With Center City Sips taking over Wednesday nights during late summer, making it to Old City District Thursdays was a bit of a challenge. But not that Sips is over, this is the week, the last week, to experience Old City Thursdays. With cheap drinks and extended gallery and retail hours at places such as […]
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The Once-Over: University City Dining Days at Marigold Kitchen
Aired July 31st, 2008 on specials and The Once-Over. 1 CommentI’ve been itching to check out Marigold Kitchen since I read about the chef change in December, but the two times I went to make brunch reservations I couldn’t get a table until 2:30 in the afternoon, which we all know is nap time. So when University City Dining Days came around I booked a […]
Dining Our For Life takes place tonight all over the Delaware Valley. Take this opportunity to try a new place, or head to your favorite local haunt to support a great cause. On this one night only, over 200 participating restaurants in the region will donate 33% of all proceeds to the fight against HIV […]
Specials: It’s All Japanese/Greek/Mushrooms To Me
Aired April 15th, 2008 on Uncategorized and specials. 0 CommentsHaven’t found time to check out that Japanese restaurant you’ve been itching to visit yet? Well, now you have no excuse: Dine out Japan is in full swing and not only can you receive 20% at participating restaurants through April 18th, but also it’s a great reason to drink some sake and experience some springtime, […]
This Spring Chef Poon is offering a 10-course seafood banquet to celebrate the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. Yes, the festival is in October — but the banquet runs through June. We’re as confused as you, but as our editor just said, “DON’T QUESTION THE POON.” I think this is very good advice indeed. Why do […]
Attn. Seasonal Depressives: You’re Almost Out Of The Woods
Aired March 18th, 2008 on Uncategorized, specials, But What About The Children? and Phoodies. 0 Comments“I know I’m not John’s: Nobody is. Can you just get over it and love me anyway?”
As of this writing there is but 1 day, 21 hours and 6 minutes until the first day of Spring. With it comes: young love, acceptable levels of slacking on the job, a return to the time-honored traditions of […]
Specials: Bar Ferdinand’s Monday Night Wine Thing Will Definitely Help You Get Fired
Aired February 19th, 2008 on specials. 0 CommentsWe also (finally) hit up Bar Ferdinand’s Monday half-price-bottle-of-wine thing. The results? Grand. I mean, where else can you score a bottle of Dominio de Tares ‘Albares’ Bierzo and Osborne ‘Solaz’ Shiraz Tempranillo for a combined total of $30? Oh, Total Wine, you say? But isn’t that in New Jersey and isn’t it illegal to […]
Pearls & Brass. Pissed Jeans. Randy Huth has a big hand in both, and any day now Drag City will release his self-titled solo debut as Randall of Nazareth. But it’s for something else that we’re loving him right now: The Gay Randy, his namesake Khyber concoction. It’s real simple — Miller High Life and […]





