Results tagged “spirits”

Color us intrigued, mildly creeped out, and super pumped for tonight's sold out show at the TLA. For you diehards who love Amputechture more than Frances, but didn't get tickets, you can always try your luck on Craigslist.

Good news from GoPhila.com! Now you can see a comprehensive map of local BYOBs, broken up by both neighborhood and cuisine. (A different colored bottle means a different kind of food. Although, silly us, we didn't get that and had to write the GPTMC to ask.) PLUS, the map shows you where the nearby Wine and Spirits Stores are, because we weren't already finding alcohol too easily. Every restaurant on the map has a brief summary, including address and location, plus specialties of the house, whether the restaurant takes plastic or accepts reservations, and, for redundancy's sake (alkies like things easy), the exact address of the nearest liquor store.

When the weather turns warm (which it looks like it finally might!), I love a nice, light, dessert wine. My personal favorite (and therefore the one I'll talk about here) is moscato d'asti. The "asti" part means it's a sparkling wine, so even though it's a lower alcoholic concentration by volume than most wines (usually no more than 7.5%), the alcohol will hit your system a little quicker if you're drinking on an empty stomach. Pair the wine with cheese (sweet or sharp, depending on what you like to mix with sweet wines), fresh fruit, or a sweet-tart dessert. (Do not, do not, pair it with something heavy like chocolate or a creme brulee.)

Phillyist will be attending ChefAid 2006, now in its 13th year, this Sunday at the Ritz Carlton.The annual black-tie event features the talents of more then 15 generous local Chefs from regional restaurants who donate their time and effort for the cocktail hour and five course meal to benefit MANNAParticipating Chefs and restaurants this year include Kiong Banhm, Twenty Manning; Thien Ngo, Fork; Jim Coleman, Coleman Restaurant; Joseph Poon; and Justin Rambo-Garwood from Philadelphia Fish & Company. Moore Brothers Wine Company and Southern Wine and Spirits of Pennsylvania are among the many beverage sponsors. Founded in 1990, MANNA provides hot, home delivered meals and nutritional counseling throughout the tri-state area to men women and children living with HIV/AIDS.

Dear Pennsylvania Wine and Spirits Shoppes: