Hello.
categories | Meal Ticket
 |
Welcome to Meal Ticket, City Paper’s brand-new food and drink blog. There will be much more here very soon.
posted by Drew Lazor on
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
- Blogs
Staff Blog- • CP Abroad: Better biking in Chile
- • The Clog Weekend Omnibus: Almost Turkey Time Weekend
- • MMA: Locals Wilson Reis and Tara LaRosa fight tonight, both for the first time in Philly
- • Does the proposed Council law target fixed-gear bikes?
- • Calling All Poets and Prosers!
- • Heads up, bikers: police pulling over bicycles today
- • Commissioner Ramsey's truthiness problem
- • Council's problematic bicycle crackdown
- • What We've Found: Boy wants more phys. ed., CHIP out of House bill, Beijing "black clinics", Karzai must earn U.S. aid, contributions change U.S. reps vote on Cuba and PA lawmakers' salaries frozen
- • Phila Pols say Foxwoods should get the boot
- • What We've Found: Hate-crimes law may be extended, women most vulnerable to climate change, half of children on food stamps, hardened arteries found in mummies and SugarHouse site contains ancient artifacts
- • Stars of the Photo-stream: So long, shaft
- • What We've Found: Australia burning, Western PA cross-burning, recession smoothing racial tension, Obama's controversial bow, groups ask for more job-creation and 319 more PA state employees laid off
- • Ball Makes Toy Hall of Fame
- • The Drexel Shaft goes limp forever
- • What We've Found: Deer cull, ancient extinction explained, Copenhagen de-clawed, Alaska sues over offshore resources, drug companies boosting prices and NE Pennsylvania teachers bribed school boards for jobs
- • BREAKING NEWS: Juliet Fletcher still adorable, British
- • The Clog Weekend Omnibus: Let's get ready to weeeeekkkkeeennnddd!
- • Stars of the Photostream: Ren & Stimpy
- • Sound and Vision: Inside the Ring of Honor
- • CP Survey: Fix the Phillies!
- A&E Blog
- • THE SCENESTER: Howling at the New Moon, Blinded by the white and more
- • Philadelphia Art Hotel to hold benefit exhibit at Walking Fish Theater
- • 941 Theater fundraisers announced
- • 'Cause flashmobs are awesome: Freeze 'n' read at noon
- • Hall & Oates & Cleveland
- • NIGHT MOVES: What makes Mad Men good?
- • WHAT WE HEART: Street Fighter Snuggie
- • "Alright, let's rock it to Russia": Wesley Willis doc screens at National Mechanics
- • ART PHAG: Lt. Dan Choi on being outed and then ousted, LGBT Read-a-Thon, Pink Pub Crawl
- • “...To be in the amputee ward and touching a 19 year-old boy’s stump, it roots you”: Q&A with The Messenger's Ben Foster and Oren Moverman
- Meal Ticket
- • IN PRINT: Meal Ticket tackles Autumn 2009
- • Check out Meal Ticket's Felicia D in Grub Street's Bartender's Bible
- • Han Dynasty opening in Old City in mid-December
- • Swift Half launches brunch this weekend
- • Local couple arrested for skipping out on tip
- • Sidecar owner's next neighborhood: Fishtown
- • Tonight: Thursday Dumpling Throwdown at Kong
- • Tonight: Celebrate the daiquiri at The Franklin
- • IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, Nov. 19
- • Tomorrow: Thomas Keller in King of Prussia
- Stuff to Win and CP Promotions
- Healthy Philadelphia
- The Sports Complex
- Publisher's Clearinghouse
- Future Blog
- Fringe Festival
- News
- Food
- Articles
- Meal Ticket
- • IN PRINT: Meal Ticket tackles Autumn 2009
- • Check out Meal Ticket's Felicia D in Grub Street's Bartender's Bible
- • Han Dynasty opening in Old City in mid-December
- • Swift Half launches brunch this weekend
- • Local couple arrested for skipping out on tip
- • Sidecar owner's next neighborhood: Fishtown
- • Tonight: Thursday Dumpling Throwdown at Kong
- • Tonight: Celebrate the daiquiri at The Franklin
- • IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, Nov. 19
- • Tomorrow: Thomas Keller in King of Prussia
- Feeding Frenzy
- What's Cooking
- Restaurants Search
- Neighborhood & Cuisine Maps
- Food Listings
- Dish Restaurant Guide
- • Dish Spring '09
- • Restaurant Remix : Broke? Learn how to mimic your favorite eatery's specialties at home.
- • Veggie Hoagie : In the style of Chickie's Italian Deli
- • Turkish Buttered Hummus : In the style of Zahav
- • Pub & Kitchen's Roll Mops : Recipe written and shared by Jonathan McDonald
- • Sweet Charity : Cathedral Kitchen is there for the needy — and the environment.
- • Down in the Dumplings : Pierogie-making is an art in the hills of Roxborough.
- • Who's Tommy? : South Philly food's cooking in the last place you might expect: Woody's.
- • Eating el Norte : Your guide to the best Latin-Caribbean grub in and around Philly's barrio.
- Opinion
- Music
- Movies
- Articles
- New Movie Shorts
- Continuing Movie Shorts
- • (Untitled) [C-]
- • 2012 [C-]
- • Astro Boy
- • Disney's A Christmas Carol [C-]
- • An Education [B]
- • The Fourth Kind [C]
- • Gentlemen Broncos [D]
- • Law Abiding Citizen [C-]
- • The Maid (La nana) [A]
- • Men Who Stare at Goats [C+]
- • New York, I Love You [D]
- • Paranormal Activity [B]
- • Pirate Radio [C-]
- • Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire [B+]
- • Revanche [A-]
- • A Serious Man [A-]
- • Where the Wild Things Are [A-]
- Showtimes & Tickets
- • Ambler Theater
- • Bryn Mawr Film Institute
- • The Bridge: cinema de lux, Philadelphia
- • Clearview's Anthony Wayne
- • Clearview's Bala Theatre
- • Colonial Theatre - Phoenixville
- • County Theater
- • Hiway Theatre
- • AMC Loews Cherry Hill 24
- • Narberth Stadium 2
- • AMC Neshaminy 24
- • The Pearl Theatre at Avenue North
- • Ritz 5 Movies
- • Ritz East
- • Ritz at the Bourse
- • Showcase at the Ritz Center
- • Roxy Theatre Philadelphia
- • Tuttleman IMAX Theater - Franklin Institute
- • UA Grant Plaza 9
- • UA King of Prussia Stadium 16
- • UA Main Street 6
- • UA Movies at 69th Street 9
- • UA Riverview Stadium 17
- Search Movies By Letter
- Movie Posters
- Repertory Film
- Arts
- Kaleidoscope
- Dance : Something Good
- Re-View : Life as a House
- Arts Picks
- A&E Blog
- • THE SCENESTER: Howling at the New Moon, Blinded by the white and more
- • Philadelphia Art Hotel to hold benefit exhibit at Walking Fish Theater
- • 941 Theater fundraisers announced
- • 'Cause flashmobs are awesome: Freeze 'n' read at noon
- • Hall & Oates & Cleveland
- • NIGHT MOVES: What makes Mad Men good?
- • WHAT WE HEART: Street Fighter Snuggie
- • "Alright, let's rock it to Russia": Wesley Willis doc screens at National Mechanics
- • ART PHAG: Lt. Dan Choi on being outed and then ousted, LGBT Read-a-Thon, Pink Pub Crawl
- • “...To be in the amputee ward and touching a 19 year-old boy’s stump, it roots you”: Q&A with The Messenger's Ben Foster and Oren Moverman
- The Pollinator's Corridor
- Fringe Festival
- Cover Story
- Current Cover Story
- Recent Cover Stories
- • Top 20 Spectrum Moments : The Building Wanted Blood
- • The Milkmen Cometh : From the barely edited journals of Rodney Anonymous
- • Melody Gardot : In the studio with Philly's secret jazz superstar.
- • Magic Words : How Maurice Sendak unleashed a multimedia monster with 10 little sentences.
- • Children of the Sword : How one man sired a legion of Philly freaks.
- • Living in a Box : Welcome to the Welcome House (or: How Design Philadelphia will reinvent the city).
- • City Paper Choice '09 : We Can See For Miles: The Big Vision Issue
- • Close for Comfort : Salon culture is on the rise as local art lovers make a case for intimacy.
- • One Less : Four choreographers imagine a world without [fill in the blank].
- • Too Cool for Shul : Rabbi/band leader Menachem Schmidt has seen Philly's Lubavitch community grow to new heights. But is its progressive orthodoxy too good to be true?
- Covers Gallery
- Features
- Half Off Depot
- Healthy Philadelphia
- Education Guide
- Photo Stream : CP Flickr
- Photo Galleries
- • Latest Galeries
- • Robin Rice : Re-View : 2009/11/19
- • Percy Street Barbecue : 2009/11/19
- • Sketch Book Reporter : 2009/11/12
- • Shopping Spree : Apocalypse Chic : 2009/11/12
- • First Friday Focus : 2009/11/05
- • Henri David Halloween Ball 2009
- • Woodmere Triennial of Contemporary Photography : Full Exposure : 2009/10/22
- • Malcom McLaren’s Shallow 1-21, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- • Where the Wild Things Are - 2009/10/15
- • Robin Rice Re:View - 2009/10/15
- Surveys
- Videos/Multimedia
- Writing Contest
- Events
- Agenda Lead : Strapped for Cash
- Last Chance
- Agenda Picks
- Events Search
- Agenda Listings
- Daily Bulletins
- DJ Nights
- Rock/Pop
- Sports
- • No, You Shut Up : We have no idea what obstacles the 2010 Phils will face.
- • Loser Gets Jersey : Philadelphia vs. New York. Three teams. Four games.
- • Know Your Enemy : You, NewFan, have got problems.
- • Eyre of the Storm : "When you do it in the postseason, everyone knows who you are."
- • Pumped-Up Volumes : SPORTS BOOKS!
- • Do It Again? : Predictions for the Phillies' 2009 postseason.
- • Andrews' Head : What's eating Shawn Andrews?
- • Hope: A Four-Letter Word : Philly fans are bigger optimists than you may think.
- • It's the Bullpen, Stupid
- • Dear PETA : What do you want from Michael Vick?
- Archives
- Browse Recent Issues
- CityPaper.net Archives
- Popular Articles
- • Planet SEPTA
- • Invasion of the Body Slammers : How South Philadelphia became the center of the alt-wrestling universe.
- • The Nutter Special : We're not so different from the Iron City.
- • No Benefits : Forget the public option — gimme a SEPTA plan.
- • In a Class by Itself : THEATER REVIEW: The History Boys
- • 666 : There's slightly demonic stuff everywhere you look.
- • Big Whiskey : Chef Jose Garces' latest could not be more un-Garces-like.
- • Party's Over : Don't even think about having any fun near Councilman Darrell Clarke's house.
- • The Man Who Brought Philadelphia to Its Knees : The SEPTA strike, according to Willie Brown.
- • Percy Me : Where there's smoke, there's Philly's first Texas barbecue joint.
- Popular Blog Posts
- Meal Ticket
- • Local couple arrested for skipping out on tip
- • Top Chef Las Vegas Episode 11: Under my Nigella, ella, ella, ey, ey, ey
- • Percy Street Barbecue pictures and menu
- • THE GOOD WORD Vol. 17: Michael Savett of Gluten Free Philly
- • Psst: Quickie peek inside Percy Street Barbecue
- • Hello, beautiful: The 2010 Varga Girl Calendar
- • Tonight: Vegan/vegetarian cocktail party at Royal Tavern
- • Win two tix to this weekend's Winter Beer Festival
- • The Wishing Well coming to Ninth and Catharine
- • Recap: America Eats! author Pat Willard at the Painted Bride
- Critical Mass
- • THE CURATOR: WPA poster contest, Philly firsts, Internet art, Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff reunion, the good thing about the SEPTA strike
- • THE SCENESTER: Don't block The Box, staring at Goats and more
- • NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH: South of South Street
- • THE SCENESTER: Our Precious, scatalogical Gentlemen and the banalities of coming apocalypse
- • Meet the MAD magazine of the Philly art world
- • PERSPECTIVE: Arshile Gorky retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- • Trailer!: Salt
- • Trailer!: Clash of the Titans
- • NIGHT MOVES: Live Arts' second-Thursday series, Neil Young Tribute Night, PMA's Craft Show
- • THE CURATOR: Bill Cosby art, breast painting, drunk Making Time photos, irreverent comics, Design Philadelphia lecture
- The Clog
- • Does the proposed Council law target fixed-gear bikes?
- • Heads up, bikers: police pulling over bicycles today
- • The Clog Weekend Omnibus: It's a weekend — with sleeves!
- • Council's problematic bicycle crackdown
- • Morrissey Ends Show After Being Hit By Plastic Bottle. What Would Your Favorite Artist Do?
- • The Clog Weekend Omnibus: Almost Turkey Time Weekend
- • No winners, but Phillies fare well in Internet Baseball Awards
- • CP Abroad: Better biking in Chile
- • Ball Makes Toy Hall of Fame
- • What We've Found: Hate-crimes law may be extended, women most vulnerable to climate change, half of children on food stamps, hardened arteries found in mummies and SugarHouse site contains ancient artifacts
- Meal Ticket
- Web Exclusives
- • Repertory Film : Your weekly guide to local film events, festivals and under-the-radar screenings.
- • Tim Hecker : Sat., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., $12 with Aidan Baker, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.
- • Something Good : DANCE REVIEW: Fräulein Maria
- • Letters to the Editor : What You Say
- • Icepack : Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.
- • Repertory Film : Your weekly guide to local film events, festivals and under-the-radar screenings.
- • Finding North : As publishers catch the Nordic wave, a skewed portrait of Scandinavia emerges.
- • Bridesmaids' Ball : Sat., Nov. 14, 9 p.m., $75, Independence Visitors Center, Sixth and Market streets, 610-238-0360, epa.bridesmaid.llsevent.org.
- • Planet SEPTA
- • Good Grief : Rabbit Hole
- Tags
- Columns
- Authors
- Ads
- • Advertise With Us
- • Browse By Ad
- • Entertainment
- • Bars/Clubs
- • 12 Steps Down
- • AEG Live/Keswick Theatre
- • Alligator
- • Barbary
- • Buffalo Billiards
- • Byblos Restaurant
- • Coo's Sportsbar
- • Delilah's Den
- • Dive
- • Electric Factory Concerts
- • Electric Factory Concerts
- • Fergie's
- • Finn McCools
- • Good Dog Bar
- • Hod - Raw Dawgs Saloon
- • HOD Paddy Whacks
- • Johnny Brenda's
- • Kilman / Kildare's Manayunk
- • Las Vegas Lounge
- • Marathon Grill
- • Moriarty's Restaurant & Bar
- • Philadelphia Eddie's Tattooing
- • Philly Beer Fests
- • Philly Flash Dates
- • Raven Lounge
- • Roosevelts
- • Serrano/Tin Angel
- • Sidecar
- • Silk City Diner
- • Tavern on Broad
- • The El Bar
- • The Khyber
- • The Note
- • The Swift Half
- • Trocadero
- • Vango
- • World Cafe Live
- • Zenith Media for Harrah's
- • Culture
- • Restaurants
- • Abbaye
- • Adobe Cafe
- • Brauhaus Schmitz
- • Cafe Nola
- • Cucina Forte
- • Darling's Cheesecake Cafe
- • Devil's Den
- • Downey's Restaurant
- • Downey's Restaurant
- • Erawan Thai
- • Four Corners Management
- • Friday Saturday Sunday
- • Grace Tavern
- • Hamifgash
- • HOD - Copabanana
- • HOD Swanky Bubbles
- • Irish Times
- • Konak
- • London Grill
- • Misconduct Tavern
- • Moriarty's Restaurant & Bar
- • Olive Garden
- • Panini Trattoria
- • Pattaya Grill
- • Prive - HOD
- • Tastee D's
- • Zento
- • Bars/Clubs
- • Inserts
- • Movies
- • Retail
- • Retail
- • Allied Advertising Agency Inc
- • Ars Nova
- • Astro Rides
- • AWN for RJR
- • Ben Lovell c/o Thom and Dave
- • Borgata c/o Schandler Kramer Group
- • Borgata c/o Schandler Kramer Group
- • Buffalo Exchange-Display Advertising
- • Buprenorphine Services of Cherry Hill
- • Car Phone Specialists
- • Center City District c/o Levlane
- • Cut The Craft c/o Sardine Clothing Co.
- • Downtown Bordentown Association
- • Electric Factory Concerts
- • Electric Factory Concerts
- • Fez Moroccan Restaurant
- • Food Trust
- • Friends Hospital c/o Dye, Van Mol & Lawrence
- • Friends Select School
- • Helium Comedy Club
- • HOD - Drexel University Athletics
- • HOD - Theatre Exile
- • InterAct Theatre Company
- • Kimmel Center
- • Kirkbride Center
- • LaPlaca Cohen Advertising for Philadelphia Museum of Art
- • Liberty Resources, Inc.
- • Lots of Events.com c/o Think Strategic Marketing
- • Memphis Flats
- • National Constitution Center c/o Mayo Seitz & Hitchings & Company
- • Oriental Massage
- • Pat's King of Steaks
- • Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals
- • Rock School of Ballet
- • Sweat Gym
- • Tavern on Camac
- • Ten Stone
- • Tobacco Research Center
- • Twelfth Street Gym
- • Walnut Street Theater
- • Retail
- • Supplement
- Personals
- Win
- Classifieds
"Great vision without great people is irrelevant."
—Jim Collins, Author,
"Good to Great"
"Good to Great"
Search Real Estate
Today's Big Deal:
$20.00 for $48.00 at Academy of Natural Sciences: Family Four-Pack of Tickets
This deal is available until 10 a.m. on November 23, 2009
ADVERTISEMENT
Categories
Pages
Archives
Recent Comments:
- Ben Kessler: Not gonna lie, I have a major Felicia D. crush.
- Rich: Pizza is GREAT! Hands-down one of the best pies I’ve eaten ANYWHERE. Eat there or eat it quick.
- Neal: That’s our girl! <3 Go Flea!
- PONCHO: I love the sidecar!
- kibby: Fun interview and Felicia looks SO pretty in that picture!!!
Contact Us
City Paper
Philly
- A Food Coma
- apples and cheese, please
- Beer by Bike
- Beer Lass
- Beer Valley
- The Best of Food
- The Best Food Blog Ever
- Better Eating Through Chemistry
- Bhiladelphia
- blogalicious
- Bocconcini
- beXnlog
- BROG
- Burgatory
- Burning Pasta
- CE Phood
- Challahman’s Bread Blog
- Chicken-Fried Caviar
- Classic Wines
- Di Bruno Brothers: The Queso Files
- Dish + Bitch
- Drawing for Food
- Explore and Eat
- Farm to Philly
- Farofa and French Fries
- The Femme Fermental
- Fidel Gastro
- Five Spice Duck
- Foobooz
- Foodadelphia
- Foodaphilia
- food enthusiast
- Foodie at Fifteen
- food-ie group
- Finding Philly
- foodzings
- Fork You
- Fries With That Shake
- FriedWontons4U
- GetYourFooDon
- Gluten Free Philly
- Grub Street Philadelphia
- Holly Eats
- hungry crasian
- I Am Beer Wise
- The Illadelph
- I’ll Eat You
- The Insider
- Joe Sixpack
- John and Lisa are Eating in South Jersey
- Jovialism
- kitchenplay
- La Phemme Phoodie
- The Latest Dish
- Liquid Diet
- This Little Piggy Went to Market
- Living On The Vedge
- MAC & CHEESE
- Main Line Dine
- McDuff’s Food & Wine Trail
- Meals I Have Eaten
- Melodic Fermentables
- MenuPages Philadelphia
- Messy and Picky
- The Moore Brothers
- Miss Rachel’s Pantry
- NEastPhilly.com: Food for Thought
- Philadelphia Cheap Eats Examiner
- Philadelphia Weekly Food
- The Philadining Blog
- PhilaFoodie
- Philly Beeraholic
- phillyBurbs.com: Dining Out
- Philly BYOB
- Philly Food and Drink
- Phillyfoodie
- Philly Grub
- Philly Market Cafe
- The Philly Mag Restaurant Club
- Philly.com Restaurants & Food
- Phoodie.info
- Phood Tales
- Pub Crawlin’
- Salt Pepper Ketchup
- Seen Through a Glass
- The Sugar
- The Real Potato.
- Table Matters
- Tastebuds and Tidbits
- TV Food Fan
- Two Guys On Beer
- Unbreaded
- Uncle Jimmy Eats Philly
- Urban Vegan
- UWISHUNU: Dining
- UWISHUNU: Drinks
- Veggicurious
- What I Weigh Today
- Wild Thyme Kitchen
- Yuppie Eats Philly
Beyond
- Alan Richman
- The Amateur Gourmet
- Bitten: Mark Bittman on Food
- Burnt Lumpia
- Epicurious
- Fancy Fast Food
- The Food Section
- Gastroanthropology
- gas•tron•o•my
- Grocery Eats
- Hot Knives
- The Look and Taste Show
- LUNCH with Front Studio
- Noodles and Rice
- Obama Foodorama
- The Porkchop Express
- Rasa Malaysia
- Road To…
- Serious Eats
- Slashfood
- Smitten Kitchen
- TasteSpotting
- This is why you’re fat.
- the ulterior epicure
- VendrTV
Non-Edible
[...] week because we were too busy working, but October 7 was this little blog’s first birthday. (Look, it’s our first post!) A huge thanks from Team Meal Ticket for reading, commenting, linking and contributing to our [...]