Year in Review: April

April featured all-you-can-eat sushi at Pod

News

• Vetri on Wheels, Marc Vetri’s food truck was announced on April 1st.
• We detail just some of the fun things you could buy for the same price as an iPad.
• Kirsten Henri named Philadelphia Magazine’s Food Editor.
• Shola announces Speck, we’re still waiting.
• iSportacus and Foobooz combine to name the best spots to watch the Phillies.
• Craig LaBan crushes Bobby’s Burger Palace. Crushes!
• The Foobooz Street Team discovers the Super Torta.
• Talula’s Table succeeds despite divorce.
• Tweeting trucks were all the rage in 2010.
• El Vez updates the Midtown’s bones but the Ranstead Room gets more of the buzz.
• City Paper finds the best tacos al pastor in University City.
• The Inquirer defines the Brunch Belt, we produce the map.

Dish of the Month

Lamb Tongues at Amis

Order lamb tongues. They are salt-brined for two days, braised on the third, then dipped in egg and bread crumbs on the way to the sauté pan. Four slices the size of checkers come on a bed of salsa rosso that blooms in your mouth with such depth and smoothness you’ll wonder what exotic subspecies of red pepper traveled how many thousand miles to be the base of it. Trey Popp, City Paper

Quote of the Month

[R]arely does a meal fall this short of the marketing hype… As for the burgers, the quality of the meat was pretty good, but they had a tightly packed consistency that gave them a pre-fab feel that would be unremarkable if you encountered it at your next block party. - Craig LaBan on Bobby’s Burger Palace.

Notable Openings

Bobby’s Burger Palace, El Rey, Le Viet

Notable Closings

Little Fish, Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus