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Sideline Chefs

Posted on Friday, October 29th, 2010

Sideline Chefs is Foobooz’ list of chefs and other veteran restaurant staffers in the Philadelphia area without their own kitchens or rooms right now. 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Upcoming | Sideline Chefs Jason Cichonski – The acclaimed young chef de cuisine of Lacroix is now laboring on [...]

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Around the Web: Blackbird Pizzeria

Posted on Thursday, October 21st, 2010

People are buzzing about Blackbird Pizzeria. Living on the Vedge and Mac & Cheese have plenty of praise for the pizza. And Yelp, well vegetarian Yelpers are thrilled to finally have a good vegan cheesesteak. Living on the Vedge cannot say enough good things about the pizza crust at Blackbird, putting it on par with Stella and [...]

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Midtown Village Fall Festival

Posted on Friday, October 1st, 2010

The 5th annual Midtown Village Fall Festival is set for this Saturday. From noon to 8pm there will be food, drink, music and shopping. This year will be the biggest yet, if for no other reason than seven new eateries have opened in the Midtown Village (Tweed, Zavino, Barbuzzo, Sampan, Fuel, Jake’s Sandwich Board, and [...]

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Quick Bites

Posted on Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

We’re extremely excited for the opening of Baby Blues in University City. The West Coast barbecue joint is opening to the public on October 8th. According to Michael Klein there are some private parties the week before (we’re sure our invite is in the mail). [The Insider] Meal Ticket takes a look inside Watkins Drinkery taking photos of [...]

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Oh Snap! It’s a Cocktail Competition

Posted on Monday, September 13th, 2010

Art in the Age is presenting a SNAP Cocktail competition tonight on Liberties Walk in Northern Liberties. Judges Drew Lazor from City Paper, Master Sommelier Melissa Monosoff (Savona) and William Grant & Sons Portfiolio Ambassador, Charlotte Voisey will judge a bevy of bartenders as they compete to make the best SNAP cocktails. The event is open [...]

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News for People’s Who Like Bad News

Posted on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Kildare’s King of Prussia location will be shutting its doors this Sunday as Dave Magrogan was unable to secure a new lease. [The Insider] Chef Steve Gonzalez is out at Zavino. His pastas were praised as much as any of his pizzas. [Meal Ticket] Susan Schlisman’s (Devil’s Alley, Smokin’ Betty’s, Sam’s in Wynnewood) Sam’s Grill [...]

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Tonight

Posted on Monday, August 30th, 2010

Zavino is now offering food and beverage pairings Monday through Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30pm. Tonight get Fried Green Tomato with olive tapenade and Mozzarella paired with a Troegs Sunshine Pilsner for $8.

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Around the Web

Posted on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Kelly White-Phillips gets into Adsum early and enjoys several of the cocktails and the Kool-Aid pickled watermelon. [Living on the Vedge] Two Eat Philly also gets to Adsum for an early look-see. [Two Eat Philly] It’s the height of summer veggie season and Zavino has the specials to prove it. And the 13th and Sansom pizza and wine [...]

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And Our New Food Critic Is …

Posted on Monday, July 19th, 2010

We’re really excited to introduce you to Philadelphia magazine’s new restaurant critic, Trey Popp. His first reviews will appear in the magazine in the September issue, but for the Restaurant Club, we have a sneak peek interview with the well-traveled writer. Most recently, Trey was the restaurant reviewer for the Philadelphia City Paper; he’s also [...]

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Eating at City Tap House

Posted on Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Much has been made about the beer at City Tap House but they also serve food at the West Philadelphia mega-bar and Trey Popp finds its pretty darn good. Yet overall, the kitchen does pretty well considering how many bases it’s trying to cover. Its pizzas are about on the level of Zavino’s — solid [...]

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