Ramen Boy has now opened at 204 North 9th Street in Chinatown. The team of Yakitori Boy will be slinging soup six days a week. [The Insider]
Roundeye Noodle Bar has announced the date of its next ramen pop-up. Save the date for February 26th. This one will be reservations only. Details to follow. [Facebook]
Okay, so we’ve had some big weeks before, news-wise. We’ve had some big weeks before, awesomeness-wise. But rarely does there come a week which is both newsy and awesome. This, though, was one of them. So whether it was all the hoopla over Craig Laban’s bells, a surprise look inside Hop Sing Laundromat, pictures of Charlize Theron and beer or dreaming of wieners at the Reading Terminal Market, this was the kind of week where you wanted to keep an eye on all of it. Lucky for you, that’s just what we do. And here are some things you might’ve missed…
Today at 4 p.m. Molly Malloy’s in the Reading Terminal Market will be tapping Engine 1892 Market Stout, the Philadelphia Brewing Co. chocolate beer brewed to commemorate the Market’s 120th anniversary.
In other chocolate stout debut news, Iron Hill Chestnut Hill is debuting its Oompa Loompa Stout. From 5 to 8 p.m. there will be complimentary chocolate truffles.
Upstairs at DiBruno Bros. on Chestnut Street is hosting a cheese class this evening inspired by St. Valentine’s Day and pairing cheese with Champagne. The $20 per person class will be led by Richard-Luis Morillo, DiBruno Rittenhouse’s Cheese Specialist who will guide you through each cheese; describing it and explaining how each one is complimented by the Champagne. Reservations can be made only by phone at 215-665-1659.
Saturday
Nodding Head is hosting its Second Saturday get together. This month it is a Phunkabration, featuring super rare sour beers from 3 to 6 p.m. The Tums are complimentary.
Today is the official opening of Nomad Pizza Company on 7th Street just off of South Street. The pizza restaurant is the second from physical restaurant from Stalin Bedon andTom Grim. In addition to their restaurant in Hopewell, New Jersey they also have a beautifully restored 1949 REO Speedwagon with built in wood fired brick pizza oven.
Today is Opa’s first anniversary and the Greek restaurant and bar is offering $1 specials for lunch and dinner.
Also this weekend, owners George and Vasiliki Tsiouris are donating 10% of all the weekend’s profits to the Support Center for Child Advocates, an organization that pro bono legal assistance and social service advocacy for abused and neglected children in Philadelphia.
UPDATE: We were just told that at unannounced intervals throughout the night Opa will be offering an open bar between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.
Since we started our Foobooz Flickr Group we’ve enjoyed looking through the excellent shots that have been contributed and thought we should periodically award a favorite shot. So we tasked the Philadelphia magazine photo department with picking the best of the initial bunch. So congrats to Dave Garonzik, your shot of the cheese plate at Talula’s Garden gets you a very sought after Sriracha inspired Foobooz t-shirt.
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…with some Asian cooking for your mother@#kin’ mouth?
That’s right. Beverly Kim’s power of positive thinking has put her in the same category as cockroaches and the gangs of L.A.. She’ll never die. Given the option, she’d probably multiply. For now, one Bev is enough to outcook Grayson in the Last Chance Kitchen, earning her a spot back in the Regular Chance Kitchen, and costing Gummy G a pack of smokes, a banana, and early onset wrinkles from making “please die” faces at the annoying little wood sprite.
Paris Wine Bar from the London Grill crew opens this evening at 5 p.m. The all-local wine bar will be serving up free hors d’oeuvres and will have live jazz with the Art Fischman Quartet.
In terms of restaurant world trade-offs, the one that happened at 7th and Kater is just about the best deal anyone could hope for. Yes, we lost Horizons when it bailed on the space back in July, but Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby leaving South Street meant they were free to go on and open Vedge in Washington Square West–which, according to all reliable sources, is the kind of place that can make even a dedicated carnivore weep at the deliciousness of a radish.
In the meantime, Horizons closure cleared the way for Tom Grim and Stalin Bedon to bring more than just a pizza truck to Philly. It allowed them to open another brick-and-mortar location of their interstate Nomad Pizza empire (the other location is in Hopewell, NJ), which had local pizza fanatics drooling from the word “go.”
And now, with all the final details cleared up and that big, beautiful oven cranking, Nomad is ready to debut. There’s a friends and family dinner tonight. Tomorrow, the place opens for business for real. Here’s what it will look like when the doors finally open.
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