| TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2011 |  | Hello Fooboozers!
Another busy week here at Foobooz World Headquarters. To start it off, we had all the dirt on the opening of Stephen Starr’s newest: Frankford Hall, his (somewhat confusing) 400-seat beer garden. The best thing about the place? Nine taps and six different kinds of sausage, which can make for a very amusing math game, trying to pair each with each before dying of either alcohol poisoning or a tube-steak overdose. Something else fun: running through a list of the worst restaurant names in Philadelphia (there are a lot of them), inspired by the remodeling and renaming
of Georges Perrier's Bar Lyonnaise space, which will now be called Tryst. What was supposed to be a quick tour of the new (and not yet completed) Hop Sing Laundromat space turned into a three-hour Chinatown adventure, courtesy of its owner, Lee (yeah, just Lee), in which we discussed historic cocktails, Danish light fixtures, how to piss off your contractor and the various rumors and lies that have been told about the place. And when we were done on Race Street, it was back to the grind, collecting all the news on snails, The Vendy Awards, the Diving Horse, the coming of Dirty Burger, Fathom’s new menus and catering the zombie apocalypse. Oh, and before I forget: Don't miss out on your chance to score reservations for the next Restaurant Club dinner party at Tweed. They're calling it "All About Wine" so, yeah—there's probably gonna be some drinkin'... — Jason Sheehan, Food Editor |
|  |  | Tryst? Really, Georges?
And that isn’t even the stupidest restaurant name we found. READ MORE
|  |  | On (and Off) the Record at Hop Sing Laundromat
The penny floor and free shoe shines are just the start of it. READ MORE
| |  | Dining on Doomsday
The Rapture was a bust, but we still had fun planning our last meals. READ MORE
| |  | Speaking of Bad Restaurant Names
Dirty Burger is (maybe) coming to Philly. READ MORE | |  | "All About Wine" Dinner Party at Tweed
Gentlemen, start your livers ... READ MORE | | SEE ALL POSTS
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“Maybe the two worst dining experiences of my life. In both trips the food was horrible: a disgusting chicken saltimbocca that was drowning in water and fatty steak that I wouldn't feed to a dog.” READ MORE | BABY BLUES BBQ
“Have been there five times so far and looking forward to my sixth visit - soon I hope. Memphis half rack my favorite and I always enjoy the cornbread and desserts.” READ MORE | 10 ARTS
“Really disappointed. We ordered the salmon tartare appetizer, which was tiny and way too overseasoned with lemon. I also had the special mussel appetizer which was unremarkable and bland. ” READ MORE |
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