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Clockwise from left, PYT facade, burger and fries; photos by M. McClellan

Move over, Standard Tap! There’s a new burger in the neighborhood and from what I’ve seen and tasted so far, it’s poised to become hottest bite north of Market Street. Owned by local promoter Tommy Up, P.Y.T. is positioned in a prime corner of the Piazza at Schmidts, the european-influenced public plaza just off 2nd Street. They’re serving up a variety of well seasoned burgers, hand-cut fries and boozy milkshakes that will forever have you sneaking a shot of Patron XO into your vanilla shake. Vegetarians will also be delighted by the variety of available grilled cheese sandwiches.

Tommy Up thinks so highly of his burgers that he’s spent the week challenging the Stephen Starr organization to a burger competition. It started with him calling out SquareBurger for a head-to-head battle. Then earlier today, he sent an email around to local food-lovers, offering to put his burger up against any Starr burger. Time will only tell if Starr or one of his minions takes up the gauntlet.

After a soft grand opening last weekend, P.Y.T. spent all this week closed for training and tweaking. However, they’re opening up again today at 5 p.m. and for those of you with Twitter accounts, Tommy Up will be awarding one free draft High Life or Kenzinger to anyone who retweets the following message: “PYT opens at 5 today! Retweet for a COMPLIMENTARY High Life or Kenzinger draft on me! Show tweet to bartender.”

For more on P.Y.T., we’ve rounded up a number of posts from local bloggers who’ve already made their pilgrimage. Check out that list, as well as more pictures, after the jump.

P.Y.T.
The Piazza at Schmidt’s
1050 N Hancock Street, Philadelphia, PA
(215) 268-7825

Philadelphia, PA: P.Y.T.’s “P.Y.T. Burger” [Burgatory]
I Want to Love You, PYT [Fries With That Shake]
P.Y.T. [Foodaphilia]
Pretty Yummy Thing: Tommy Up’s Burger Lounge At The Piazza [Unbreaded]
P.Y.T. gets the grill going [Meal Ticket]
Dave Gahan can’t get enough-and neither can I…more on P.Y.T. [Foobooz]