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Pig Roast at The Cambridge

Posted by Sam Bloch on May 17th, 2013

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The Cambridge on South Street will be hosting a spring pig roast on Sunday, May 19, in their outdoor courtyard. The event gets underway at 5 p.m. with suckling roasted pig and sides like farro salad and homemade cornbread and a nice Victory Summer Love draft for only $18.

The Cambridge will also have a few spring and summer draft favorites for $5, like 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon, Ithaca Apricot Wheat, Blue Point Spring Fling, Port Brewing Summer Pale Ake, Troegg’s and Sunshine Pils. The event will move inside around 9:30 p.m. when blues guitarist George Urgo takes the stage. Nothing can welcome spring quite like pig, beer, and blues, and you can get it all at The Cambridge this Sunday.

The Cambridge [Official Site]

Playboy Lists Franklin Mortgage as One of Nation’s Top Bars (For Those Of You Who Actually Do Want To Read Playboy For The Articles)

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on August 8th, 2012

Playboy (yes, that Playboy) has announced its list of the best bars in the country and Philadelphia’s own Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. has made the cut. Under the four categories named on the list (Dive Bars, Seduction Spots, Classics and Mixology), the Franklin came in under “Mixology” (of course), sharing space with nine other joints where the cocktail is king.

All told, Playboy’s editors named about forty bars, and the Franklin shared space with some serious national heavy hitters like The Violet Hour and Aviary in Chicago, Sazerac in New Orleans, and Drink in Boston. Playboy had much to say on the Franklin’s classic aesthetic:

Named for the company that served as the front for what was once the largest illicit booze ring in the country, this establishment is an homage to the pre-Prohibition era: the style, architecture, music, even the lightbulbs—and, yes, the drinks.

Cheers to you, Franklin Mortgage.

Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co [Official Site]

America’s Best Bars 2012 [Playboy]

National Root Beer Float Day at Percy Street

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on August 2nd, 2012

On Monday August 6^th starting at 5pm Percy St. Barbecue will be celebrating National Root Beer Float Day. Using Yards Brewing Company Root Beer made just for Percy St. and house made vanilla ice cream, Percy St. will be handing out three types of floats, all served in a frosted mason jar and topped with ice cream. The Yards Root Beer Float will be $3 and a Spiked Float with Old Overholt Rye will go for $6. Percy St. will also be serving their signature Oskar Blues Ten Fidy float, with the chocolate-covered caramel and coffee flavored stout poured over vanilla ice cream, for $10.50.

Percy Street Barbecue [Official Site]

Bring Your Own Vinyl For the Kids

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on July 31st, 2012

Deva Watson, a server at Pub & Kitchen has recently been hired to teach art at a charter school in Southwest Philadelphia. Unfortunately her classroom needs some help, so Deva has signed on the sustainable company Greensaw Design and Build to create a new classroom pro bono. But after losing state funding for the initial costs, Deva has to find a new way to raise the money, all while working 80 hour weeks between teaching and serving to cover art supply costs.

Enter Pub & Kitchen owner Ed Hackett. He has offered to hold one of P&K’s Bring Your Own Vinyl nights with all proceeds benefitting the build of Deva’s classroom. For the fundraiser, which is on Monday, August 6^th at 9 p.m , Sixpoint Brewery has been nice enough to donate a keg of P&K Pale Ale. Those beers will be $3 and Heaven Hill shots will be $5. So drink up, it’s for the kids!

In the meantime, check out Deva’s project and donate to her at http://www.indiegogo.com/mydivingbell.

Pub & Kitchen [Official Site]

Olympic Specials

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on July 26th, 2012

Just in case you haven’t seen enough Olympics-themed everything in the past month we at Foobooz are delighted to bring you a round up of Olympic-themed activities and food and drink specials starting this weekend (all in the colors of the Olympic rings). You are very welcome.

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Hand-Bottled Fizzy Cocktails at Garces Trading Co.

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on June 26th, 2012

Just in time for the hottest days of the season Garces Trading Co. is offering a twist on summer cocktails. Beverage manager Brandon Thomas has created three hand-bottled fizzy cocktails to serve to the dine-in guests at GTC.

Each cocktail is mixed, frozen to 30 degrees, and carbonated before being hand-bottled with Garces Trading Co. caps. When ordered each individual glass bottle is poured into properly garnished glasses and served for $12. Thomas will create new flavors and combinations for each season.

For the summer these cocktails include »

Six Pack: House Made Sodas

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on June 6th, 2012

While New Yorkers shudder at the thought of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on large servings of sodas and sugary drinks, we Philadelphians are prepared to let all the soda addicts cry on our shoulders. More importantly, we are also prepared to brag about the limitless bottles of craft soda that we have on hand throughout this great city at any point in time. At these six Philly establishments you can find a plethora of flavors in as many ounces as your heart desires.

Stings a bit, doesn’t it NYC?

Hey, if you’re nice we may even let you have some. But only, like, 12 oz or so.

Our Favorite House Made Sodas (no high fructose corn syrup anywhere) »

Pumpkin Brandy Back at The Dive

Posted by Kirsten Henri on November 25th, 2008

What goes best with pumpkin pie? Pumpkin brandy, obviously. Jonn Klein, owner of Bella Vista bar, The Dive, has whipped up another batch of his famous pumpkin brandy, which I wrote about last year:

Itâ€™s made with real pumpkinâ€”not the canned stuffâ€”plus a healthy dose of rum, vodka and brandy spiced with nutmeg and clove. Served warm, this mellow beverage is evocative of an exceptional pumpkin pie.

He’s only made 10 gallons, so it’s available for as long as it lasts. $5 a glass.

The Dive [Official Site]

My Rendezvous with Flavored Vodka

Posted by Kirsten Henri on November 18th, 2008

In my little food world, where I serve as chief cook, bottle washer and benevolent dictator, I do not permit flavored vodkas. I am against them, I don’t believe in them and I shun them. Unless they are free, in which case I will drink them happily. Did I mention this was my little food world? I make the rules here. Don’t argue with me.

Of course, as a dictator – even a benevolent one – I can turn on a dime. I must have whims and they must be catered to! So I’m upending my flavored vodka ban for one product only:

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