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Noble American Cookery is looking to open in early 2009 on the booming 2000 block of Sansom (Capogiro, Melograno, Porcini, Tinto, Vic Sushi, Village Whiskey). […]

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French Laundry Chef Coming To Free Library

Thomas Keller, owner and chef of The French Laundry, Bouchon, and Per Se will be speaking at the main branch of the Free Library at […]

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Updated Menus At Butcher & Singer

We received the latest menus from Butcher & Singer and eagerly compared them to the originals to see just what changed. What we found is […]

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Is It Wrong to Hate This Kid?

The New York Times has a profile of a 12-year-old, David Fishman, who goes out to dine alone and fancies himself a food critic. I […]

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To Dirndl or Not To Dirndl?

Between Barack and baseball (and our trip to Seattle) we let a few things slip through the cracks in the past month, one of which […]

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Morning News with Extreme Beer

It’s been a while since we checked in with the world wide web of food. What’s going on out there? Laid-off financial industry employees are […]

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Tonight

Tonight is the kickoff of OpenTable.com’s Appetite Stimulus Plan. 70+ participating restaurants are offering $35 dinners and $24 lunches. We don’t have a whole lot […]

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Rick Nichols On Prohibition Taproom

Rick Nichols is drawn to the Loft District’s Prohibition Taproom by three glowing letters, B-A-R. The place had me at the BAR sign. On a […]

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Matyson Celebrates 5 Years

If Sirens tried to lure the SS Foobooz, we’re pretty sure they would recite this week’s “The Best of Matyson” menu to entice us into the […]

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Orange Placard Alert

On our way to check out the new Thai Chef & Noodle Fusion Friday, we noticed that 2006 Chestnut, former home to Arch Electronics has […]

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Weekend

Friday Tonight stop your whining. A quick look at the calendar shows three wine focused events tonight. A sold-out Sommelier Smackdown, a panel on women […]

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Week In Review: Accolades Edition

A chef’s table in West Chester gets two bells. Apothecary has new economically priced cocktails. Bryan Sikora cooks on the Martha Stewart Show. Looking for […]

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New Thai On Chestnut

Things we hate: people who say they had such-and-such great cuisine in X city and you can’t get that in Philadelphia. Things we love: Thai […]

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Bobby Flay To UPenn?

The Daily Pennsylvanian reports that Bobby Flay is considering opening a Bobby’s Burger Palace in the Radian. The first Bobby’s Burger Palace is located on […]

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A Couple New Web Sites

A couple of new web sites have landed in the last week or so. First is Table Matters, an independent journal supported by Drexel University […]