I picked Nodding Head for a lunch with several co-workers because there are enough things on the menu that everyone could pick something they wanted. But since I hadn’t actually tried their food, I couldn’t vouch for their quality. I am impressed by the fact that they brew their own beer, but do they put as much effort into the food?
Posted at 9:42 am, June 30th, 2011 under Beer with Lunch, sandwiches, seafood, sit-down.
My main goal of the summer was to explore a part of the city that I had never even been to before. I’ve been South, West, East, semi North, and even to Manayunk. But I know nothing about the very Northeast, a really interesting part of the city. So for the next few Wednesdays, I am checking out different lunch spots up and over yonder, starting with the New Wave Cafe in Port Richmond.
The New Wave Cafe purports to be a restaurant, bar, and disco, basically all the things you could ever want it to be. Inside the slightly dark space there is a bar and a few tables, space art on the walls, and a dance floor, you know, for the disco-ing.
The Cafe is a family owned Polish establishment and the menu reflects that in all the best ways. I really really love Polish food, and the picking are slim to none around Center City (fancy hipster peirogies don’t count), so I was psyched to get that home cooking.
Posted at 9:42 am, June 29th, 2011 under North East, Polish, Wandering Wednesdays.
As you should know by know the 1st ever Philly Vendy Awards are happening July 9th. The Vendys is a cook off between street trucks, and ticket holders get to eat all the truck’s food and drink all the beer you can manage. Sales go to benefit The Food Trust.
Tickets are still available online. Plus if you purchase your ticket by Friday you will be entered for a chance to win a spot as the Citizen Judge, getting to judge the competitors alongside the other judges; Mayor Nutter, Chef Jen Carroll, Meal Ticket’s Drew Lazor, Phila Weekly’s Brian McManus, Chef Michael Solomonov, and… ME. The early bird tickets have all sold out, you better buy your ticket now! You can even get a family packages of 4 tickets for the price of 3.
Will you be there?
Posted at 1:28 pm, June 28th, 2011 under event.
As is customary at Philly Lunch, every Tuesday we turn over the site to a different lunch’er for his or her recommendations for the best lunch in Philadelphia. This week it’s Becca, who along with last week’s profiled luncher Claire, blogs for Downtowndwell and made that quail ravioli that got 3rd place at the Philly Cheese Experiment.
Name: Becca
Age: 23
Occupation: Paralegal and blogger for Downtown Dwell
Where in Philly do you Work?: The Cira Center (next to 30th Street train station)
Favorite Kind of Food: Anything pickled or spicy
Least Favorite Kind of Food: Licorice
Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Philly: I like eating in the Italian Market. I love going to Taqueria La Veracruzana (9th and Washington) for carnitas tacos. 943 (943 S. 9th Street) has really interesting Argentinian and Italian food. One of my favorite lunch spots is Sarcones (9th and Fitzwater) where I get whatever special sandwich they have for the day!
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Posted at 8:29 am, June 28th, 2011 under PROFILE: Philly Lunch'er.
Cafe Diem is a Vietnamese restaurant that is as tiny as it is authentic. The one page menu is dominated by noodle soups. The internet suggests the bun bo hue, spicy beef soup, is the thing to get here. But my friend at Philadining praised the chicken noodle pho- called pho ga- and I decided to get over my notion that only beef pho was worthy of consumption.
Posted at 9:52 am, June 27th, 2011 under pho, Vietnamese.
Photo Courtesy of Two Eat Philly
Posted at 9:30 am, June 24th, 2011 under Lunch Links.
Today on Living Social, you can get $20 worth of crepes for $10 at La Creperie Cafe on 17th and Sansom. That can buy a lot of crepes. Treat a friend to lunch with it maybe? How about the La Marginale, a merguez sausage crepe with tomato sauce, mozzarella, ham, bacon, and veggies.
