Archive for 'Lunch Links'

Lunch Links (The “Food Cart History Lesson” Edition)

Photo Courtesy of Two Eat Philly
  • In Philly, food trucks have been around since the late 1800s [Penn Current]
  • The Mexican cheesesteak at San Lucas comes with mozzerella and jalepenos [Serious Eats]
  • If you find yourself in Roxborough, you must try the PK Stacker at Pierogie Kitchen, a sandwich with a pierogie, keilbasa, and kraut [Two Eat Philly]
  • The broth and pickled vegetables are still great at Lan Zhou [Munchi Monster]
  • Chicken salad at Royal Tavern comes with prosciutto, blue cheese, thinly sliced pear, arugula, and lavender-honey mustard [Two Eat Philly]

Lunch Links (The “Hug A Veteran” Edition)

Photo Courtesy of Philly Phoodie
  • You might end up with a 20 inch sausage sandwich at Rocco’s [Philly Phoodie]
  • A new Duck house opened up in Chinatown [The Insider]
  • Hot Diggity is doing  Surf and Turf Dog [Serious Eats]
  • The grilled cheese at 5 guys is pretty decent and cheap [Serious Eats]
  • The chicken roti and potato puffs from the Mini Trini Truck get rave reviews [Phila Weekly]

Lunch Links (The “Crab Fry Law Suit” Edition)

Photo courtesy of Ryan Strand
  • Khyber Pass Pub, the recent #1 bar on the Foobooz list, has perfectly fried shrimp in their po boy [Philly Phoodie]
  • Lawyer friends, how do we feel about Chickie and Pete’s trademark infringment suit over it’s crab fries [The Insider]
  • The Hot Ham Capicola, Oven-Roasted Turkey, thinly sliced Pepperoni, Hot Pepper Cheese, Mozzarella, Lettuce, Tomato, light Oil, Salt, Pepper, and Oregano hoagie from Michael Minetti won the 1st Philly Hoagie contest, the hoagie will be available at Primo’s later this month [The Insider]
  • India Restaurant gets more praise for its naan and everything else [Philadelphia Weekly]

Lunch Links (The “Join Our Lunch Meet Up Today!” Edition)

What you could be eating for lunch today

  • Consider joining our lunch posse today for Midtown Lunch Philly’s 1st Official Lunch meet up
  • New at work time waster alert, Have you checked out Mikey’s notacheesesteak tumblr yet??
  • The burger 15 at Ladder, is almost too moist to be  a burger, but still good [Foodings]
  • The Inquirer captures the fried chicken frenzy [Philly.com]

Lunch Links (The “New Burger and Hot Dog Trucks”) Edition

Photo courtesy of Drew Lazor
  • There is “Better Than Best” Food list on Phila Weekly, I don’t quite get the random categories and all the cursing, but Sazon, Dim Sum Garden, Nan Zhou, Little Baby’s Ice Cream, and Manakeesh are all on there [Phila Weekly]
  • The pumpkin kugel at Delicatessen is highly recommended [Meal Ticket]
  • Scott Dogs, the hot dog cart from South Philly Tap Room’s Scott Schroeder, is ready to start serving this weekend [Grub Street]
  • Another truck, Lucky Old Souls, has begun serving burgers in LOVE Park Tuesdays and Thursdays [Foobooz]

Lunch Links (The “Hay Rides and Donuts” Edition)

Pulled pork photo courtesy of Philly Phoodie
  • Tomorrow is the annual harvest festival at Reading Terminal
  • The guys at Miga are opening up a much larger Korean rice bowl spot on 12th and Walnut [Meal Ticket]
  • Federal Donuts (selling donuts and fried chicken) opened on Monday, here is a video checking out the space [The Feast]
  • Tashan, the fancy Indian restaurant that recently opened, is now serving lunch with a $15 2 course plus sorbet deal [Foobooz]
  • Yumtown Food Truck travels around serving a great pulled pork sandwich [Philly Phoodie]

Lunch Links (The “Bring Me A Fried Kraut Ball” Edition)

Photo courtesy of Grav Weldon
  • New Harmony is no longer the only joint with popping smoothies now that Tea Talk has come to town [Philly Foodie]
  • 22nd and Philly did some impressive work eating at the Chinatown Night Market and live blogging their impressions [22nd and Philly]
  • Brown Sugar Bakery serves smoothies to cure your every ailment, like Menopause or ADD [Foobooz]
  • I NEED to go to a  Texas state fair at some point in my life [Serious Eats]