Quick Bites


Mesa Fresh Grill at the Gateway Shopping Center is closed for remodeling. The other Mesa Fresh locations remain open.

Bill Simmons’ El Wingador’s To-Go is set to open by mid-December at 4th and Girard, although the official grand-opening will be the morning of Wing Bowl. [Inqlings, Philadelphia Inquirer]

And this list got lost in the pre-Thanksgiving shuffle but certainly deserves a look. Here are Pennsylvania’s top 10 licensed restaurants in 2005 by money spent on liquor.

  1. Woodlands Inn, Wilkes-Barre – $617,031
  2. Woody’s, Philadelphia – $546,370
  3. Continental Mid-town, Philadelphia – $492,780
  4. Crewsers, Pittsburgh – $488,046
  5. Delilah’s, Philadelphia – $448,814
  6. Bleu Martini, Philadelphia – $422,929
  7. Capital Grille, Philadelphia – $404,949
  8. Dave & Buster’s, Philadelphia – $372,207
  9. Roland’s Seafood Grill, Pittsburgh – $372,128
  10. Maggiano’s, King of Prussia – $370,582

[Inqlings, Philadelphia Inquirer]