Accolades
Sampan’s Graffiti Bar One Of The Best Outdoor Bars In America
Or at least that’s what Travel + Leisure says in their June issue. Dig it: Philly spray-paint artists Distort, A Lot and Rune tagged […]
Two Citizens Bank Park Dogs Make National Hot Dog List
The weather has today’s Phillies game looking iffy. But if you do head out to the ballpark check out the Texas Tommy (pictured above) or […]
New York Times Travel Section Spotlights our Food Truck Scene
Huzzah for Philadelphia. Our burgeoning food truck scene is noticed by the New York Times Travel section, the Food Trust’s Night Market is plugged and […]
Travel + Leisure Ranks Philadelphia #2 in Burgers
Travel + Leisure ranks Philadelphia #2 in burgers ahead of every other burger town but Providence, Rhode Island. The story quotes Hickory Lane’s Matt Zagorski […]
Iron Hill, Troegs and Dock Street Shine at World Beer Cup
Every two years the Brewers’ Association concludes their conference with the World Beer Cup Awards. Brewers from all over the world compete to win in […]
2012 James Beard Semifinalists Announced
The 2012 James Beard Semifinalists have been announced and Philadelphia area chefs and restaurants seem to have a bigger representation than normal. Tashan, The Farm […]
Mica Makes GQ’s List of Ten Best New Restaurants
Alan Richman and GQ come up with their 2012 list of the Ten Best New Restaurants in America and Chestnut Hill’s Mica makes the list. […]
Accolades: Brunch and Beer
Travel + Leisure lists America’s Best Brunches and Garces Trading Company comes in at #14. It was the sliced hangar steak, served with a poached egg with […]
Food & Wine Salutes Philly Bars
Food & Wine names the 50 Best Bars in America and includes Franklin Mortgage and Southwark. The Peckinpah (mezcal, rum, lime juice and blackberry-habanero syrup) […]
Food & Wine Names Mica’s Artichoke Agnolotti a Top Dish
Food & Wine has come out with their Top 10 Restaurant Dishes for 2011 and Chip Roman’s Artichoke Agnolotti from Mica is on the list. […]
Yards Ain’t No Microbrewery
Yards Brewing is no longer a microbrewery. No, they’re not aiming to clone Bud Light Platinum but rather they are too big for the microbrewery […]
Local Winners at GABF
The Great American Beer Festival concluded in Denver on Saturday and several local breweries brought home some hardware. 3,930 beers were judged in 83 categories […]
Quick Bites: New in Fishtown, Back on Broad and Vetri Building Out
Marc Vetri tweeted a picture today of a very early look at Alla Spina. Time for some cement. [Twitter] The former Crazy Fish Tavern in […]
Quick Bites: Decks and a Dozen Good Picks
For the rendering nerds, Standard Tap has published a few looks at the under construction roof for its deck. [Standard Tap] Drew Lazor of City […]