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Birds 24/7

Eagles-Patriots Game Review: The Defense

Vinny CurryHere’s what we saw from the Eagles’ defense after having reviewed Friday night’s game against the Patriots. Notes on Vinny Curry, Fletcher Cox, Jake Knott and others.

Birds 24/7

No-22: What We Saw From Chip Kelly’s Offense

Chip Kelly said after Friday’s game that his up-tempo package is just one of many tools in his toolbox.

The truth is, it’s likely to become the foundation of his offense. It’s what Kelly had so much success with at Oregon. It’s what the Eagles have been practicing all offseason long. And it’s a style that other NFL teams are already having success with.

But as we saw Friday night, there’s more to it than just tempo.

Here’s a review of what we saw after reviewing the TV tape.

Foobooz

Adam Erace Says Serpico Is Extraordinary

Adam Erace says that Serpico is everything we wanted it to be and maybe even more. The dashi haunts my dreams. It comes ice cold, […]

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Cheap Eats: Farmer’s Road Drive Thru

In the cover story of the current issue of The Atlantic, David H. Freedman lays out an argument to soothe the stomach of every Bloomberg-hating, […]

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Trying To Do Right at Morgan’s Pier

Trey Popp laments the loss of George Sabatino’s $30 three-course dinner menu at Morgan’s Pier. On the first weekend of June, four weeks after it […]

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Unorthodox Indian at Indeblue

Trey Popp visits Indeblue’s Midtown Village location and finds that chef Rakesh Ramola is willing to go far afield in order to appeal to Philadelphia diners. […]

City Life

Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Unorthodox Indian Food at Indeblue

At Indeblue, where you can dip pulled-pork samosas in blue-cheese sauce and mop up apple/goat cheese chutney with bacon-wrapped bison kabobs, one of the thornier […]

City Life

Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Finer Summer Picnic Fare at Morgan’s Pier

It’s awkward to start a restaurant review with a coroner’s report, especially about a place that’s still thronged with customers. But sometimes autopsy is the […]

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Adam Erace reviews South Philly’s Ratchada

From Cafe de Laos to Ratchada, the South Philly Thai/Lao haven may have changed its name, but to Erace, it’s still bringing the heat—both literally […]

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Where We’re Eating: Luke’s Lobster

Two things you need to know about Luke’s Lobster. One, you should go right now. And two, if you didn’t hear me the first time, […]

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Where We’re Eating: Penang

For me, Penang was always one of the restaurants that defined Philly’s Chinatown. Before I lived here, it was the place my wife and I […]

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Fitler Dining Room: Ghosts of Dining Rooms Past

Every so often I’m asked how often the opinions of Craig LaBan and Trey Popp differ. Here’s one such case. LaBan heaped the praise on […]

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Cheu Noodle Bar: Where Noodles are Just Where the Weirdness Starts

Matyson chef Ben Puchowitz’s Cheu Noodle Bar with partner Shawn Darragh pumps out a sometimes schizophrenic smorgasbord where, surprisingly, noodles won’t be what keeps you […]

City Life

Philadelphia Restaurant Review: the Deliciously Eclectic Cheu Noodle Bar

Some restaurants are just what they seem, no more and no less. They send out fajitas and margarita pitchers with mariachi bands, or 24-ounce porterhouses […]

City Life

Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Fickle Fare at Fitler Dining Room

Some food corners are cursed. A property will pass from owner to owner, concept to concept, and nobody can make it work. Part of succeeding […]