Food

It’s been a few weeks now since Loco Pez quietly opened in Fishtown. Formerly, Crazy Fish Saloon, Loco Pez was picked up by Alfa’s (Center City)  Joe Beckham. It’s been gutted and reopened into a decent little taco dig. The wood paneling behind the bar and general decor is pretty...

I have a really bad habit. I like to take a drink with me to bed (I realize how this sounds but I promise I’m a stable, healthy human being). I turn on some music and read with a beer. It’s really a lovely way to fall asleep but...

It’s not, really. I’ve just been hot and pissed off all day thinking about this fucking debt ceiling / S&P downgrade and all this weather that can’t decide whether or not it wants to rain or dry out like the desert. Either way, it’s August and instead of continuing...

You probably don’t know what’s going on behind-the-scenes of your favorite restaurant, and as long as that tuna is delivered to the table medium-rare and tastes delicious, you might not care; but if you’ve never worked in some facet of the restaurant industry, consider yourself among the minority. Some...

Some kind of universal shift happens in my diet every summer. Despite the climbing degrees and hot afternoons spent trying to figure out exactly where I could actually fit a baby pool in my apartment and other hoodland activities, I start pouring hot sauce over everything. Everything. I can’t...

Although I can feel them all trying, it’s rare that a coffee shop actually impresses me. I’m usually turned off by the overpriced coffee and disenchanted with their random sandwich creations. Combining exotic ingredients may sound like a good idea, but it usually ends up tasting like nothing.  I’m...

Profile: Ultimate Brewing. Brewer: Trevor Fitzgerald Brewer mantra: “Fact: beer is way difficult to make… Reality: fuck facts” The suburbs are a dismal place for a food writer—or really, anyone who has an obsession with food and beer. I don’t want to do this city v. subrubs thing but...

Libation: Blast by Colt45 ABV: 12% Available: April 5th, 2011 We’d like to thank our friends at Colt45/Pabst for this review. As you grow older, there are some things in this world that you just have to do alone. Come Tuesday, you’ll have to do the dishes alone after...

I love beer and I love Philadelphia—and I’m not sure which came first, the chicken or the egg. I might love Philly because I love beer but I might also love beer because in Philadelphia, beer is king....