Although we here at Finding Philly try to avoid restaurant openings, almost as a rule, we were excited enough about this new French bistro opening that we decided to visit on opening night. We decided to try to scoop the major media and let it all hang out here on the blog. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cuisine'
Bistrot La Minette
August 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Bella Vista · Cuisine · French · Restaurant · South Street
Ribs (and much more) at Cantina
July 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments
We had one of those amazing meals today that leaves you with the feeling that everything’s right in the world. I wanted Karen to have the amazing barbeque pork ribs and well, a magarita for brunch isn’t anything to sneeze at on the 4th of July. I also wanted to try the pork [...]
Tags: Bar · Breakfast · Brunch · Drink · Mexican · Restaurant · South Philly
abakus: HOT off the presses!
June 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments
I was up in Chinatown a few weeks back getting some grub on a Sunday. While looking for a parking space I passed a shop window so gorgeous I did a doubletake. Sneakers and Peking ducks hanging side-by-side! Just today I rode my bike back to take a look inside and I’m [...]
Tags: Chinese · Cuisine · Retail · Shoes/Sneakers
Hardena - Indonesian in South Philly
November 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
Hardena is not the newest of restaurants, but there are lots of reasons it’s been around as long as it has. This place is amazing.
More photos and some food descriptions after the jump.
Tags: Adventurous · Ethnic · Indonesian · Restaurant · South Philly
Headhouse Square Farmer’s Market
October 16th, 2007 · 7 Comments
The markets around town offer a huge variety of food and drink and are a lot of fun to boot. Fitler Square has a small one on Saturdays. Karen and I have gotten fresh fruits, veggies, bread, and once a beautiful Thai basil plant that’s now taking over her garden. Reading [...]
Tags: Bella Vista · Desserts · Grocery · Market · Mexican · South Street
The Icing On The Cupcake
August 28th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Brown Betty Dessert Boutique
1030 N. 2nd Street # 601 (Northern Liberties Walk)
215. 629.0999
Elizabeth Ruthie Hinton passed down a valuable gift to the women of her family in her vintage cake and pie recipes. I have always had a weakness for a good cupcake. And since baking sweets does not come easily for me, I [...]
Tags: Bakery · Café · Center City · Cupcakes · Desserts · Northern Liberties · Reading Terminal Market
Finding Chinatown - Episode 1
August 19th, 2007 · 6 Comments
This is a post that’s been marinating for a while. I’ve decided to split it up into episodic posts though in the hopes that my adventures in Philadelphia’s Chinatown will be ongoing. The idea formed when I saw this post in eGullet, started by Philadining. Why not go and try everyone’s recommendations? [...]
Tags: Adventurous · Chinatown
My photo in Schmap Guides, upcoming posts
August 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Quick update:A photo of mine has been included in the latest edition of the Philadelphia Schmap Guides
Link Here (it’s the photo of the bike at El Vez). It’s pretty nice of them to ask permission and then credit me and link to my photo on Flickr. Now if only they’d get a Mac client [...]
Tags: Bakery · Chinatown · Desserts · Site News
Smile Cafe
July 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Smile Cafe
www.thaismilecafe.com
215.564.2502
105 S. 22nd St.
Smile Cafe is one our favorite finds! There are 2 dozen Thai restaurants in Philadelphia - you could have fooled me! I was aware of a few, but it wasn’t until we stumbled out of Smile Cafe (BYOB) that I knew what we found. [...]
Tags: BYOB · Ethnic · Restaurant · Soup · Thai
Goodbye Pif
July 7th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Pif is one of our favorite restaurants in the city. We first went just over a year ago for my birthday. I loved the food and atmosphere so much both at Pif and Ansill (where we ate a few weeks later for Karen’s birthday) that I decided I wanted to work in either. [...]
Tags: BYOB · French · Restaurant · South Philly