The Great Outdoors
May 18, 2012
Take Your Pick in This Weekend’s Festival Food Grab Bag Pick this weekend’s outdoor festivity based on your appetite at the Trenton Avenue Arts Fest,the Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival, the Italian Market Festival, or the Wheat Beer Festival.
Neighborhood Watch
May 18, 2012
Barnes Bites: Where to Eat in the Art Museum District After an afternoon of musing at the Barnes, take the opportunity to check out the area’s dining scene.
Booze You Can Use
May 18, 2012
Natural Wines Have Headache-Free Potential at a.kitchen a.kitchen offers an extensive list of natural wines for the spring.
The Chain Gang
May 18, 2012
Good Mood Food: Teen Finds a Finger in Arby’s Sandwich A 14-year-old boy from Michigan found a finger in his Arby’s roast beef sandwich.
BYO Bread to American Sardine Bar Schroeder wants people to know about the “BYO Bread program” he’s got going on for celiac sufferers at American Sardine Bar.
Philly Beer Week
May 17, 2012
The Other Critics
May 17, 2012
SoWe Wins Over Phyllis; Walnut Street Supper Club is “Disappointingly SoWe Wins Over Phyllis; Walnut Street Supper Club is “Disappointingly Incomplete”
Food Politics
May 17, 2012
Pizza Causes a Congressional Food Fight The battle over school lunches puts pizza back on the chopping block.
Foodie Events
May 16, 2012
Atlantic City Offers Up a Taste of Revel The Taste of Revel is offering an exhibit of foodie experiences presented in Atlantic City’s hottest new destination.
Tax Trouble for Nifty Fifty’s Nifty Fifty’s, the local burger and milkshake chain is now under federal investigation for tax fraud.
Foodie Events
May 16, 2012
Solmonov Celebrates Summer with a Zombie Luau at Zahav Zahav’s annual Down the Shore party returns this year with Down the Shore 3: Zombie Luau.
Manage Food Allergies Online with Foodie.fm A new website for finding allergy friendly recipes and products is now beta testing.
The Great Outdoors
May 15, 2012
7th Annual Wheat Beer Fest Happens Saturday, Celiac Suffers Beware South Philly Tap Room Chef Scott Schroeder will be manning the grill during the 7th annual Wheat Beer Festival.
Le Virtu’s Spring Menu is Accidently Veggie-Friendly Le Virtu’s spring menu has an accidentally meatless theme.
Booze You Can Use
May 15, 2012
Phoebe Esmon Breaks Down Bitters: Batram’s Recipe and a Sweet Sounding Pheobe Emson elaborates on the background of bitters and Wednesday’s Bartram’s Garden event.
Food Service Ranks in Top-10 List of Unhealthiest Jobs Female restaurant workers are more likely to be depressed than women in any other career.
Fish Stories
May 14, 2012
Philly’s Drugstore Food Scene Just Got Real The reportedly soon-to-be Walgreens space will offer more than just the obligatory magazines, over the counter meds and cosmetics. It will also be zoned as a health clinic, beauty salon, and restaurant.
Edible Industry
May 14, 2012
Move Over Plastic: Veggies Make it Possible, and Pricey Current veggie-based products are 25 - 100 percent more expensive than traditional plastic.
The Other Critics
May 14, 2012
LaBan Gives Two Bells for Fairmount’s Hickory Lane; Cherry Hill’s LaBan Gives Two Bells for Fairmount’s Hickory Lane; Cherry Hill’s Sang Kee Noodle Café Delivers an ‘Onslaught of Deliciousness’
Marketing Gimmicks
May 14, 2012
New, Possibly Dangerous, Sprays Let People Avoid Hassle of Eating and Drinking One spray lets people enjoy “the sensorial pleasure of alcohol without posing a threat to your health.”
Foodievents
Sept. 9, 2011
Feastival, Fringe’s Foodie Event is Just Days Away On Wednesday, September 14, the FEASTIVAL is back for its second year, and will be raising money, and awareness for Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe.
Charitable Chefs
Sept. 9, 2011
The Vetri Crew Makes a Healthy Meal for Kids in Connecticut Marc Vetri and partners Jeff Benjamin and Jeff Michaud got involved with Dream Camp, a summer program for disadvantaged children to teach kids about eating healthy foods in Philadelphia and now in Connecticut.
Foodicrafts
Sept. 9, 2011
Be a Game-Day Winner; Bring The Snackadium This monument of saturated fat, is dedicated to the proposition that all snacks are not created equal.
Square 1682 is Giving Away 200 Free Lunches To-Go Square 1682 will be passing out 200 free “It’s Always Sunny Chicken Sandwich” lunches on the corner of 17th & Sansom on Thursday.
GreenFest Philly Will Be Serving Up Green Eats Here are a few of the green snacks to grab, while wandering this Saturday’s patch of sustainability.
Iron Hill Brewery to Debut Pumpkin Ale’s “Big Brother” Later this month, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant will release The Great Imperial Pumpkin Ale.
What to Eat at Tashan - Opening Tonight Take a gander at the small plate menu and decide what you should be eating tonight at Tashan’s grand opening.
The Other Critics
Sept. 8, 2011
Happy Rooster’s Lobster Roll is a ‘Jackpot; Adam Erace Finds Plus: Talula’s Garden skimps on portions, and more, all in our weekly critical roundup.
Coming Soon
Sept. 7, 2011
Details Emerge on Tsingtau Lokal, the New German / Asian Spot Coming to Old City German / Asian cuisine doesn’t particularly evoke feelings of familiarity, but it’s actually a 100 year old culinary tradition that local restaurateur, Michael Naessens, is bringing to Old City.
Foodievents
Sept. 7, 2011
Philly Goes Hog-Wild this Saturday Saturday, September 10 will bring not one, but two pork inspired cookouts to Philly’s northern hoods, offering a combined total of 1,300 pounds of pork.
Foodievents
Sept. 7, 2011
London Grill Celebrates 20 Years With a Three-Pronged Anniversary Event London Grill will be celebrating it’s history with a special anniversary party and a new menu.
Booze You Can Use
Sept. 7, 2011
The Franklin Revives its Extra Credit Menu for September Extra Credit cocktails are $9 and are offered throughout the month of September, in addition to The Franklin’s ongoing Summer Menu.
Foodievents
Sept. 6, 2011
Jet Wine Bar to Host a Midnight Lobster & Riesling Party Jet’s $5 wines pair with its $5, $6, and $10 lobster dishes.
Down The Shore
Sept. 6, 2011
Suit -> Counter Suit; The Pier at Caesar’s in Atlantic City is Having A court docket obtained by Grub Street states that plaintiffs in the case claim that their landlord had fraudulently induced them to enter into a lease.
Far From Home’s Co-Founder Heads to the Big Food Truck in the Sky As reported by The Insider, Far From Home’s Co-Founder, Larry Comroe passed away on September 1.
Industry Night
Sept. 2, 2011
Chip Roman Heads to Amis for Industry Night Monday’s Industry Night at Amis brings together a farmer, a fisherman and an ice sculptor for an end of summer event.
Conshohocken Gets a Diner With a Conscience Conshohocken’s 401 Diner will be getting final finishing touches before it’s slated to re-open on September 12.
Foodievents
Sept. 2, 2011
DiBruno Bros & Stoudts Brewery Pay Tribute to All Things Goat Stoudts Brewing Company and 7th Heaven Farm will come together for a beer and cheese tasting with Chef Rob Sidor of DiBruno Bros.
Grub Street PHL
Sept. 2, 2011
New Farmers’ Market Headed to U-City The Radian at 40th & Walnut will host a weekly Farmers’ Market every Friday beginning today, September 2, through November 18.