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August 2008 - Posts
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Privé photo: Atiya Walker-Dykes Hidden behind a quirky iron-ribbed facade, Privé is a sexy, high-style Med resto-lounge in Old City that boasts cushy private nooks, bars on two floors and a front-row seat for watching the pretty-people parade Read More...
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Modo Mio is the fifth best Italian restaurant in Philly. photo: Ryan Charles The 2009 Philadelphia Restaurants guide is out, and 5,507 avid diners like you have spoken. Despite the fact that 28% of Philadelphia surveyors say they prefer Italian food (American Read More...
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– The "farm-to-school" movement has arrived. [ WSJ ] – Los Angeles taco trucks left court victorious yesterday. [ LAT ] – To save costs, manufacturers have been switching ingredients like cocoa butter with cheaper alternatives Read More...
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– Successfully opening a restaurant is still a tricky business feat. [ NYT ] – Bringing fortune cookies to China. [ Diner's Journal ] – Tapeworms, or a reason to avoid raw salmon. [ Gourmet ] – Many foods you loved as a child Read More...
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Fountain Restaurant The 2009 Philadelphia Restaurants guide has just been released, and the results of this year’s Survey prove that the city definitely feels a lot of brotherly – and sisterly – love for its waiters. Philadelphians are Read More...
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– The first pack of instant ramen was sold 50 years ago. [ NPR ] – Rocco DiSpirito is going to be Dancing With the Stars this year. [ ABC ] – Move over umami , the newest taste is calcium [ Yahoo ] – School lunch prices are looking Read More...
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A sleek, casual offshoot of Jake’s (located next door on Manayunk’s Main Street), Cooper's Brick Oven Wine Bar features a moderately priced New American menu of thin-crust brick-oven pizzas, sandwiches, cheese plates and snacks, all paired Read More...
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A place so phony it would make Holden Caulfield's head explode. Read More...
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More than 50 restaurants will take their business to the streets of Downtown West Chester borough on September 21st for the annual Chester County Restaurant Festival. The final list of participants has yet to be announced, but some early notable confirmations Read More...
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University City hot-spot habitués are over the moon about the extensive list of tequilas that can be sampled in flights at Distrito , a muy pink Mexican where the walls are hung with wrestling masks and there’s a booth made out of a VW beetle; Read More...
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As we launch our first-ever Zagat Dating (& Dumping) Survey , we are asking for your candid, witty and enlightening insights into the world of relationships. Let us in on the ups and downs of your dating experiences. For example, when you go to a Read More...
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Paoli's Basil closed earlier this month after 10 years of Main Line bistro-ing. The site will be developed as an office building. Read More...
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On Tuesday evenings, Gullifty’s draws families to its casual Main Line dining room for American eats and free balloon/magic shows by Guinness record holder , John Cassidy (7–9 PM; 610-525-1851). Read More...
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The well-traveled chef at Root , a Californian-Eclectic BYO located on the northern edge of Center City, did time locally at Conshy’s Coyote Crossing ; the sensibly priced menu strives for simplicity and minimal fuss, while the snug setting offers Read More...
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They’re having siesta while you're trying to fiesta. Read More...
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Restaurant at Doneckers , the highly-rated New American in Ephrata, is taking a timeout until mid-to-late fall. An outgoing message explains that they're closing to "reorganize and renovate." Read More...
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Le Bec Fin photo: Andrew Kelly The changes at Le Bec-Fin keep coming. After a springtime loosening up of the menu by dropping its prix fixe policy , the decor is next. This fall, Georges Perrier's fine-dining landmark unfusses itself again with an Read More...
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The short-lived Kaizan , an upscale Japanese in Center City’s Academy House condo building, will return as a more casual Japanese gastropub called Izakaya in mid-September (1420 Locust St.). Chinatown fixture Joseph Poon, whose Joe’s Peking Read More...
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ZAGAT.mobi on the iPhone You know the drill: you’re in a 4 PM meeting when you realize you’re supposed to take a top client out for dinner, but you forgot to make a reservation. You have two choices. One, fake a cough, excuse yourself for Read More...
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photo: RaeA On Saturday, August 23rd, Chester County’s Paradocx Vineyard will host a five-course alfresco wine dinner on a porch overlooking the glen and the winery’s newly planted vines; the food will be catered by Brandywine Prime Seafood Read More...
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Center City newcomer Les Bons Temps wants to make sure you have a good time on Monday evenings, so it's cutting appetizer prices in half (dishes like fried oysters, blackened shrimp rémoulade and crab claws, regularly $8–$14) from 5–9 Read More...
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On Tuesday, August 19th, Valanni 's toque Evan Turney gets together with former chef and Belgian beer connoisseur Bruce Wright to host a five-course Belgian Family Brewers Beer Dinner. Instead of going straight Belgian, the evening's menu will Read More...
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By Deirdre Donovan, ZAGAT.com Staff Editor With new technologies, aquarium outreach programs and a local focus, more chefs are going green. NYC chef Anita Lo serves Australis Barramundi. Diners are riding a wave of awareness regarding threats to oceanlife Read More...
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The Center City District, which represents business and quality-of-life issues in Center City Philly, counts 215 outdoor cafes in Center City and Old City, a rise of 5% from last year's census. In 2001, when the CCD began tracking such numbers, there Read More...
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The Pan-Asian menu spans Thailand to Japan at Wild Ginger , a veg-friendly arrival in a Huntingdon Valley shopping center; the star feature in the bright, contemporary space is the sushi bar, one of the few in the area, where specialty rolls are dispensed Read More...
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