Food & Drink
You're looking "pastry"
Just six blocks east of the river Seine (Schuylkill) between Ave. des Champs Elysees (Chestnut Street) and Rue du Rivoli (Sansom), Parisian expatriates in search of beloved homemade sweets find heaven in Yann Patisserie & Cafe.
Avec du bon vin, on faut pas le medecin
Loie is exciting. I almost refused to promote it because I feel possessive, and restaurant love has not happened to me for a while. As it turns out, Loie forgoes American stereotypes of French dining for authenticity.
Unhappy Valentine's day
On February 14, people worldwide will get together to celebrate their boyfriends and girlfriends, toast to Cupid and get laid.
The Garden of Eatin'
We were going to go abroad first semester junior year, but we decided to go to the Olive Garden instead.
In whetted bliss
"Fill every beaker up, my men, pour forth the cheering wine: There's life and strength in every drop -- thanksgiving to the vine!" As a solo diner while the feast of lovers relentlessly approaches, I find solace reading these words printed on the inside cover of the menu at Bliss.
It must have been the figs
Everyone knows that alcohol and cannabis are two sure-fire ways to get people in the mood for loving, but there's a whole store of mood-setting foods that have been putting the SEX in sexy since the dawn of man.
We are the Champignons!
Founded in 1987 in the swinging district between South Street and Society Hill by the petite Madame Saito, Le Champignon de Tokio serves reasonably priced Japanese, Thai and French food in an authentic setting.
Who are you calling stupid, stupid?
Only a few blocks south of the heart of Center City lies a cozy eatery called the Warsaw Cafe. Since 1979, when Brezhnev's Communist regime controlled the Soviet Bloc, proprietor Marion Jarzemski and his mother Marie have been doling out traditional Eastern European dishes that would make even the most staunch commies consider immigrating to Philadelphia.
Morocco's Modern Life
It's here: the cold, bleak Philadelphia mid-winter, and who knows when it's going to leave. As you sit eating Greek Lady in Rosengarten, don't you crave something else?
Un-American Gladiators
Hello world! Ellis Island aside, we all speak English here and claim some sort of American identity.
Very honorable
I've been watching Iron Chef since its inception. I've seen challengers fall by the dozen, and I've cheered when they have overcome adversity.
Where hyuppies go to eat
Too often at good restaurants, pomp and circumstance ruin pleasant meals. Kevin Klause's Farmicia is just the opposite kind of place, in the best possible way.
Buenos noche
First off: just know we're happy that we never have to go to Monte Carlo again. We salute the maiden voyage of Noche -- the newest player on the Tabard date party block.
Yuppie fever
Young Urban Professionals may have had their day in the '90s, but they still reign in Philadelphia. Emerge from Huntsman Hall and embrace the city that calls you, that coddles you and that feeds you $150 Morimoto omakase menu.
I'm gonna bag me a yuppie
Pros 1. Limitless martinis. Sorry baby, there aren't enough hours in the day to be both wined and dined, but if you have a taste for Zima, Cosmopolitans or cappucinos and/or you like your men in pleated pants and a Banana Republic button-down, then you may have found your type.
Slow Food Nation
There's no need to descend into a jaded, Philly-gritty Sunday morning 'tude with the prospect of Morning Glory brunch.
Drops of jupiter
Are you a victim of the Man and his corporate coffee machine? Do you feel ridiculously uncomfortable when Starbucks baristas insist on addressing you by name?
What about figs in the military?
An underground anti-fig movement, anchored at www.godhatesfigs.com, is gaining a following somewhere outside our mainstream consciousness.
How to live boho (or at least seem to at dinner)
1. Artsy: Chances are, you don't live in a garret or make your living as a starving artist, but in the spirit of 19th century France, built-in creative outlets are necessary for the non-traditional lifestyle.
