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Everyone’s Reviewing Kraftwork This Week

Lari Robling reviews Kraftwork for the Philadelphia Daily News. She and her tasters find much that they like in the details from the  industrial decor […]

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Good & Good Looking at Kraftwork

Adam Erace files his first report since moving from Philadelphia Weekly to City Paper. He puts Kraftwork to the test and comes away especially pleased […]

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Quick Bites

Catahoula Fried Oysters – photo by the Beer Lass The Beer Lass stopped into the just opened Catahoula to talk beer but was treated to a […]

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Satisfied at Kraftwork

Brian Freedman chows down at Kraftwork and finds the simplest bites to be the best. Executive Chef Michael N. Thomas assembled a sort of über-soup […]

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Fishtown’s Barcade

Brownstoner has the floor plan and a rendering of the proposed Frankford Avenue Barcade. Among the highlights of the rendering: 13-seat bar 32-seat outdoor beer garden […]

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Hot Potato On the Market

Phoodie catches this ad on Craigslist, it looks like the end is near for Hot Potato Cafe, the Girard Avenue restaurant that was “saved” by […]

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Fish in Fishtown, can you fathom?

View Larger Map Michael Klein reports that Mike Stollenwerk of Fish and the closed Little Fish is going to be opening Fathom Seafood Bar, a […]

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Tiffin vs Ekta, Head-to-Head

It’s  head-to-head taste test as Table Matters orders the same dishes at the same time from Ekta and Tiffin. You’ll have to click through to […]

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Barcade to Philly?

View Larger Map Barcade, a bar+video arcade in Brooklyn is moving forward with plans to come to Philadelphia. Brownstoner reports the owners met with the […]

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Patel is LHAO

We were tipped off to this web site by a reader yesterday. It focuses on some Philadelphia Department of Health/Office of Food Protection violations that […]

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Ansill Getting a Paint Job

With the help of an astute reader we tracked Ansill’s liquor license transfer to a corporation sharing an address with Stephen Starr. Today, the Inquirer’s […]

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Kraftwork Peep Show

Adam Ritter’s Kraftwork has a web site now and the eye candy is sure to titillate potential Fishtown regulars. We are particularly excited by the […]

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Neighborhood Meeting for Starr’s Beer Garden

The Illadelph takes Ansill’s neighbors to task for never allowing the restaurant to have outdoor dining but the big story is his posting of the […]

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Tale of the Tape: Fathom Seafood House

Mike Stollenwerk’s Fathom Seafood House finally opens today. The seafood themed bar from the owner of Fish and Little Fish brings a sustainably sourced raw […]

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Potato-rific

Friday night marked the Hot Potato Cafe’s moment in the limelight as season three of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares premiered.You can now check out the […]