April 29, 2013
Practice your best “gracias!” and get ready for this year’s 13th Street Cinco de Mayo block party. On Sunday, May 5 from noon to 9 p.m., El Vez is set to convert the block of 13th and Sansom streets in to an merry outdoor fiesta. The smells and tastes of Mexico will fill 13th Street [...]
Read more»April 9, 2013
In honor of the wonderful warm weather, we’ve put together a special edition of Tonight Picks to get you outside and into the balmy breezes. Stop what you’re doing and head for the nearest door, Philadelphia, it’s time to get outside and take in this springtime weather. • Dine Alfresco: Whether you’re grabbing a bite, [...]
Read more»March 4, 2013
We have exciting news for all the taco and tequila lovers out there (aka everyone). Lolita is bringing back their Taco Tuesday event for the month of March… rejoice! This month, the event will occur every Tuesday night in March (!!!). The hugely popular event features a $20 taco meal deal at one of Midtown [...]
Read more»January 7, 2013
There are few combinations that are tastier than tacos and tequila and the folks at BYOT Lolita are well aware of this. Accordingly, Chef Marcie Turney is bringing back the restaurant’s popular $20 Taco Tuesday event for two Tuesdays in January: the 8th and 15th. On these celebration-worthy nights, guests will choose from four entrees. [...]
Read more»September 24, 2012
Friends, football, food and fall — the F’s of the season — are celebrated tonight, and all Monday nights this season, at Jose Garces’ modern-Mexi restaurant in University City. Distrito’s Football Fiesta is an endless tacos and enchiladas night to enjoy while watching the big game on Distrito’s three high-definition televisions in the downstairs Cantina [...]
Read more»September 7, 2012
Back by popular demand this Tuesday, September 11 is Taco Tuesday At Lolita in Midtown Village. $20 per person gets you your choice of four types of tacos with four sides and three buckets of salsas. And these aren’t just any taco fixin’s. Think heirloom tomato-honeydew salad, Mexican BBQ baked beans, pickled morita-charred tomato salsa and more. Remember to bring cash and tequila (Lolita is BYOT). And you can’t make reservations, so get there on the early side. Check out the full menu below. Thanks, Chef Turney, for the taco bonus round! [Lolita]
August 21, 2012
As long as summer’s going strong, so is the barbecue. A Full Plate Cafe’s 6th annual Rib-Off returns for an afternoon of all-you-can-eat ribs, grilled veggies and tacos on Saturday, September 8 in Liberty Lands Park. From 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. enjoy the intense competition in three separate categories: the Rib-Off, Vegetarian Quickfire and Anything-Goes Taco [...]
Read more»August 13, 2012
Whether it’s happy hour, lunch or dinner, Philadelphia is loaded with a variety of options to enjoy helpings of Mahi Mahi, chicken and black bean Taco Tuesday dealage every week. Adding to the mix is Marcie Turney’s BYOT joint, Lolita, rolling out a one-night, cash-only taco menu this Tuesday, August 14. A seat at the [...]
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Check out the video below to meet Alan Krawitz, the owner and operator of the popular Say Cheese food truck on Temple University’s campus, and learn what he wishes more people knew about Philadelphia. Say Cheese also dishes up Grilled Cheese Fridays at Love Park in Center City, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Have a hankering for “hand made gourmet grilled cheese meltyness”? You know where to go. And now you know who the guy is when you get there.
Check out the video below to meet Alan Krawitz, the owner and operator of the popular Say Cheese food truck on Temple University’s campus, and learn what he wishes more people knew about Philadelphia. Say Cheese also dishes up Grilled Cheese Fridays at Love Park in Center City, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Have a hankering for [...]
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“Honest” Tom McCusker took his super popular food truck brick-and-mortar with the debut of Honest Tom’s Taco Shop in University City last fall. Check out the video above to meet Tom, and find out where he sources the ingredients for his delicious tacos.
Heads up: the shop just released a new menu, featuring breakfast burritos and tacos. Yum.
Honest Tom’s Taco Shop
261 S. 44th Street
(215) 620-1851
Clark Park Farmers’ Market
43rd Street at Baltimore Avenue
www.foodtrustmarkets.org
“Honest” Tom McCusker took his super popular food truck brick-and-mortar with the debut of Honest Tom’s Taco Shop in University City last fall. Check out the video above to meet Tom, and find out where he sources the ingredients for his delicious tacos. Heads up: the shop just released a new menu, featuring breakfast burritos [...]
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