Port-Richmond

Where We’re Eating: Bonk’s

Posted by Victor Fiorillo on June 3rd, 2013

“Sticky, licky, sucky, messy, dirty and wet: There is something better than sex for sale in Port Richmond, and no, it’s not heroin.” Seriously, we don’t normally quote Yelp comments in the course of reviewing a restaurant, but that one in particular (from former City Paper food writer Felicia D’Ambrosio) pretty much sums up the experience at this quintessential Port Richmond dive bar, which has been known to run out of crabs by 7 p.m. Sizes and prices change daily, but like the beer, the crabs are among the cheapest around. Two pieces of advice: When the bartender asks, “Ya want some Bonk’s juice?,” don’t ask what’s in it; just say yes. And don’t order anything but crabs, fries and beer, or you’ll be sorry you did.

Bonk’s
3467 richmond street
215-634-9927

First appeared in the June, 2013 issue of Philadelphia magazine.

Barbara Tacconelli of Pizzeria Fame Passes Away

Posted by Foobooz on December 26th, 2012

Barbara Tacconelli passed away on December 22nd. She was married to Vincent Tacconelli and together the couple ran Port Richmod’s Tacconelli’s Pizzeria. After 44 years in the business the couple retired to the Jersey Shore in 2002 and turned the famed pizzeria over to their children and grandchildren.

Barbara Cummiskey Tacconelli was 77.

[Philadelphia Inquirer via Grub Street]

Mercer Cafe Might Serve the Best Chipped Beef in the World

Posted by Foobooz on October 12th, 2012

Adam Erace ventures to Port Richmond for Mercer Cafe, the feels like it’s been there forever breakfast and lunch joint owned by brothers Tom and Bobby Woltjen.

Mercer gets so much right. Bacon is thick. Home fries are crisp. But the greatest victory here is the cream chipped beef. “It’s my father’s recipe,” says Tom. “It’s got three ingredients: butter, heavy cream and beef.” Had he told me it was made exclusively of butter, I would have believed him. The S.O.S. bled liquid gold, conveying a richness that wouldn’t quit. This is not only the best chipped beef in the city, but probably in the world.

Yolk Lore [City Paper]

Russian River Mini Pop-Up Today

Posted by Foobooz on January 25th, 2012

Early this morning we received an email from Memphis Taproom that they were throwing a mini pop-up of Russian River beers today. On tap starting at 11:30 a.m., Pliny the Elder, Blind Pig, Damnation, Supplication, and Consecration.

Memphis Taproom [Official Site]

Restaurant Weeks Out the Wazoo

Posted by Foobooz on September 13th, 2010

Center City’s Restaurant Week is into the second day of its 12-day run but it is far from the only Restaurant Week that’s coming up. In fact you can participate in a Restaurant Week event just about every night through mid-October.

Collingswood Restaurant Week (September 26th to 30th)
Main Line Restaurant Week (September 27th to October 3rd)
Chinatown Restaurant Week (October 1st to
River Wards Restaurant Week (October 3rd to 10th)
Philly Neighborhood Food Week (October 10th to 16th)
South Jersey Hot Chefs (October 17th to 22nd)

Vintage Beer List At Memphis Taproom

Posted by Foobooz on December 14th, 2009

’0 yeah, what we were going to post about before being distracted by the paper model of the Kenzinger truck was that the Memphis Taproom has added a vintage bottle beer section to its bottle list.

Try items like a ’96 Gale’s Prize Old Ale from Hampshire, UK or see what a decade will do to a St. Bernardus 12 or what depth a De Dolle Oerbier Gran Riserva has developed since ’06. Prices run from $10 for that Gale’s Prize up to $55 for Abbaye St. Bon Chien from Saignelegier, Switzerland. Check out the full list here (PDF).

The Memphis also has a couple of dates worth noting on your drinking calendar, on Christmas Eve’s Eve it’ll be kick the keg night where all drafts will be $3 until the kegs run dry. That all makes room for the Boxing Day Beer Festival where at 8am they’ll be serving some of the best Holiday and Seasonal beers from around the world. You can also earn $1 off each draft by bringing in a coat, blanket or 3 cans of food.

Calendar of Events [Memphis Taproom]

Own Your Own Memphis Taproom

Posted by Foobooz on December 14th, 2009

Daymaker Industries makes do it yourself paper models and they’ve got a paper model of the Memphis Taproom, the Kenzinger beer truck and other easily recognized “Port Fishington”and Philadelphia landmarks. How cool is that?

Daymaker Industries [Etsy]
Memphis Taproom [Official Site]

Sonic Boom

Posted by Foobooz on November 6th, 2009

sonic

Philadelphia is getting its first Sonic Drive-in on Monday, November 16th. We have never been to a Sonic and have been puzzled for years on why they insist on advertising nationally if they aren’t a national company. Twitter buzz has been decidedly mixed.

Foobooz readers, what do you think? Yay, or nay on Sonic Drive-in coming to Aramingo Avenue in Port Richmond.

Philly gets its first Sonic [The Insider]
Sonic Drive-In [Official Site]

Food Tour With Rick Nichols

Posted by Foobooz on March 5th, 2009

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First Person Arts is presenting a walking tour of Polish eateries in Port Richmond. The tour will be led by Inquirer writer and Foobooz crush object, Rick Nichols.

Experience Polish delicacies like goulash, cheese and cherry babka, potato pancakes, pierogies, sauerkraut sausage stew, Lech beer and more.

The tour is on Saturday, March 28th and tickets are $85 per person. $75 for members.

Edible World Food Tour [First Person Arts]
The waiting game in Port Richmond [Philadelphia Inquirer]

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