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WATCH: Three Philly Breweries Combine to Make One Great Beer
By Joel Mathis 5/22/2013
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To celebrate the forthcoming Philly Beer Week, Troeggs Brewing Company joined with Devil's Backbone Brewing Company and The Church Brew Works joined forces to create one beer to rule them all: A Black Rye IPA. Here's the story of how that happened:
Oh Great, Another Article About Philly Cheesesteaks: BBC Edition
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 5/17/2013
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This is the horrible paradox of being a Philadelphian: You groan and moan and wince and cringe every time some non-native know-nothing makes any sort of remark about Philly cheesesteaks, as if that's all there is to the fifth-largest city in America. (Our eternal gratitude, along with the virginity of our first-born daughters, went to Anthony Bourdain after he refused to review cheesesteaks on his December "Layover" episode shot in Philly.) And yet. And yet. When someone decides to talk about cheesesteaks, we can't resist tuning in.
Here, then, is a brief summary of the BBC's new feature on the Philly
The End of an Era (or Two): Le Bec Fin Is Closing
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 5/16/2013
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It's been a good run, Bec. As Inquirer writer Michael Klein writes, the storied Walnut Street restaurant was never quite able to shed its "gilded-age, go-for-Baroque legacy," even after famed owner Georges Perrier gave it up last spring. The plan is to close it by Father's Day weekend, in mid-June. Taking its place will be a joint serving "progressive American cuisine" and the new chef will be young Roxborough native Justin Bogle. [Foobooz]
Philly’s “Real World House” to Become Gourmet Food Store
By Joel Mathis 5/15/2013
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Liz Spikol, our colleague at the Property blog, has the latest on what's become of the "Real World House" at 3rd and Arch, where the reality TV show filmed years ago and has left a sour taste of neighborhood residents ever since.
Perhaps a new use for the building will banish bad memories. A few days ago, DAS Architects’ David Schultz went before the Historic Commission to present plans that would convert what is now a two-story space into a three-story space for a gourmet food store. From PlanPhilly:
The effort includes installing a small roof deck on the northern half of
Whole Foods Betrays Its Loyal Vegans, Confusing “Chick’n Salad” for Chicken Salad
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 5/10/2013
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You know when you're at the cold food bar at Whole Foods and you have to check the labels to make sure your turkey isn't actually tofurkey? Well this week, those labels have been just as confusing as the dishes themselves. 15 Whole Foods stores spread across the Northeast have been mixing up their curried chicken salad and their vegan chicken ("chick'n") curried salad, meaning more than a few loyal vegans may have accidentally eaten their tastiest meal in years. Both items were sold on Tuesday and Wednesday this week before being recalled.
There weren't any mix-ups in the Philly area,
Green Eggs Cafe Shuts Down After Being Swarmed By Giant Rats [Now With Video]
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 5/06/2013
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The powers of crowd-sourced journalism struck again last night when passersby on 13th Street peered into Green Eggs Cafe Midtown and witnessed a group of rats eating dinner.
I don't know about you, but that's all I needed to see. Never again, @greeneggscafe. twitter.com/ericanardello/…
— Erica Nardello (@ericanardello) May 6, 2013
@greeneggscafe Saw a bunch of rats in your front window. So disappointed. It was my fav place in the neighborhood. twitter.com/jennab22/statu… — jenna bachen (@jennab22) May 6, 2013
Green Eggs, Eater Philly reports, has blamed the problem on a broken sewage pipe and is closing indefinitely to fix the problem. Looks like Rittenhouse's
The Magic of the Doritos Locos Taco
By Joel Mathis 5/06/2013
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If you want to understand nearly everything that’s both great and awful about modern American capitalism, take a close look at Austin Carr’s story about the creation of Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Taco—yes, that—in the May 1 edition of Fast Company.
Photo: Enormous Line For Lorenzo’s Grand Re-Opening
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 5/03/2013
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There has never been a line this long outside Lorenzo's before sundown. Or featuring so many sober people. Today marks their grand re-opening, after the South Street pizza joint caught fire last June.
This is the line at Lorenzo's right now - wraps right around the corner! twitter.com/philebrity/sta…— Philebrity (@philebrity) May 3, 2013
Jersey Is Becoming A Cheeseburger Lover’s Paradise
By Joel Mathis 4/30/2013
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NewsWorks reports that New Jersey is fast becoming a battleground in the "better burger" wars—with franchises popping up all over the state representing Burger 21, Smashburger; Cheeburger, Cheeburger; Elevationburger; Zinburger; Bobby's Burger Palace; Five Guys and Jake's Wayback Burgers, "to name a few."
NewsWorks doesn't explain why Jersey would be such an attraction to all those better-burger-purveying chains—it spends more time explaining the whole concept of "better burgers," which, duh, fancier than McDonald's not as fancy as a steakhouse—but, you know, New Jersey voters did give the governorship to this guy. The market kind of defines itself.
Which leads, naturally, to this musical
South Street Rejoice, Lorenzo’s Pizza Is Open Again
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 4/29/2013
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Nine months ago, Lorenzo & Sons pizzeria on South Street caught fire, closing its doors and depriving thousands of drunk revelers from their badly needed 3:00 a.m. grease and carbohydrates. Just in time for summer, your late-night ritual can resume again, as the famed joint has soft-opened today in advance of its grand opening on Friday.
A few local food snobs probably won't be celebrating. A little more than a before Lorenzo's caught fire, Eater Philly polled a handful of culinary poobahs to seek their opinion of the place. Former City Paper food critic Adam Erace called their slices a "floppy mess."
