Fishtown
Fishtown’s Soup Kitchen Provides Lunchtime Thrills
Trey Popp calls Fishtown’s Soup Kitchen the best thing to happen to lunch all year. Soup Kitchen’s sandwiches are two- and three-day productions. The pulled […]
Barcade Is Now Open
After a couple days of friends and family service over the weekend, Philadelphia’s Barcade announced it was open to the public via Twitter and swung […]
More Whiskey For Fishtown
Is it a good thing when successful New York restaurateurs become fed up with Big Apple crowds and head to Philly to test their mettle […]
There’s More Than One Saturday in October
We just checked with Google Calendar, there are FIVE Saturdays in October but it seems everyone is throwing a big festival on the the first. […]
Celebrate Mexican Independence at Johnny Brenda’s
You might guess with this headline that Celebrate Mexican Independence is an Indie band coming to the Fishtown bar and music venue but no, Johnny […]
Quick Bites: Fishtown Whiskey Bar and Han’s Dynasty Expands
There’s an orange liquor license application in the window at the former Hot Potato Cafe on Girard Avenue. Michael Klein says it will be a […]
Sibling Rivalry at Kraftwork and Sidecar
Adam Ritter runs both Kraftwork and Sidecar bars and next week the sibling bars are hosting the beers of sibling brewers. On Tuesday, Kraftwork will […]
Pils Picnic at Johnny Brenda’s
This Saturday Johnny Brenda’s is hosting its third annual Pils Picnic. Local pilsners will take over the taps all day and classic picnic foods will […]
Vegans and Meat Eaters Living Together!
In Trey Popp’s monthly revisit, he returns to three year-old Sketch on Girard Avenue where he finds an “ebullient mash-up of sermon-free veganism and sloppy-good […]
Frankford Hall Adds Happy Hour
Starting today Frankford Hall is offering happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. All draft beers are discounted and a warm pretzel and half-liter of […]
One Bell for Frankford Hall
Craig LaBan gives the pretzels, sausage and the three entrees at Frankford Hall the once over. He doesn’t come away impressed. He does however use […]
Philadelphia Brewing Co. Produces a Cider?
We thought it was a gluten deficiency when a recently diagnosed celiac disease sufferer told us about Philadelphia Brewing Company’s Cider. Poor chap was delusional, […]
Positives and Negatives at Frankford Hall
Adam Erace visits Stephen Starr’s Frankford Hall and goes over the limited menu.
New York Times Goes on a Philly Bar Crawl
The New York Times has a two-part tour of drinking in North Philadelphia (Northern Liberties, Fishtown, Port Richmond) and what do you know, they find […]
More From Philly Mag, Fathom Reviewed, Tequila’s Revisited, Beach Eats
The June 2011 Philadelphia magazine is on newsstands now. In addition to The Farm and Fisherman review there is a review of Mike Stollenwerk’s Fathom […]