Midtown Lunch

There are a lot of French things going on this month, have you been taking advantage of them?

Starting tomorrow, in honor of the Philly International Festival for the Arts, restaurants will be serving special menus created by duos of local and French chefs. [Uwishunu]

There will be a street fair on Broad St on April 30th with food vendors. I hope the sky is clear that day.

A pop up bistro is open in the Kimmel Center for Dinner and Sunday Brunch, also for PIFA.

What interests me more though is the French crepe cart in the Kimmel Center, I should probably check that out? Its open from 11-3 and  5-8.

Not to be left out, McGillin’s is putting on its beret with menu items like French Onion Soup, French Muffuletta, Beef Bourguignon, Moules Frites and Pizza Provencal, and of course  a French Martini to go with it all.

Have you enjoyed any of the PIFA events yet?

This Saturday at 2pm, professional and amateur shuckers will be competing for cash prizes at the Oyster House (1516 Sansom St). The entrance fee is $5 which gets you access to the shucked oysters. Each contestant will be judged on speed and accuracy by Art from Foobooz, Drew from Meal Ticket, and yours truly. Don’t forget to say hi!

These are oysters collected and shucked by my Dad. I’d give him a good score.

Philly Restaurant Week is back again (January 16-21 & 23-28) with $20 3 and 4 course lunches.With so many participating restaurants it is hard to know where to get the most bang for your buck. I went through the menus of the restaurants offering lunch during Restaurant Week and picked out the ones that sounded the best and what I would order at each.

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Today, stop by the soft opening of Freshii at the Ritz Carlton (1414 S Penn Sq) with free food throughout the day. Starting at 7am (NOW CHANGED TO WEDNESDAY), the first 30 people get free breakfast and drink. From  7 to 10:30 get a free coffee or tea with your breakfast purchase. From 10:30 to 12:30, the first 200 people get a “free meal”, whatever that may be. From 12:30 to 2 they are doing 2 for 1 meals. After than, from 2-4:30, get a “free snack” and lastly from 5 to 7 get half priced “bowls and salads.” According to their general franchise menu, it looks like a lot of salads, wraps, and rice bowls.

And until the 28th they are offering the following specials:

• Thursday, Jan. 20th : 2 for 1 bowls
• Friday, Jan. 21st : 2 for 1 wraps
• Saturday, Jan. 22nd : Free snack with any meal
• Monday, Jan. 24th : ½ off breakfast total
• Tuesday, Jan. 25th : Free side of soup with any meal
• Wednesday, Jan. 26th : 2 for 1 bowls
• Thursday, Jan. 27th : 2 for 1 wraps
• Friday Jan. 28th : Free snack with any meal

Let me know about what the “free meal” or “free snack” actually are.