Tag Archives: casual dining
May 21, 2014 Jane G’s
On our last night in Philly we were looking for some good old fashioned Chinese food. Jane G’s was right pretty close to the hotel. Jane Guo opened this restaurant in 2012, her second restaurant in Philly. The restaurant was getting busier and busier as the night went on – there were a few large […]
Tags: casual dining, chinese, philadelphia, restaurant
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May 20, 2014 Oyster House
On our second night in Philly we stopped over at the Oyster House for dinner, our concierge at the hotel was able to make us a reservation. There wasn’t really a place to wait for our table as the bar area was packed – they have nightly happy hour specials ($1 oysters in the bar […]
Tags: casual dining, happy hour, philadelphia, restaurant, seafood
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May 19, 2014 Commonwealth
Chef Nookie Postal was at the New England Food Expo and ever since then, he has been all over my radar. Commonwealth, located in Kendall Square, is a market – restaurant hybrid. You can go in for a family style meal and pick up a gallon of milk on your way out. They sell fresh […]
Tags: cambridge, casual dining, ice cream, restaurant, take out
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May 16, 2014 Amada
On our first night in Philly we decided to hit up Amada, a great tapas restaurant. There is a front and back room, and they couldn’t feel more like a contrasted – the front room is warm and light and the back room is a little darker, a little more romantic. We opted to go […]
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May 13, 2014 Federal Donuts
Federal Donuts was right around the corner from the hotel, and while we didn’t have time to stop in to taste the chicken, we did however try the donuts. Hot and Fresh are available any time: $1.25 each, $6 for half dozen, $20 a dozen in vanilla spice, cinnamon brown sugar and strawberry lavender. […]
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May 12, 2014 Franklin Fountain
Franklin Fountain has been on my “must go to” list for some time now. I had heard about it years ago on some food show, and now that we were finally in Philly, how could I pass up heading over? Mind you, the day that we decided to go on this Franklin Fountain mission, it […]
Tags: cash only, casual dining, ice cream, philadelphia
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May 9, 2014 Moyzilla
Mark and I have anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Moyzilla truck. The truck is owned by Jonathan Moy, a 2008 graduate of Hofstra, who started his career in a cube as a financial analyst. He decided to pursue his love for Asian street food, and boy are we glad he did! I was swamped […]
Tags: asian, casual dining, food truck
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May 6, 2014 Tenoch
Mark and I headed out to hunt for new food trucks – and we decided on Tenoch, a food truck serving traditional Mexican tortas (sandwiches) served on telera bread. The guys on the truck are really great, super friendly. Mark and I both get the Torta Adobada: telera bread, pork with adobo sauce, oaxaca cheese, […]
Tags: cash only, casual dining, financial district, food truck, mexican
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May 2, 2014 Farmstead Inc.
Matt Jennings is a two-time finalist for the prestigious James Beard Foundation’s “Best Chef Northeast” award, has been named one of America’s “Most Sustainable Chefs”. He was selected as one of Food & Wine Magazine’s “Big thinkers, changing the way Americans eat.” He was recently the keynote speaker at the Taste Trekkers convention that took […]
Tags: brunch, casual dining, cheese, restaurant, rhode island
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April 29, 2014 Snappy Ramen
Since we were on Newbury Street, we decided to pop into Snappy Ramen, formerly known as Snappy Sushi. We used to come here for lunch when we worked in the Back Bay – they have great grab and go sushi, and you can get brown rice sushi! The have a small upper balcony seating area […]
Tags: back bay, casual dining, ramen, restaurant, takeout
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