Midtown Lunch

If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet for the East Passyunk food fest, get on it! Advance ticket sales end tomorrow at midnight. General admission is $30 and you can eat your face off from 1-4pm with beer and wine to go with it all.

Yummies include this shrimp and white bean salad from Kris,

Cupcakes from Ms. Goody, and…

•       Grappa-Cured Salmon with Marscapone from Paradiso
•       Chicken Skewers from Garage
•       Porchetta Sandwiches with Arugula Pesto from Birra
•       Grilled Wings and Yuengling Lager from South Philly Bar & Grill
•       Gazpacho and Chicken Salad with Green Tea Juice from Fuel
•       Meatball Sandwiches from Stogie Joe’s
•       Sweet Ravioli from Mamma Maria Ristorante
•       Penne with Blush Sauce and Eggplant Rollitini from Chiarella’s
•       Lemon Poppyseed Cake for dessert from Belle Cakery
•       Tacos Al Pastor from El Zarape
•       Sausage Gravy Waffles from Chhaya
•       Wild Boar Pate from Fond

This is the link for tickets.

• Don’t forget guys, the first day of Spring means free Rita’s water ice and free Rocco’s water ice
• Tonight is the Philadelphia Mobile Food Vendor Launch Event is tonight. Truck/cart operators and friends of them should come to learn about the hard work that has been happening and the future goals of the group.
• Today Shake Shack has opened a corner park on their construction site at 20th and Sansom

Don’t forget about the Level Up deal today at Reading Terminal. Your $10 voucher can be spent at places including: The Rib Stand, Hershel’s, Dutch Eating Place, Wan’s, and Mezze. Please use my referral code if you haven’t registered your smart phone with Level Up.

Can you believe my favorite spot in the City, Reading Terminal, has been around for 120 years? She is sure aging well. In honor of the anniversary, tomorrow (Wednesday) lunchers can receive $10 towards their meal at over 30 participating venders via Level Up from 11-4pm (Unfortunately, you need a smart phone for this deal).

And if you are new to Level Up (basically an app that allows you to pay by plugging in your card info. To pay, you place your phone next to the merchant’s phone and you are done)… you can do me the favor of using my referral code so I can get some cashhhh to spend on more lunches that I can report back on. Thanks!

You should celebrate Mardi Gras at least a little bit today. Beck’s Cafe is offering sprinkle-adorned king cake. And Khyber Pass Pub has happy hours going on from 11am to 1pm and 4pm to 6pm, so there is really no excuse not to enjoy their $2 Abita.

Foobooz has this list of other Mardi Gras happenings.

Whether you are treating yourself or someone else, food always makes a great gift. Besides the buy one get one deal at Qdobo you could think about the budino from Barbuzzo, sold in 2 packs today. Or Sweetbox cupcakes. A cannoli from Termini Bros? Or maybe a whole roast duck?