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May 2008 - Posts
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You can't go out to eat every single night (but you can try!), and to that end, chef Roberta Adamo ( Penne ) has brought back her monthly cooking classes through November. For $30, she'll teach you how to "Shop, Cook and Dine" like an Read More...
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Le Bernardin ’s Eric Ripert continues his Colonial expansion with 10 Arts , a polished New American that takes advantage of the soaring lobby in Center City’s Ritz-Carlton – a wine case dramatically fills the space beneath the 140-ft. Read More...
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The chef behind South Philly’s erstwhile Meze transplants his Greek-Cypriot fare to Kanella , a rustic, airy space carved out of a former diner in Wash West; patrons armed with BYO booze cram into close-spaced tables for gently priced meat and fish Read More...
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To celebrate National Escargot Day, One if by Land, Two if by Sea is serving a special menu topped off with a special dessert: a meringue piped in the shape of a snail, served with licorice ice cream and mint granite. photo: courtesy of One if by Land, Read More...
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Proof that there’s no shortage of people who want to eat bad food in historic buildings. Read More...
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Now that I've been a guest critic on Gordon Ramsay 's show Hell's Kitchen ( episode 408 , which aired on Tuesday, May 20th), people keep asking me exactly where Hell's Kitchen is. I like to tell them that it's somewhere between guilt Read More...
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Last night was the last night for Azure in Northern Liberties, as owner Bob Bitros is retiring. Tori's Brickhouse, the Southwest-Med on South Street, has closed. Read More...
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Moshulu photo: courtesy of Moshulu Alfresco dining gets into gear at this time of year. Here are some spots for open-air noshing, in and around Philly, to get you ready for summer. General Warren Inne photo: courtesy of General Warren Inne Alison at Blue Read More...
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Apothecary Bar + Lounge photo: Kristina Scott Mixologists get downright pharmaceutical at Apothecary Bar + Lounge , a modern, bi-level Center City lounge, where high-minded cocktails with medicinal-sounding ingredients accompany the midpriced menu of Read More...
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Big is the byword at Maia , an enormous, rustic European off the Blue Route in Villanova that spans an assortment of food concepts and price points – there’s a gourmet market/bistro, coffee/pastry bar and bar/lounge on one level and a polished Read More...
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Two young restaurants have closed. After just five months, Kaizan, the high-minded Japanese in the Academy House (1420 Locust St.), has called it quits. And Clementine's Bistro (1617 E. Passyunk Ave.) has run out of gas after just a year in South Read More...
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This bright, modern Center City outpost of goodburger , an NYC hamburger joint , has more to recommend it than its ground-on-premises burgers and fresh-cut fries – there’s a civilized touch, as eat-in orders are served on real china with real Read More...
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Zahav photo: Kristina Scott Modern Middle Eastern tastes play out in a warm, stone-floor atmosphere recalling Old Jerusalem at the family-style Society Hill Israeli, Zahav , from Steven Cook and Michael Solomonov ( Marigold Kitchen , Xochitl ), where Read More...
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El Camino Real, a new Tex-Mex project from Owen Kamihira ( Bar Ferdinand ), is the expected replacement for Deuce in Northern Liberties; look for a June opening (1040 N. Second St.). Luigi Basile and Massimo Coscia, who own Radicchio in Old City, Bistro Read More...
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Restaurants often will leave the spoon out of standard place settings. Diners have started noticing something missing from their place settings: spoons. As TerrenceS74908 recently posted on our discussion boards , "Unless I ordered coffee, or later, Read More...
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The people have spoken – and said they want to eat, drink, stay and play. ZAGAT.mobi was chosen as the year’s Best Listings & Updates site in the Webby People's Voice Awards . Nearly 500,000 total votes were cast around the world for Read More...
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Cebu in Old City has reconceptualized, moving from Filipino to a "dipping grill" in which meats and fish – duck, chicken, steak, oxtail, pork chop, pork loin, tuna – as well as vegetables are served with your choice of three dipping Read More...
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The longtime operators of Philly’s Downtown Club have branched out with Union Gourmet Market & Café, a bright, open marketplace/cafe on the first floor of a condo building around the corner from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Read More...
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Diners are in the pink – literally – with the blushing color everywhere at Ashoka Palace, a cavernous, humbly decorated Indian BYO quick-serve near Rittenhouse Square; chef-owner Kinder Jit Singh – a fixture on the Center City curry Read More...
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I actually pulled out my cell phone and called to ask them to please bring us water. Read More...
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Restaurant 821 has closed after nearly nine years in Downtown Wilmington. The owner, who had lightened the concept in recent months, blamed the state of the economy; N.B. the outgoing message notes that gift certificates will not be refunded. Hamlet Bistro Read More...
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Usually we're asking you to vote on restaurants, nightlife and the like, but today we're asking you to vote for us. That's right, we're up for our very first People's Voice Webby award for ZAGAT.mobi. Today is the last day to vote, Read More...
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