Yo South Phillyites, need another bruncherie? Here you go: Green Eggs Caf� will be debuting at 1306 Dickinson on or around Dec. 21. Stephen J. Slaughter and William Bonforte, vets of Old City’s Moda and Odium, plan on serving breakfast…
This beer does not exist. Berrongx3 Flickr Brooklyn Brewing brewmaster Garrett Oliver is famous for his outspoken resistance to the “big beer” movement. That contrarian attitude is turned inside out with his latest and most coveted beer: Black Ops Imperial…
These bars like big butts. The Philadelphia smoking ban, officially tagged as the Clean Indoor Air Worker Protection Law, marked its two-year anniversary on September 25. The moaning of dedicated smokers and fearful restaurant owners has largely died away as…
Alluring darkness. Photo l Felicia D’Ambrosio Looking over my tasting notes for an aged keg of Boulder Brewing’s Obovoid Empirical Stout, I’m not sure if I’ve had a beer or a boozy candy bar. Not that this weighty stout is…
Down south industro-lager Photo l Felicia D’Ambrosio I’m risking my entire crediblity here, but what the hell. Modelo Especial is brewed by Grupo Modelo, Mexico’s largest and top-selling brewery. The giant turns out the deplorable, lime-requiring lagers better known as…
Mr. Oerbier, cup in hand, as Mr. December De Dolle Brouwers Yesterday, we stuck our nose in a Christmas beer book by local writer and beer guy Joe Sixpack. Today, we will stick our nose in a real Christmas beer.…
Back in July, I mentioned a concept tentatively called “Bierista” in Feeding Frenzy: South Philly Taproom’s John Longacre and Joe Bedia are saying fall for Bierista ? a 1,200-square-foot coffee shop and beer takeout that looks to become the boldest…
Ditte Isager and Jason Varney | GQ GQ‘s Alan Richman drops a list of the top 25 pizzas in the United States in the June 2009 issue of the lifestyle mag. And in a somewhat shocking move considering how national…
Back in Nov. ’07, I wrote about a Craigslist post that purportedly sought local participants for chef Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. A similar ad, with the same contact address, surfaced in Craig’s “TV/Video/Radio Jobs” section a bit before Christmas. I…
“Baby Moo,” the teeny cow statue that sits outside Hope’s Cookies in Rosemont along with its momma, was ganked in the wee hours of Monday morning, thoroughly upsetting Hope’s owner Herb Spivak as well the fiberglass bovine community at large.…
