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Tiki Pop-Up This Sunday at Lemon Hill

Posted by Foobooz on March 22nd, 2013

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This Sunday, Lemon Hill is hosting a tiki pop-up. The Franklin’s Mike Treffehn and Aaron Siak are going to be at the Fairmount bar blending fresh pina coladas, daiquiris and more.

The fun runs from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Check out the menu »

Tonight: Free Drinks At Franklin Mortgage (No, Really)

Posted by Jason Sheehan on March 4th, 2013

The cocktails at Franklin Mortgage are not exactly cheap. But tonight, some of them will be offered at the best price of all: Free.

Tonight, from 8 to midnight, all drinks made with Diageo products (which means Johnnie Walker, Bulleit, Ketel One, Cuervo, Tanqueray, Crown Royal and more) will be on the house. Totally gratis. Discounted by 100%. Oh, and what’s more, head barman Al Sotack will have some help behind the long oak with legendary drink-slinger Jim Meehan (from PDT in Manhattan) and his friend Ricky Gonzalez lending a hand. Free drinks. Good company. What’s not to love?

Sobriety is so overrated…

Franklin Mortgage [Official]

Lemon Hill Takes Over the Food at Franklin Mortgage

Posted by Foobooz on December 27th, 2012

Lemon Hill has taken over the food program at Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. chef Joel Mazigian will be preparing seasonal snacks like Speck with house mustard, Bayley Hazen Blue with pear vanilla aigre-doux and candied walnuts.

And remember, it’s never a bad idea to mix in solids during a drinking session at the Franklin.

Franklin Mortgage [Official Site]

New Drink Menu for Fall at Franklin Mortgage

Posted by Foobooz on October 10th, 2012

It isn’t just restaurants that change menus for the season. Franklin Mortgage and Investment Company’s menu changes are always worth taking note of. This one more than most because it is the first since Colin Shearn has left for St. Charles Exchange in Louisville. Head barman Al Sotack says “this menu more than any other illuminates the varied talents and interests of our staff as a whole. Every bartender is represented.”

Sotack says new GM Christina Rando’s “Fevre Dream” is one of his personal favorites. It’s “a delicate swizzle that plays Tanqueray off of Cocchi di Torino vermouth and a house apple mango chamomile tea.” Also look for some Autumnal favorites of prior menus to make a return such as the Sam Hain (a brandy Old Fashioned with house pumpkin syrup) and the Dolly Rocker (a gin cooler with house lemon thyme shrub.)

Franklin Mortgage and Investment Co. Fall 2012 Menu (PDF)

Franklin Mortgage and Investment Co. [Official Site]

Franklin Mortgage Expanding

Posted by Foobooz on September 27th, 2012

HughE Dillon tips us off to the expansion now underway above Franklin Mortgage and Investment Company. The expansion is rumored to be a couple weeks out. We’re excited to see what’s behind the brown paper.

Bar Notes: Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. On The Move [PhillyChitChat]

Photo by HughE Dillon

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]

Tapestry To Host Tiki Tuesdays

Posted by Foobooz on July 10th, 2012

Starting today and continuing on the second Tuesday of every month, Tapestry is turing into a beach side tiki bar with tiki attire, island music and a cocktail menu of rotating tiki drinks.

Mike “Juice” Treffehn of Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. will be guest bartending and offering a menu of eight classic tiki drinks. Prices will range from $8 to $13 with most tiki drinks coming in at $9.

Tapestry Tiki Tuesday Drink Menu »

Summer Drink Menu Debuts at Franklin Mortgage Tonight

Posted by Foobooz on July 2nd, 2012

Franklin Mortgage and Investment Co. is rolling out its new drink menu this evening. As always there are more than a few intriguing offerings. Peruse away.

Franklin Mortgage Summer Menu »

Franklin Celebrates Anniversary with Throwback Menu

Posted by Aubrey Nagle on May 31st, 2012

As of May 21^st The Franklin Mortgage and Investment Co. is now three years old. To celebrate this milestone The Franklin, lead by Head Bartender Al Sotack, has come up with a special “Best Of” menu. The “Best Of” will feature drinks from the first and second of The Franklin’s quarterly-changing menus from back in 2009.

Offered from June 4^th to June 30^th the list starts with the usual “Required Reading”, but now with a selection of classics from when The Franklin was just starting out, like the Champs Elysses. Followed by the “Easy Going” section (for softer cocktails like Main Line Wine) and “The Flowing Bowl” – returning three punch bowl favorites – the menu revives all The Franklin’s best concoctions. “Rebellious Spirits” get two pages of the menu, as usual, but brings back everything from the Inland Julep to the Royal Burgh. The list finishes up by adding cocktails like Restraining Order and Cowboy Killer (one of Philadelphia magazine’s 20 best drinks in Philadelphia) back to the “I Asked Her For Water, She Brought Me Gasoline” menu.

Congratulate The Franklin by trying some of their throwback offerings, but do it before July 1^st, when they change once again to the Mid-Summer menu.

Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. [Official Site]

Food & Wine Salutes Philly Bars

Posted by Foobooz on December 9th, 2011

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) is singled out at Franklin Mortgage while Sazeracs, Jupiters and Mary Pickfords all get the nod at Southwark.

50 Best Bars in America [Food & Wine]

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