Guides
Introducing Our Growler Guide
The growler, the best way to get draft beer to go. It’s eco-friendly, it’s fun and sometimes it’s cheap. We’ve surveyed bars, brew pubs and […]
Top Chef Recap: What’s A Block Party?
After an Olympian effort last week that resulted in the elimination of the cheftestant everyone loves/loved to hate, the remaining six are back to being […]
Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Restaurant Week, Shake Shack and Square Peg (No, Not the ’80’s TV Show)
We know, we know… Right now, all you can think about is Restaurant Week starting this weekend. But even in the run-up to this highly […]
Top Chef Recap: The Evil That Chefs Do
Bitterness. Spite. Tears. These have been the seasonings most commonly used during this generally weak season of Top Chef. And this week’s episode started off […]
Your Guide To Restaurant Week, Freshly Updated
We’ve updated our Restaurant Week Guide for Winter 2012. Center City District’s Restaurant Week features more than 100 restaurants offering $35 prix fixe dinners and […]
Sneak Preview: February at Cook
Another month, another round of classes at Cook and, just for you loyal Foobooz readers, another early look at the new schedule, which will go […]
Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Year In Review Edition
The week between Christmas and New Year’s is not generally one of the most exciting in the restaurant world. For the most part, restaurant crews […]
Our Guide to Fireplaces in Philadelphia
The calendar says it is the first day of winter despite the thermostat’s argument to the contrary. We’re going with the calendar though and offering […]
Jose Garces’ 45-Minute Turkey, Plus More Thanksgiving Tips From Philly’s Top Chefs
Deep Fried Turkey Photo via iStockphoto First published on November 21, 2011Updated on November 21, 2012 Want to know how to tell if your […]
Mommy, Where Does Beer Come From? Franklin Institute Teaches Kitchen Science to Kids
If the thought of keeping your kids entertained all winter is making you nervous, you may want to consider writing a thank-you note to the […]
Top Chef Texas Episode 1: Runnin’ and Gunnin’ For One of 16 Spots
Primal cuts of meat, a giant field of cheftestants, and Emeril Lagasse? It must be time for Top Chef Texas, where Bravo will exploit every […]
The Foobooz Top 50 Bars for 2011
For the third straight year we’ve polled a panel of writers, bloggers, Twitterers and others who play a part in Philadelphia’s bar scene for the […]
Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Go-Go Dancers, Booze, Hoagies and Spotted Dick
So this is the week that our big bars issue hit the stands (and the internets). As such, it was a boozy kind of week […]
85 Awesome Places to Drink
Philadelphia magazine has released its Bars issue and listed the 85 best bars in the city and suburbs broken down by type. For us here […]
Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Coffee, Burgers, French Fries, Playboy Bunnies and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Pizza
Local news, national news, food news, booze news–it was one of those weeks with a little something for everybody here at Foobooz World HQ. Check […]