May 17, 2013
[This spring, Visit Philly launched a new effort to promote 14 different neighborhoods surrounding Center City Philadelphia. With our new complementary "Philadelphia Neighborhoods" post series, Uwishunu is teaming up with Visit Philly to promote all the awesome dining, shopping, arts, nightlife, events and more within Philly's many exciting neighborhoods.] This weekend, the 9th Street Italian [...]
Read more»December 3, 2012
Master chef Anthony Bourdain heeded the calls of thousands of Philadelphia fans and finally booked a trip to the 215 to be featured on his Travel Channel show The Layover. We shared a blow-by-blow guide to Tony’s trip to Philadelphia, but tonight is the real deal. The Philadelphia episode of The Layover is set to [...]
Read more»October 16, 2012
In a five-page, full-color spread in November’s Travel + Leisure, the magazine profiles Philadelphia as a must-visit culinary destination. Titled “Hungry in Philadelphia,” the article posits that “a new generation of chefs is putting Philadelphia on the map,” and highlights ten restaurants from diverse neighborhoods around the city: Farm & Fisherman, Kanella, Koo Zee Doo, [...]
Read more»August 7, 2012
Two editors from Saveur Magazine came to town recently and had some extremely nice things to say about their time here in a feature published online yesterday, declaring Philadelphia to be “the East Coast’s most exciting emerging food town.” It was raining buckets when SAVEUR senior editor Gabriella Gershenson and I rolled into Philadelphia for [...]
Read more»July 24, 2012
At long last, it’s finally happening… Anthony Bourdain is in Philadelphia — today! — to film an upcoming episode of one his travel shows. Naturally, we’re pretty excited. You see, we first told you about Bourdain’s professed desire to shoot a show in Philadelphia last November and then again this March, when Bourdain went on [...]
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Watch the video above to meet Peter McAndrews, the Chef/Owner of some of Philadelphia’s most popular restaurants: Modo Mio, Monsu and Paesano’s sandwich shops. He also recently opened a brand new spot called Popolino in Northern Liberties, a “Roman-style BYOB.”
Watch Chef McAndrews cook, see inside his restaurants and learn what he wishes more people knew about in Philadelphia.
Modo Mio
161 W. Girard Avenue
www.modomiorestaurant.com
Monsu
901 Christian Street
www.monsurestaurant.com
Paesano’s
1017 S. 9th Street, 152 W. Girard Avenue
www.paesanosphillystyle.com
Popolino
501 Fairmount Avenue
www.modomiorestaurant.com/popolino
Watch the video above to meet Peter McAndrews, the Chef/Owner of some of Philadelphia’s most popular restaurants: Modo Mio, Monsu and Paesano’s sandwich shops. He also recently opened a brand new spot called Popolino in Northern Liberties, a “Roman-style BYOB.” Watch Chef McAndrews cook, see inside his restaurants and learn what he wishes more people [...]
Read more»July 29, 2011
Every summer, Philadelphians look forward to diving into Philadelphia Magazine’s annual Best of Philly® issue to see what’s the latest and greatest in our fair city. Accordingly, it’s a pretty big deal to be crowned a winner. So we wanted to talk to the winners and elicit from them what about Philadelphia made them proud [...]
Read more»April 26, 2011
Everyone has a hankering for a good burger every now and again (and again). But what if you want to sample all of the city’s best burgers at a single event? Enter the Philadelphia Burger Brawl, coming Saturday, June 4, tickets for which are now officially on sale. Eighteen of the biggest burger boasters in [...]
Read more»April 7, 2011
US Airways Magazine just came out with another listicle, this one spotlighting 14 restaurants in different cities across the country that it calls the most trendsetting restaurants in the United States. The mag names Philadelphia’s own Paesano’s as one of these super trendsetting restaurants, placing Paesano’s Philly Style in with some very impressive company, including [...]
Read more»February 23, 2011
Tonight’s episode of Throwdown! With Bobby Flay spotlights Italian Market sandwich shop Paesano’s in a grinder-vs.-grinder cooking competition. Paesano’s Chef Peter McAndrews puts his famous “Paesano” grinder – beef brisket, horseradish mayo, roasted tomatoes, pepperincino, sharp provolone and fried egg – up against Bobby Flay in a championship throwdown. You can check out McAndrews’ recipe [...]
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