Year In Review: May
We’ll be looking back at the year in Foobooz. Ah, remember May, 2009, the month Gordon Ramsay came to town.
News
- The unopened Yogorino receives a some hate.
- The first big accolade of the year for Jose Garces came in May when he won the James Beard Award for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic.
- Swine flu and drug wars in Mexico made it a crappy year for our southern neighbor. Luckily we can have a Mexican staycation in Philadelphia.
- Susanna Foo announces she is closing her four-bell Walnut Street restaurant.
- We find out that Franklin Mortgage and Investment Co. is coming to town.
- Zot might be gone but who will forget their Flintstone Dinners?
- We add a jobs section.
- We also unveiled our Outdoor Dining Guide. May isn’t that far away!
- They were short-lived but worth the buzz, Korean tacos at Ansill.
- Not all hype comes from PR, Bibou had foodies talking before a single table was set.
- Marc Vetri and his landlord feud over a mural.
- Bart Blatstein’s Piazza at Schmidt’s opens in Northern Liberties.
- P’unkers rejoice as Capogiro opened on the Avenue.
- You, like most everyone else missed Lynda’s Mediterranean’s reign on East Passyunk.
- Gordon Ramsay comes to Fishtown.
- Meme unleashes a burger with a foie gras patty on the world.
- Foobooz turns three.
- City Paper’s Chris Ross puts in 19 hours at Ray’s Happy Birthday Bar.
Dish of the Month
Lamb Belly Confit at Fork
Feury’s lamb belly confit is one the city’s new must-taste plates. Cured two weeks in garlic, salt and rosemary, then slow-poached in lamb fat and olive oil, the finished product is an encounter with the ultimate savory mille-feuille. Its myriad layers of roasty-edged, gamey meat and buttery molten fat dissolve on the tongue as the absolute essence of lamb. Add a pickled fan of sliced lamb’s tongue, grilled artichokes, and glossy dabs of black olive jus, and you have a Mediterranean lamb epic on a plate. Craig LaBan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Notable Openings
Bibou, Noble American Cookery, Silk City Beer Garden, Swift Half, Varga Bar
