Foobooz: Michael Solomonov Wins Big :: Speck’s Replacement :: Burger Battles :: Gin For Geeks

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TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2011 Hello Fooboozers! Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you probably heard that Philly’s Michael Solomonov brought home the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid Atlantic, bestowed upon him for his grilled duck hearts, lamb’s tongue and oxtail soup at Zahav. It would’ve been hard not to know this, considering the amount of tweeting, Facebooking, blogging and press releasing that went on before, during and immediately after the event. But hey, maybe your rock doesn’t have Wi-Fi. Later in the week, our fair city picked up another honor, with Barbuzzo getting tagged as one of the 10 Best New Urban Restaurants in North America by Frommer’s. In other news, a replacement for the almost-but-never-quite-opened Speck at the Piazza has been chosen: it’s Raw Sushi and Sake Lounge—a second location following in the footsteps of the Sansom Street original. We also had a Tale of the Tape on Stephen Starr's newest, Frankford Hall, some pictures of ugly lunchmeat, a roundup of all the tweeting food trucks in Philly, a Beer Week primer for the uninitiated, news on the closure of Hoof + Fin, some burger backlash over the announced openings of 4 new locations for Jake’s Wayback Burgers and a list of the 11 best uses for foldable gin. Yeah, you read that right: foldable gin. — Jason Sheehan, Food Editor Solomonov Wins Beard Award Because who doesn’t love grilled duck hearts? READ MORE 11 Best Uses for Foldable Gin Only one of them involves alcoholic-paper-airplane-eating contests. READ MORE Barbuzzo Named One of 10 Best by Frommer’s Just another reason to stay close to home ... READ MORE Show Us Your Tweets! Philly’s food trucks on Twitter. READ MORE     Jake’s Wayback Burgers Explodes (In A Good Way) But not everyone is happy about it. READ MORE     SEE ALL POSTS BEILER'S BAKERY “Their baked goods are wonderful! Try the red velvet with cream cheese roll.” READ MORE YAKITORI BOY “Yakitori Boy is by far the best restaurant in Philadelphia especially for those who want to have parties.” READ MORE BUTCHER & SINGER “Quality, preparation, and presentation were all in the 8.0 to 9.0 range. Service was excellent, very attentive and helpful. ” READ MORE A Message From Our Sponsor Come celebrate 10 delicious years at Cuba Libre with our updated look, fresh new menu items and a renewed devotion to our mission: bringing Cuban culture and cuisine to Philadelphia. Did You Miss Last Week’s Foobooz Newsletter? Read It Here!

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