Everyone’s favorite Hawaiian snack truck, Poi Dog, is back from a monthlong pop-up on its native island of Oahu and ready to fill your tummies with mochi cakes, kalua pork tacos and stuff from the pop-ups (take a peek at…
Today, Foobooz has the full menu for the Gaslight, the Old City bar that Ela chef/Top Chef eliminee, Jason Cichonski is opening “soon”. The carte is broken down into categories like Chips & Dips (charred eggplant salsa with za’atar creme fraiche,…
In 2008, I reviewed Mi Lah Vegetarian, the two-floor BYOB that’s still doing its meatless thing on the corner of 16th and Chancellor. The chef was Tyler Black, a Florida boy with a resume that iincluded the Four Seasons, Govinda’s…
Jessica Kourkounis GOLD STANDARD: Kevin Sbraga’s Carolina Gold studded with Sea Island red peas and braised oxtail at The Fat Ham. A vintage postcard sits above the toilet in the restroom at Kevin Sbragas new Southern restaurant on the fringe of…
There are 28 sleek chrome taps fitted into a vertical gray-veined slab of marble behind the long, luxurious bar at Tria Taproom. With an extra dozen spouts under the counter, they hold the establishments entire portfolio of liquid assets. Thats…
I wept tears of Jameshattans when Jim and Kristina Burke packed up their restaurant, James, and moved up to New York in 2011. But after turns at Starr’s Caffe Storico in the New York Historical Society and more recently, as chef at Daniel…
We hadn’t heard much about Townsend “Todd” Wentz’s plans since he left McCrossen’s, the iconic tavern he’s elevated over the past few years, in the summer. But Mike Klein broke the news late last night that Wentz had signed a…
After scarcely a month, Yun Fuentes has bid Rosa Blanca and the Garces Group adieu. Replacing him at the bubblegum-pink Cuban-themed diner is Tinto chef, Jose Olmeda, which our very own A.D. Amorosi hinted at last week. Also changing things…
Neal Santos HIGH BAR: Eggplant agnolotti and Sichuan pork belly set the table at High Street on Market. On the first day, Kulp created bread. Miniature caramelized-onion bialys, to be exact, riding comets of cream cheese suffused with the essence…
Neal Santos TOP OF THE POPS: Nick Elmi with his daughter Grace and son Wesley at Laurel, Elmis East Passyunk restaurant. In the 10th episode of the current season of Top Chef: New Orleans, when tasked with cooking a dish…
