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Foodie Post: FOGO de CHÃO New Fall Menu
Tinsel & Tine Announces New Fall Menu at: Brazilian Steakhouse FOGO de CHÃO By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor POST UPDATE: 6/6/18 Check out Tinsel & Tine’s SUMMER MENU Experience at Fogo de Chão! POST UPDATE: 10/9/17 I went for the dinner yesterday, check out my photos of the real thing posted to Facebook: Summer is wonderful, the days feel lazy and playful, even when you don’t have the summer off, but fall has its appeal as well, the crispness in the air, wearing my favorite leather jacket and eating heartier meals. In autumn, I like to have root vegetables and more iron enriched, red meat, which is why I’m so…
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Culinary Catch Up – MARRAKESH
I went to this incredibly fun Moroccan restaurant with a group of Couch Surfers, the restaurant is called Marrakesh, located just off of South Street (517 Leithgow Street), a 30 year-old business, family owned and operated. The ambiance and size of the establishment is how you'd imagine the tent interior of a wealthy Sheik in the middle of an Oasis. ..
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New Philly Wine Bar – BIBA
POST UPDATE! It seems this Biba post gets a good number of hits, so I thought I’d update it now that I’ve actually gotten to patronize this new establishment. My brother-in-law, Philippe is French, lived in France his whole life until he married my sister and they moved to New York City (Tribeca). He knows and likes wine, so while they were here this weekend, I suggested we go for an after hours drink at Biba (His treat)! They really liked the vibe of the space. Biba is small and sparse, very understated chic, totally Lauren and Philippe’s style. Our server, Sean, was helpful and knowledgeable. My sister asked for…
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Le Bec Fin Celebrates 40th Anniversary
I do try to read blogs, feeds, tweets etc… about food and film happenings in Philly, but something inevitably gets by me, so it was a stroke of luck that I happened upon the sidewalk celebration taking place at Le Bec Fin (1523 Walnut Street). Chef George Perrier and his entire staff were joyously celebrating the landmark restaurant’s 40th Anniversary. There was banging of pots and pans, clapping, and best of all, elegant bite-sized morsels of deliciousness were being served on silver platters. Perrier himself was wielding a saber as a bottle opener, popping open the celebratory bottle of champagne with a flair! Suddenly I remembered I was carrying my…
