crab Claws, Smoked Marlin Tacos, and their namesake Fathom Fries (fries with spiced crab gravy and cheese curd). Fathom offers 11 types of beers in cans, including PBR and Guinness, and about double that available on draught. Beyond their main courses are some delicious sides as well: baked beans with bacon breadcrumbs, wilted spinach with shallots, and old bay fries, to just name a few.

Fathom Seafood House, 200 E. Girard Avenue. 267.761.9343

What’s With The Oyster Craze? PBR To Host Tuesday Shuck Offs!

kwinks — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:46:27 +0000

Introducing an awesome way to spend your otherwise boring Tuesday nights. Philadelphia Bar & Restaurant is launching Tuesday evening Shuck Offs, with raw oysters and beer flights beginning April 5, 2011 from 5pm to midnight. Chef Jordan “Red” Sauter will offer a variety of east and west coast bivalves for $1 a piece. The first Tuesday will includes Sewansecott Salts from Hog Island, VA, Sun Hollows From Hood Canal, WA, along with Deep Bays and Hawk’s Points from British Columbia.
There will also be a flight of four 5 oz. draughts from the extensive selection of constantly rotating craft-beers, and they’re discounted during Tuesday’s Shuck Offs! The first flight listed caught our eye. It has 3 of our all time faves: Bells Brewery Two Hearted Ale, Dogfishhead 90 minute IPA, Tröegs Nugget Nectar and Flying Fish Exit 9 for $10.25. The other flight features Boulder Brewing Company’s Mojo Rising Double IPA, Bethlehem Brew-Works Monkey Wrench Saison, Southampton Biere de Mars, and Young’s Chocolate Stout for $9.25. And there’s dozens more combinations where that came from.
Image via philadelphiabarandrestaurant.com.

Philadelphia Bar & Restaurant – 120 Market Street,

Prix Fixe: “Local Seafood” Tasting Menu At Matyson

kwinks — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:29:06 +0000

Every now and then we remember how blessed we are to be living between two rivers. We’re not exactly sure about how we feel about eating fish from them, but perhaps Matyson can make us change our minds.

Today until Thursday the 31st, they’re hosting a “Local Seafood” Tasting menu which includes:

Cape May Salts – Meyer lemon
Smoked Pocono Trout Toasts – Pumpernickel, upland cress, cucumber, horseradish
Almond Crusted Jersey Fluke – Local baby beets, avocado, saffron butter sauce
Braised Long Island Monkfish – Herb polenta, tomato, black currants
Key Lime Tart – White chocolate, raspberries

$45 Prix Fixe does not include tax, beverage, or gratuity.

Matyson – 37th South 19th Street

Gunners Run Opens Brunch And, Also, CLAMBAKE!

tips — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:04:02 +0000

Gunners 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 location in the Piazza at Schmidt’s — has already gone a long way towards feeling more homey than its predecessor, rocking a kind of Stubb’s BBQ-as-told-to-Sugar Mom’s steez; a “rock and roll vacation” vibe, if you will. The menu is still settling, but we were pleased to learn that their Clambake looks like it might go into permanent rotation. And what a clambake it is: Clams, shrimp, mussels, sausage, corn, potato and old bay garlic broth all in one man-size portion, with that broth giving off just the right bite and the rest cooked to perfection. It’ll put hair on your chest, that’s for sure. Gunners Run’s brunch shift begins this weekend as well, boasting one of the city’s few build-yr-own Blood Mary bars. We do believe that this makes Gunners Run pretty much the manliest thing that has ever happened in the Piazza.

Gunners Run, 1001 North 2nd Street, The Piazza At Schmidt’s.

Schucking Pros Come Out For Oyster House’s Annual Shucking Contest March 26th

kwinks — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:33:30 +0000

Schucking awesome!

Oyster House hosts its second annual Shucking Contest on Saturday, March 26 beginning at 2 p.m. Professional oyster shuckers from across Philadelphia will compete for a $200 prize, with the amateurs competing afterward for a $100 Oyster House Gift Certificate. Admission to the shucking contest is $5 per person. And what do you get? All varieties of the oysters, freshly shucked – they’ll be passing them out as the contestants work- and, of course, access to the bar, plus a special firkin of a local craft beer.

“Oyster shucking is an art, and those who do it well rightly take pride in their ability,” says proprietor and third-generation restaurateur Sam Mink. “Last year, we had a full house with 18 professional and amateur shuckers, and we can’t wait to see who takes home the prize this year.”

The shuckers will include those from Oyster House and other renowned Philadelphia seafood houses. Judges, Drew Lazor of Mealticket, Art Etchells from Foobooz and Jamie Shanker from Midtown Lunch Philadelphia, will base their scoring on speed and accuracy, with one- second deductions for each broken shell or ripped oyster.

Image via Kingporkbuff.