The Independence Fresco Cafe, right across the lawn from the Liberty Bell, has opened for the season, this time with a more elaborate menu and an alcohol license. Beer and bratwurst sounds like a great lunch to me.
Though I haven’t gotten to eat there yet, here is a look at the menu after the jump.
Posted at 11:59 am, May 17th, 2011 under Beer with Lunch.
Emei Szechuan Style Restaurant is a newish Szechuan Chinese restaurant that replaced Chung King Garden. Like its predecessor the menu has both Szechuan and American-Chinese type food. I tried a bunch of appetizers and their spiciest lunch special.
Get your Groupon before it runs out for $10 worth of food for $5 at Chickie’s in South Philly.
Posted at 9:39 am, May 16th, 2011 under Groupon.
Posted at 12:49 pm, May 13th, 2011 under Lunch Links.
Primo’s has locations all around Philly, NJ, and Delaware. And as most people in Philly know, they do sandwiches, “hoagies”.
From the long list of hoagies, I chose the Whacked Chicken Cutlet, with sharp provolone plus not only pesto, but bruschetta on top too.
Posted at 12:39 pm, May 12th, 2011 under sandwiches.
In March I enjoyed the chaat at the Desi Chaat house in the Bellevue food court. Commenter Spikyone reminded me that Minar Palace had chaat on their menu, which I had totally forgotten about. (Chaat = combo of chickpeas, yogurt and tamarind sauce mixed with crunchy dough) I visited Minar last a year ago and was very impressed by their lamb rogan josh so when I had a craving for yogurt and tamarind, I made the return trip.
Posted at 12:10 pm, May 11th, 2011 under chaat, Indian, vegetarian.
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 Allison, the winner of our Flavor of the Avenue ticket give away.
Name: Allison
Age: 31
Occupation: waitress and bartender
Where in Philly do you Work?: Rittenhouse area
Favorite Kind of Food: Korean. I love the sweet-spicy-salty-funky mix of stews like soon du boo jigae (soft tofu and seafood in a spicy broth). Also sushi, and anything considered “weird”, like durian or offal.
Least Favorite Kind of Food: Lunchmeat. Chocolate cake. And pizza (I know!)
Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Philly:
Su Xing Vegetarian(1508 Sansom St.) for hot and sour soup and spiral seaweed with dried bean curd. Vic Sushi (2035 Sansom) for their three roll special, and Whole Foods for the salad bar.
Posted at 12:23 pm, May 10th, 2011 under PROFILE: Philly Lunch'er.
