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Fishtown: Little Baby’s Ice Cream’s peeps and friends are performing their tribute act Bruce Ice Cream and the Freeze Street Band tonight at Johnny Brenda’s to help raise money for their forthcoming joint venture with Pizza Brain on Frankford Ave. [Meal Ticket]Old City: The Khyber brings back TsarPower, its Russian Imperial stout fest on Saturday. The lineup of big, dark and he
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Don't be like this guy. Like it or not, Saint Patrick’s Day is upon us, and soon the streets of Philly will run green with seas of staggering and green beer-obliterated yahoos crawling their way through every Irish bar from McGillin's in Center City to the Shamrock Pub down on Two Street. It’s doubtful that anyone in this town actually takes issue with the Irish or the celebration
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Midtown Village: Tub Gin hosts another of its boozy “Tub Gin Joints” happy hours tonight at Fergie’s Pub. The hppiness will come in the form of $1 “Tub & Tonics,” and rockin’ folky music from John Train. The fun begins at 4:30. [DrinkPhilly]Center City: With new fancy signage recently erected out front, it seems as if long-dormant bar Xchange might be poised fo
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Center City: Tinto, Iron Chef Jose Garces’ Basque wine bar gets ranked among “America’s Best Wine Bars.” [Travel + Leisure]Convention Center: The 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show kicks off “Hawaii: Islands of Aloha” on Sunday, March 4, with plenty of food and drink related activities and demonstrations, including several bars, the Kaua'i Kafe and fre
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NoLibs: The German Society of Pennsylvania and sommelier to the stars, Marnie Old, are hosting their first ever Bierfest on Saturday. From 1 to 5 p.m. Philly Roller Girls will be pouring and serving brews from Yuengling, Troegs, Sly Fox, Stoudts, Victory and more. Reps from Yuengling, Troegs and Victory will also lead a panel discussion on “The Future of Craft Lager.” Check out philly
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Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world… Last week dealt us the bummer of long-in-the-works, but not-so-long-in-actual-operation Sticks & Stones’ abrupt closing. And news of its successor comes as a bit of mixed fortune for the bustling East Passyunk Ave. restaurant row. The Insider reports that Marcos Decotiis, a vet from Kitchen Impossible-d La Satnza in deep South Phil
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Korean Short Rib Corn Dog Since it’s Friday and we started the day with desserts, Grub’s decided to go out with another post about hot dogs. But it’s not just any old dog; the beauty pictured above is the latest cross-cultural franken-snack from Meritage’s Anne Coll. And tonight, she’s putting it on the menu for the first time. It’s made with Korean-spice ma
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Morimoto butchering a tuna at Morimoto in Philly. Here’s something you don’t see every day: Morimoto was at Morimoto last night. The old original Iron Chef blew into to town yesterday in advance of the special collaboration dinner he’s doing with his iron-clad compadre Jose Garces tonight at JG Domestic. The private feast is for the winning bidders from last year’s Japa
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