May 30, 2013
It’s feeling an awful lot like summer today, and since the warm weather we’ve been wishing for is finally here, it deserves to be celebrated. Whether you’re actually spending time outside at an alfresco happy hour or this evening’s Phillies game, or just getting out of your house to visit a brand new diner in [...]
Read more»May 29, 2013
Hey, Fishtown! A new breakfast, lunch and dinner spot is coming to town. Say hello to the Mugshot Diner, the newest addition to East York Street. Mugshot Diner opens on Thursday, May 30 at 7 a.m. and welcomes the general public to its grand opening for tastes of its widely varying fare. Plus, during the [...]
Read more»April 24, 2013
Midtown Village is about to welcome another cool (and bound to be delicious) restaurant to the neighborhood. Pennsylvania 6 (PE6) is named for the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City, one of the town’s trendiest spots in the years following prohibition. The restaurant takes its design cues from the historic hotel. The walls are decorated [...]
Read more»April 1, 2013
After a series of successful pop-up dinners and a floor-to-ceiling renovation of the former Maru Global, Shawn Darragh and chef Ben Puchowitz’s Cheu Noodle Bar opens today, April 1, at 3 p.m. — no joke! The Cheu team had the opportunity to serve friends and family over the weekend and finalize finishing touches at the [...]
Read more»February 26, 2013
It has been a pretty long time coming — more than two years since the project was first announced — but the wait is finally over. The new South Street location of Honey’s Sit ‘n Eat is here. And we are not going to lie — we were pretty excited (and maybe in a little [...]
Read more»February 6, 2013
The above map shows the location of Marc Vetri’s forthcoming Pizzeria Vetri on Callowhill Street, just a stone’s throw from the 20th Street entrance to the new Barnes Foundation on the Parkway. View Larger Map Big news from Philadelphia’s resident super chef, Marc Vetri: Chef Vetri has just signed the lease for a new [...]
Read more»February 1, 2013
From the brilliant minds behind Cafe Lift and Prohibition Taproom comes yet another welcome addition to the Loft District—and this time it’s a pizza-slinging BYOB. Bufad quietly opened right next to Prohibition Taproom last week with a limited menu and will be celebrating their grand opening all-day today. The intimate 30-seat restaurant will offer both [...]
Read more»January 24, 2013
It’s no secret we’re huge fans of Shake Shack — we were ecstatic when they opened their first Philadelphia location this past June and then we teamed up with them on a special custard giveaway as part of our Moonlit Movie Screening in Rittenhouse Square back in August… to say nothing of the fact that [...]
Read more»December 11, 2012
There’s a new cupcakery in town: Crumbs Bake Shop, cupcake baker to the stars, now open in Rittenhouse Square on 18th Street and Moravian in the former Leehe Fai spot. With our more than 50 varieties baked fresh daily and a new cupcake of the week every Monday, Crumbs offers crack-like cupcakes so tasty it’s [...]
Read more»November 5, 2012
This Wednesday, November 7 at 5 p.m., restaurateurs Steven Cook and Chef Michael Solomonov will welcome the newest addition to their Philadelphia food empire: Citron and Rose, a glatt kosher restaurant and catering company in Merion on the Main Line. Joining Cook + Solo in the venture is owner David Magerman, a philanthropist who created the Kohelet Foundation, [...]
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