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Sbraga’s Share Our Strength Dinner in Pictures

Posted by Sam Bloch on May 15th, 2013

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Last night Kevin Sbraga hosted a charity dinner benefitting Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. And each participating chef seemed bent on creating a better looking dish than the one prior.

Check out these hot, hot, hot food shots »

Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival Is Happening This Saturday

Posted by Sam Bloch on May 15th, 2013

The annual Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival is this Saturday, May 18, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.. The festival extends from Walnut Street from Broad to 19th and on 18th Street, from Locust to Sansom. Over 40 of the areas best restaurants will be serving up their cuisine for your enjoyment at an affordable price. Some highlights of the participating restaurants include a. Kitchen, Barclay Prime, Continental Mid-town, Di Bruno Bros., El Rey, Le Bec Fin, Oyster House, Parc, Sbraga, Shake Shack, Vernick, and Village Whiskey.

If that doesn’t make you want go, maybe this will; there will be a tasting area with 20 of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s Chairman’s Selection wines with a concierge and on-site store.

Other stands will offer Peroni beer, Rex Goliath wines, Cintron, and cocktails. Also, there will be cooking demonstration at 19th and Walnut courtesy of Starr Restaurants. The great food, booze, shopping, activities and weather make the Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival a can’t miss.
Full list of participating restaurants »

UPDATE: Now That Nick Elmi Is Out Of A Job, Sbraga’s S.O.S. Dinner Features All Unemployed Chefs

Posted by Jason Sheehan on May 6th, 2013

Remember back a couple weeks ago when we wrote about Kevin Sbraga’s No Kid Hungry/Share Our Strength charity dinner? Of the five chefs that Sbraga was bringing on to cook with him (Walter Abrams, Shola Olunloyo, Jonathan Adams, David Katz and Nick Elmi), four of them were currently without kitchens, and the joke around Foobooz World HQ was, what does Kevin Sbraga know about Nick Elmi–the sole working chef on the list–that we don’t?

Well apparently he really did know something because word came down this weekend that Elmi was leaving his position as chef at Rittenhouse Tavern to open a restaurant of his own. Which means that Sbraga’s dinner can now function as a kind of support group for Philadelphia chefs without kitchens (including three former Perrier vets: Adams, Elmi and Abrams) as well as raising money for a good cause.

No Kid Hungry [Official]

Kevin Sbraga Hosting Charity Dinner with Four Chefs Without Restaurants

Posted by Foobooz on April 23rd, 2013

Kevin Sbraga is hosting a charity dinner benefitting Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. The $150 dinner will feature five courses from five different chefs including four who currently don’t have restaurants to call their own (Walter Abrams, Shola Olunloyo, Jonathan Adams and David Katz). The event goes down on Tuesday, May 14th and reservations are available through Sbraga.

Sbraga’s No Kid Hungry dinner »

Sbraga Announces 2013 Chefs Counter Tasting Menu Schedule

Posted by Jason Sheehan on March 22nd, 2013

Breakfast For Dinner, Philly Tailgate, Veggies Only, Feast of the Seven Fishes–those were a few of the inspirations that shaped Kevin Sbraga’s last round of tasting menus at his eponymous (and award-winning) restaurant. But now Mr. Top Chef has come out with a whole new spread which will take us from April (where he’ll kick off with a Spring Menu Preview) all the way through ’til December.

The way the monthly chef-counter tastings work is this: They’re six courses, prix fixe, priced at $75 (with an optional $50 beverage pairing), and served at the short counter in front of the open kitchen–often by chef Kevin Sbraga himself. They’re frequently weird, sometimes challenging, almost always awesome, and if you have the means you should totally check one out.

Sbraga’s 2013 Chefs Counter Tasting Menu schedule

Welcome to Sbragadome

Posted by Foobooz on March 21st, 2013

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Michael Rouleau and Greg Garbacz competing at Cook | Photo by Yoni Nimrod

At Sbraga, chefs compete for bragging rights and to keep their minds nimble. Drew Lazor has the story.

“When we do these battles, we’re not holding back. If somebody’s at one level,” explained [Greg] Garbacz, holding his hand high above his head, “everybody should be at that level. This shows everyone where that level is – where they need to be.”

Chefs compete for Sbraga-ing rights [Philadelphia Daily News]
Sbraga [Official Site]

A Tease of Philly Cooks Participants

Posted by Foobooz on January 22nd, 2013

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Last week we told you how Philly Cooks is all new this year. The event has turned into a week-long celebration of Philadelphia’s top kitchens and culinary masters. Today we’re sharing just some of the restaurants that will be participating in the Philly Cooks Big Event, set for Thursday, February 28th.

Among the hand-picked restaurants »

Celebrating A Win At Sbraga

Earlier today, Kevin Sbraga and his team celebrated their being chosen as one of the Best New Restaurants of the Year by Esquire magazine. Something tells me there will probably be some more celebrating happening tonight…

Accolades: Sbraga Makes Esquire’s List Of Best New Restaurants

It was Sbraga’s $49 four-course tasting menu and guest-first mentality that impressed Esquire’s John Mariani this year.

About Last Night: Sbraga Wins Cocktail Contest

Posted by Foobooz on September 21st, 2012

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Anwar Morgan of Sbraga won the cocktail contest at last night’s Rittenhouse Row Fall Festival. His winning drink combined Knob Creek Rye, a maple bacon rim and a smoked cinnamon stick into the winning Log Cabin cocktail.

Pictured: Southern Wine & Spirits’ Stephen Jamieson, Anwar Morgan, Melody Binder (Southern Wine & Spirits) with Kevin Sbraga and Jessica Beavin, Eastern PA Division Director at Southern Wine & Spirits.

The Drink Details »

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