Walking around Broad & Snyder the other day at 9 in the morning I was surprised to see a food truck parked right down the street from the Walgreens. And then even more surprised to see a crazy me...
One of those famed South Philly hoagie shops that was written up way back when in the Inquirer but is far enough South of the "hipster barrier" that nobody writes about it, at least in the sa...
I just wrote about the awesome hamburgers at Charlies on A Hamburger Today - a roadside shack just outside of Philly that serves up super cheap delicious quasi-sliders - maybe 3 or 3.5 ounce fresh gr...
All weekend Id been working on this soul food cover for Philadelphia Weekly, drawing and looking at pictures of fried shrimp, wings, catfish, macaroni and cheese and various forms of chicken, and thi...
James-Beard award winning, "secret" Atlantic City Italian-American restaurant in someones basement. This and Mr Joes Cafe are so far my favorite "red gravy" spots in the Philadelphia ...
Ive been driving past this cheesesteak spot smack in the middle of North Philly Time Square (Broad & Erie) for years and finally got it together a few months ago when we were doing the Best Chees...
A Sandwich A Day: Zep from Eves Lunch in Norristown, PA - on Serious Eats.Top photo is a "classic" Zep with cooked salami and provolone. Pictured above is a Turkey Zep, also delicious!Eves Lu...
Stopped into Moes for the first time in a while! This a 2-alarm Engine 47 (deep fried) with pepper hash and spicy mustard.Always forget that they do deep fried hot dogs..definitely the way to go here...
If youve been following my hot dog articles for the past couple years, you might be familiar with my fascination with Jewish Deli hot dogs, specifically the so-called, maybe-doesnt really exist "...
I missed the last couple of these things since the first one on Passyunk where everything was closed by the time I got there and ended up eating wings at the Adobe Cafe. Anyway Chinatown is an AWESOM...
I recently wrote up Corropolese for Daily Slice on Serious Eats but thought Id post some more photos here. The tomato pie is some of the best Ive had but they do so much more. Bread, rolls, doughnuts...
Christmas EveFirst food gift - an array of british products like "ahhh.. Bisto!" instant gravy and "Salad Cream". I tried the gravy over some grits which Im sure is wrong but it was p...
Pizzaz - CelebresEggs - The Family CowSauce - CorropoleseThe Best!
So my dad wanted to have an "East Norriton Birthday" the other week which meant tomato pie from Corropolese (apparently my father has been going to Corropolese for 30 years, but I never heard...
The last (for now) in a series of crazy Philadelphia sandwich posts for Serious Eats, we did Hoagies and Cheesesteaks a couple weeks ago and this time its Roast Pork, Cutlets, and all the rest. You c...
Lots and lots of pictures of The Sundowner - hamburger topped with "Coney Sauce", yellow mustard, super finely diced onions and a fried egg - from Coney Island Lunch in Johnstown. Also "D...
big daddy from carmens in bellmawrdonkeys steak on round del buono poppy seed rolls, beer is a dollar giant mint shake barely thinned down from ice cream, good luckphilips pepper steak... awesomeOf c...
Somewhere in West Philly...All the sights along the Cheesesteak Highway.. were working on a Cheesesteak round-up similar to last weeks Hoagie slideshow looking for fresh Cheesesteak magic all over th...
Q-mart is an amazing flea/farmers market in Quakertown (hour outside the city) where I bought my first Venom LP and where you can still find Highlander daggers and ninja swords alongside old motors a...
"the avalanche" from julianos deliIm sure the comments section will rage with angry Philadelphians "any list that doesnt include Big Joeys Hoagie Hut on Street road is total BS!" And ...
After eating some rough fried chicken at Bojangles somewhere along Virginias Eastern Shore, about 5 miles down the road we saw this place packed to the gills with people lined up for chicken & burger...
Last time I was down south it was for hot dogs, literally stopping at 6 or 7 places a day with no time (or appetite) to stop at every awesome BBQ place and all the beautiful looking southern fast foo...
Just stopped by Hot Diggity to check out some new dogs including Keiths awesome version of the Philly Combo that Holly Moore called the "best hes ever had" and yeah its amazing. A Sabretts na...
After trying Pepperoni Rolls most peoples reaction is something like "We really drove 6 hours for this? its a dinner roll with some pepperoni in it... I know this place in Manayunk that makes REA...
YES it is true I will be passing out 1,000 FREE HOT DOGS from the Wienermobile tomorrow (Wed July 20th) from 11:30 til 1:30 in front of city hall! 5 different hot dogs based on my last two years of i...
Friends of Drawing For Food Aaron and Jamie-Lee (who have in the past brought me awesome New England food gifts like Atkins Farm Donuts and Moxie) are currently 10 days into an epic 2-month bike ride...
Another bonus for National Hot Dog Month, I thought Id feature some of my favorite stuff from other hot dog blogs. I really love reading about new and obscure hot dog joints, trucks and carts in part...
Just in time for National Hot Dog month, Saturday was the world television premier of Mark Kotlinskis Connecticut Hot Dog Tour on the Documentary Channel. Its an awesome film about 10 of Connecticuts...
Just in case you dont know, July is National Hot Dog Month which for me means hot dog overload, including several events to be announced. Along with Hot Dog Of The Week on Serious Eats Im going to cr...
Recently Ive been on a mission to get myself to all the Philly-area hot dog spots that I havent been to yet, especially with a few of them have recently closed (Nicky & Petes, Montgomery Lunch).The W...
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