Midtown Lunch

Opa, the new Greek restaurant in Center City, is starting to serve  lunch  next Monday (7/18) and is offering free lunches of their “toast”,  a traditional Greek pressed sandwich, to customers that day. It comes with Lancaster ham, manouri cheese, and honey mustard dressing, plus oregano fries on the side. Yum! I am always down for a fancy grilled cheese. I am also happy to report that practically all of the lunch menu is $10 or less. Burger fans be alerted, they are serving a feta stuffed hamburger.

Full menu after the jump

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On the corner of 15th and Market you can get free Sabra humus (west side, being given away at a cart) and Green Mountain Coffee (east side, at a kiosk) Enjoy!

The Food Experiments is a series of amateur cook-offs that celebrate the home chef that have become well-loved in Brooklyn, NY.  The Experiment is coming to Philly Next Month The Philadelphia Cheese Experiment will be held at the World Cafe Live venue on Sunday June 5th, 2011 from 12-4PM. A portion of the event’s proceeds will go towards The Food Trust, a local charity dedicated to ensuring that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food. Do you have the balls to compete and show off your cooking skills? Get your tickets ($10 in advance, $15 day of) or sign up to cook here.

Want to win a pair of tickets?? Of course you do. Here is how: in the comments, post either 1) your favorite beer/cheese combo or 2) let us know that you like us on facebook or 3) that you follow us on twitter.

A winner will be picked at random on Wednesday at noon.

UPDATE: Commenter “Tor” was randomly picked to win the tickets! If you didn’t win, might as well purchase your tickets to this fun event.

Monday marks the 1 year anniversary of one of my favorite sandwiches places- Jake’s. To celebrate they are roasting up a pig for 18 hours and giving out free sandwiches starting at noon.

I recently had the privilege of attending a preview of the Flavors of the Avenue event, an East Passyunk Day of eating that is going down on April 30th.  The event features local restaurants offering samples of their food under a big tent with live music. General Admission Tickets are $30, but if you purchase before the 25th, they will take off $5. So for $25 you can eat from local restaurants and drink wine and beer from 1 to 5pm, can you think of a better way to spend your Saturday? (VIP tickets are $50 or $45 if purchased before the 25th and include a VIP happy hour from 12-1 and specialty cocktails and first tastes)

I tried so much delicious food, I can honestly say this is an event worth going to. You will not need dinner that night.

Look ahead for some pictures of what you can expect and a chance to win a free ticket!

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Heinz Ketchup is in Philly this week, giving out free fries with their new Dip and Squeeze Ketchup. Today they will be in Center City from 12-1:45 at 16th and Chestnut, Unversity City from 2:30-4:15 at the 200 Block of S. 40^th Street at Locust Walk, and at 30th St Station from 5-7. Tomorrow they will be at 2nd and Market from 5pm-11 and Saturday at 18th and Walnut from 2pm-6.  The first 20 people today get a free t-shirt. Report back if you get some free stuff.