Results tagged “restaurants”

When Phillyist heard Rum Bar (2005 Walnut St.) was adding some new fall-themed martinis to their menu, we sent out our resident pumpkin junkies to investigate. Since we've heaped the love on Rum Bar in the past, Adam Kanter, owner/manager of Rum Bar, hooked us up with some samples so we could report back on how to get your fix of fall flavors in liquid form. (Sometimes chewing is just too much work!) With more than 140 varieties of rum and three levels of rum-flight programs for patrons to conquer (these guys do not mess around), we knew Rum Bar's fall drink offerings would not disappoint.

Aside from generally awesome weather, the arrival of autumn has one big perk: fall food. Heavier and more flavorful than a summer menu, but neither as comforting nor as fattening as winter meals (if you don't count Thanksgiving, that is), fall brings with its gorgeous color palate a collection of foods you can't get fresh any other time of year. (And really, who wants pumpkin in July?) A plethora of new produce appears in supermarkets (does anyone know what to do with a five-pound bag of assorted gourds, by the way?), and restaurants roll out new menus and seasonal events. Among them, Old City's Fork Restaurant, which will (among other events in the coming weeks) hold a special fisherman's dinner on October 10—featuring fish that the guests catch themselves in a fishing excursion earlier that day.

Two of our favorite things about the autumn weekends, now combined in one totally weird commercial. (Via Miss Bee, via Bleeding Green Nation.) And hey, new IHOP just opened at Juniper and Walnut!

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We got a press release today from the Food Network, which announced the new season of The Next Iron Chef will kick off October 4th. Not, perhaps, Phillyist-worthy, but for one thing: James Beard winner Jose Garces of Amada/Tinto/Distrito/Chifa/soon-to-open Village Whiskey will be appearing on the show. You'd best believe that we on the Phillyist staff will be watching every week. Good luck, Chef!

Take a good look at this photo. Does it look like a place you'd be able to go for a quick, affordable lunch on a weekday, just a few blocks from major streets and public transportation? No?

While this video probably leaves a few things to be desired (like the pronunciation of "tilapia"), we can't fault anybody who loves one of our favorite spots in the city.

This week's planned Foodsday Tuesday post will have to wait, because we'd much rather tell you about a media alert we just received about one of our favorite suburban restaurants (Alison at Blue Bell) and one of our favorite preparations of "call-me-a-bad-Jew" meat (whole roasted pig). Next Wednesday, June 17, Chef Alison Barshak will be celebrating almost-summer with one helluva prix fixe meal: $35 will get you a choice of gazpacho or Caesar salad; split roasted pig (from Maple Acres Farm Market, a tamale, and a salad; and a dessert of either berry crisp with ice cream or a chocolate torte with berry sauce. It sounds delicious and perfect for summer—and maybe if it's a success, Chef Barshak can be persuaded to make this a regular event over the next few months?

We were thrilled a few months ago when it was announced that Chef Michael O'Halloran of Bistro 7 on Third Street in Old City had acquired the former Sovalo location in Northern Liberties and would be converting it into a Hong Kong street food-style restaurant, inspired by visits to the Hong Kong home of the chef's wife and partner, Sophia Lee. And now we're even more excited, as it appears Kong is nearing its opening, currently is slated for July, with menu items like dumplings, noodle bowls, steamed buns all capping out at $20. We'll post more details as we receive them!

We'd gladly eat lamb shoulder right out of your hands, too. Want to invite us over for dinner?

Freshness: we has it, in the form of neighborhood food co-ops.

Beware, oh industry hipsters.

Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day. Hell, it's not even a holiday celebrated in all of Mexico. (Wikipedia actually has a decent explanation here.) But, here in America, we like to use the holiday as an excuse to get wasted anyway. (It's like St. Patrick's Day, but with tequila.)

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Hail hail the queers are all here: PW celebrates Equality Forum with a Queer Issue.

American brasserie XIX (Nineteen) is located on the top floor of the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue, right at Broad and Walnut, and its website boasts that it is the highest restaurant in Philadelphia. With four balconies, all of which offer a breezy and spectacular panoramic view, the whole place has got a swank, jet-set kind of feel, and the fabulous thing is their menus are incredibly varied. One can enjoy oysters on the half-shell at the raw bar, mango mojitos at the regular bar, or antioxidant smoothies from the new juice bar.

We just received word that Pod, the sole Stephen Starr endeavor west of the Schuylkill, will be hosting an evening of sake education this Wednesday (April 29), complete with food pairings, for $65. We know how much we usually spend at Pod (hint: a lot more than $65), so to us, it sounds like quite a deal! Reservations for the event are available from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. by calling 215.387.1803.

It's tough to read about pets in dire straights, but important to remember to support our local shelters.

Doesn't get dirtier than the Schuylkill, boat or no.

If we were cleverer we'd have a smart-ass answer to this: What is Philly style?

Don't knock it: Eddie Alvarez goes from Kensington street brawling to Mixed Martial Arts superstar.

Sure we want more, but we're Philly, i.e. we know they'll choke.

We do so wish this was an April Fool's yarn. We're pulling for you Steven.

CineFest/Philadelphia Film Festival time is upon us, and some reviews, including a few of local-based documentaries, are in.

We're really bad about using Amazon for everything, but we're going to try really really hard to be better. Losing Robin's made us die a little inside.

A little insight into the new Mayor's Office for the Reentry of Ex-offenders, and some of the folks who will (hopefully) benefit.

We're with Isaiah: tell us about some young white Christian kids moving in Kensington and we get twitchy. But turns out they're really the real deal.

Hugs for Puppies, the awesomely-named foie gras-hating organization that now seems to have become The Humane League of Philadelphia, has provided more than a few dinnertime laughs for me. It's not that I hate animals. It's just that with all of the other crap going on in the world, the fact that a group of people is assembled to hate on my dinner, which may or may not consist of fattened goose liver, seems so arbitrary and pointless that I can't help but laugh.

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