Geno's
Today: Geno’s Steaks for Fifty Cents
From noon to 2 p.m. today, Geno’s is celebrating its 47th anniversary by serving up cheesesteaks for just 50 cents (instead of the usual $9.50). […]
Joey Vento’s Dying Wish: Keep “Speak English” Sign at Geno’s
Last week, Eater Philly ran a photo of rapper Busta Rhymes hanging out at Geno’s Steaks in South Philadelphia. That was all well and good. […]
30-Year-Old Woman Dies After Fall From Window of Luxury Condo
At 4:20 a.m. this morning, a still unidentified 30-year-old woman fell from the 12th story window of the luxurious Dockside Condominiums on the Delaware River. […]
Subway Sandwich Guy Refuses To Put Ketchup on a Cheesesteak, Gets Fired
Lawrence Ordone lost his job, but he kept his honor. When asked by a customer to make him a steak sandwich with American cheese, onion, […]
Flyers Fan who Beat Up Rangers Fan Outside Geno’s Gets the Ankle Bracelet
Dennis Veteri (AKA Claude Giroux) was sentenced today to 11-23 months of house arrest, plus five years probation, for beating up Neal Auricchio (AKA Ryan […]
Philly Food Cartoons by Sissy Biscuit
A local cartoonist and blogger who goes by the name of Sissy Biscuit has dedicated a week of her blogging and painting to the wonders […]
Odd Promotion Means Free Cheesesteaks
Today Tidy Cats cat litter is offering a #lifestinks Less with a Cheesesteak promotion at noon. Tidy Cats and the PU Patrol will be offering […]
The Garage In South Philly: Giving Food Trucks Roots
Jason Evenchik, of Vintage, Time and Bar fame, is working on another Philly first with three of his current partners and employees: a cafeteria and […]
Police Blotter
Let’s hope this doesn’t become a regular Foobooz feature. Fish pastry chef Monica Glass was attacked as she entered her Center City apartment overnight. She […]
Philly SteakOut Tells Us What We Know, We Love It Anyway
Have you checked out Philly SteakOut? It’s one of the first applications we’ve seen that has harvested social media data and applied it in an […]
Trey Popp the Latest to Dote on Barbuzzo
Photo by Jason Varney | Fussing with Forks From the Magazine: Barbuzzo Reviewed Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran’s conquest of 13th Street is complete. 3 […]
News for People Who Like Bad News
The Market Place at East Falls has closed. [Brownstoner] 71-year old Geno’s Steaks owner, Joey Vento underwent surgery yesterday for colon cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering […]
Food Fight
It’s the Philadelphia equivalent of brawling over a pig’s pedigree. Dan Gross has the story on Jose Oviedo’s beef with Geno’s Steaks. Oviedo was arrested […]
Outdoor Seating At Pat’s & Geno’s Is Illegal
Photo by IMNop88a via Flickr Licenses and Inspections says the outdoor seating at the cheesesteak nexus of 9th and Passyunk is illegal. Both Pat’s and […]
Super Sweet! Max Brenner Opens in Center City
It’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory come to life. Willy Won … — um, Max Brenner — has brought his vision of chocolate heaven to […]