BY BRIDGET SALMONS On a budget? You don’t need to drop a lot of dough to impress your New Year’s date with a midnight-smooch-worthy dinner. […]

It’s official, as we first mentioned in September, Alex Plotkin will be taking over the Oceanaire space on Washington Square. He expects to do minimal […]

We’ve been busy adding events to the Foobooz Calendar, here are some of the latest:. Friday, December 18th – Yoga + Beer at Yoga on […]

Rick Nichols visits Benny Lai and retraces the steps that led to the “sparkling,” “evocative” and “impressive” Vietnam Cafe in West Philadelphia. The Lais’ new […]

The Insider has a first look with Zama, the Japanese restaurant set to open this Saturday at 128 S 19th Street and is there a […]

Tonight, Varga Bar debuts its Varga Calender with a party featuring the pin-ups as well as a one hour open bar and complimentary bites. They’re […]

The Center City District tweeted the dates of its January restaurant week  last week and today they have the rest of the details.

‘0 yeah, what we were going to post about before being distracted by the paper model of the Kenzinger truck was that the Memphis Taproom […]

Daymaker Industries makes do it yourself paper models and they’ve got a paper model of the Memphis Taproom, the Kenzinger beer truck and other easily […]

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum I smell the faux pho of a Starr man. Stephen Starr’s restaurant organization tweeted on Friday that Starr is planning a Vienamese restaurant in […]

Grub Street has a slideshow of some new soups that you can find around town. Our innards are warming already. Among those that most intrigue: […]

Craig LaBan visits the now avant-garde Marigold Kitchen where chef Robert Halpern is deconstructing and meat-gluing back together the typical idea of a meal. Great […]

Wine Enthusiast lists their top 25 beers of 2009 selections and Dogfish Head’s Festina Peche and Victory’s Festbier make the list. [Wine Enthusiast (PDF)] David […]

We’ve relaunched our Recession Specials section, breaking down deals by price point, night of the week and happy hours that offer food deals. We’ve also […]

In 1965 this street corner featured a hotel and bar. Do you know what is now at this Philadelphia street corner? Photograph via PhillyHistory.org