January 2, 2013
With the holiday season in high gear, it’s a good time to reflect on the good fortune bestowed on Philadelphia this past year. From well-deserved accolades — being named one of the top 10 destinations for 2013, and home to the Best Sandwich in America — to exciting development projects — the opening of The [...]
Read more»October 10, 2012
Start saving room. Square 1682 is hosting the third annual “Cheesesteak Challenge: High Steaks” block party this Sunday, October 14 from 2–5 p.m. Salute Philadelphia’s signature dish while benefiting local public schools through The Philadelphia Academies (a charity dedicated to Philly public school students). $25 admission gets you unlimited tastes from cheesesteaks around the city, all [...]
Read more»October 3, 2012
The opening of The Hotel Monaco Philadelphia on Independence Mall is set for tomorrow, Thursday, October 4 (the ribbon-cutting is slated for October 11). The Monaco is the second Kimpton property in Philadelphia (the Hotel Palomar near Rittenhouse Square opened in October 2009). And one thing Kimpton takes very seriously, and executes extremely well, is their hotels’ restaurants. [...]
Read more»May 4, 2012
This Wednesday, May 9, Chef Guillermo Tellez of Square 1682 at the Hotel Palomar will host a BBQ pop-up outdoors on Sansom Street with a savory menu that makes us crave the taste of summer days accompanied by bright fashions and pitchers of anything cool and heavily spiked. To launch the restaurant’s al fresco dining [...]
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Check out the video above to meet Chef Guillermo Tellez, Executive Chef at Square 1682 at the Hotel Palomar, and learn about what he wishes more people knew about Philadelphia. Warning: hunger may ensue.
Square 1682
121 S. 17th Street
www.square1682.com
Reading Terminal Market
12th & Arch Streets
www.readingterminalmarket.org
Check out the video above to meet Chef Guillermo Tellez, Executive Chef at Square 1682 at the Hotel Palomar, and learn about what he wishes more people knew about Philadelphia. Warning: hunger may ensue. Square 1682 121 S. 17th Street www.square1682.com Reading Terminal Market 12th & Arch Streets www.readingterminalmarket.org
Read more»September 20, 2011
In honor of this fall’s Center City District Restaurant Week, which kicked off last week and lasts through this Friday, September 23, we’re running a short series of Q&As with some top Center City chefs whose restaurants are participating in the biannual promotion. First up was Daniel Stern, Chef of R2L. Next, Anne Coll, Executive [...]
Read more»August 1, 2011
We recently announced a very exciting partnership between Center City District and Philly Homegrown for this fall’s Restaurant Week, wherein each restaurant participating will showcase at least one dish that uses the bounty of vegetables, fruit, meat, poultry, seafood or herbs available in our region. As a teaser for the much-anticipated series, coming September 12-16 [...]
Read more»July 11, 2011
Beer and barbecue: two of our favorite summer staples. And Square 1682 and Victory Brewing Company have cooked up a sizzling summer event to combine the two: a Beer BBQ, or “Beer-BQ,” this Wednesday, July 13. Chef Guillermo Tellez will serve up a four-course BBQ-themed meal awash with vibrant, refreshing flavors like lime, cilantro and [...]
Read more»June 13, 2011
A vacant lot in the heart of Center City’s busy business district has been converted into a temporary green oasis. Today, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and Philly Homegrown introduced a brand new pop-up garden at 20th and Market Streets in Center City called “PHS Pops Up,” a giant temporary green space that will grow [...]
Read more»February 23, 2011
It’s rare to be able to experience firsthand the collaboration of two such big-time chefs. Square 1682 at Hotel Palomar will host an unforgettable evening, Sunday, February 27, as Chef Guillermo Tellez teams up with legendary two time James Beard Award winner Chef Susanna Foo (of her eponymous restaurant in Radnor) to serve an exclusive [...]
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