Zavino (University City Philadelphia, PA) 2015-04-17

Zavino (University City Philadelphia, PA) 2015-04-17
3200 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 823-6897 
Web: http://www.zavinohospitalitygroup.com/

 Check out Zavino University City for happy hour eats, wine, beer, and drinks.  
The venue is larger in University City with outdoor and indoor seating.  

Zavino University City 2014-04-04

Zavino University City 2014-04-04
3200 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-823-6897
Web: http://www.zavinohospitalitygroup.com/


Zavino opened a second location in University City.  The space is significantly larger than the original location.  The menu is similar to the original location with a focus on wine, charcuterie,  pasta, and pizza.

Fairmount Food Crawl (Fairmount Philadelphia, PA) 2014-02-23

Fairmount Food Crawl (Fairmount Philadelphia, PA) 2014-02-23

http://fairmountcdc.org/events/fairmount-food-crawl/

Participating Restaurants:
-La Calaca Feliz
-RyBread
-Urban Saloon
-Jack’s Firehouse
-London Grill
-Rembrandt’s
-Mugshots Coffeehouse
-Isabel BYOB
-Fare Restaurant
-Tela’s Market & Kitchen
-OCF Coffeehouse
-BlueCat
-Lemon Hill Food & Drink
-Bridgid’s Bar and Restaurant
-The Bishop’s Collar

The first Fairmount Food Crawl occurred on Sunday February 23, 2014. It was a good idea.  Unfortunately, a lot of restaurants ran out of their pig themed food crawl dishes/appetizers/small bites relatively early on. 

We managed to sample food at Rembrandt's, La Calaca Feliz, and The Bishop's Collar.

 

BarLy (Chinatown Philadelphia, PA)

BarLy (Chinatown Philadelphia, PA)
101 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Phone: 215-922-2688
Web: http://www.bar-ly.com/

BarLy fills in a gap for a place to grab beer in the Chinatown area.  It fills it well.  There is a very large selection of beer on draft along with a decent cocktail menu.  They do seem to try a bit hard to have asian influenced cocktails.  I was feeling a bit under the weather and not that adventurous so I stuck to the beers.  On another day I might have tried the wasabi bloody mary.  Maybe next time.  There's also a good amount of appetizers and snacks.  Being in Chinatown the price point seems especially nice. 

Left Hand Milk Stout on tap at BarLy

Farmers Cabinet 2014-01-24

The Farmers Cabinet
1113 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.thefarmerscabinet.com/

Farmers Cabinet is back up and running.  The HH consists of half price drafts (a pretty good deal as they have some decent beers on draft) and 6 dollar sours (whiskey sour, etc)

A few appetizers were tried as well.  They were ok, nothing that amazing. 

London Grill Happy Hour 2014-01-15 (Fairmount Philadelphia, PA)

London Grill Happy Hour (Fairmount Philadelphia, PA)
301-2303 Fairmount Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: 215-978-4545
Web: http://www.londongrill.com/

London Grill has a decent happy hour with 3 beers on special for happy hour, well mixed drinks, and two house wines on special.  There is also a selection of 3 dollar happy hour appetizers.

Fish and Chips $3

Wings $3

Well Martini $5 (Probably not the best idea to get a martini with well vodka)

Mussels (Red) $3  They also offer it in a white wine sauce

Meatballs $3 (Probably best value item on the Happy Hour Food Menu)

What Happy Hour is for. 

Bar-ly (Chinatown, Philadelphia PA) 2013-11-16

Bar-ly Chinatown
101 N 11th St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-992-2688
Web: http://www.bar-ly.com/

Bar-ly is a new sports bar in Chinatown that offers 60 beers on tap along with Asian inspired appetizers and bar food.

Being there for a birthday event, food was not the focus of the visit to Bar-ly but a few items were sampled.  Duck dumplings had a slight Asian flair, namely it was dumplings with duck meat.  They also had a steak spring roll with cheese dip that was aptly named the cheesesteak spring roll.  Lastly, we sampled french fries with old bay seasoning and cheese wiz.  The space is nice and I would return for the beer selection alone.  The appetizers are an added bonus.

Tria (Center City/Rittenhouse, Philadelphia, PA)

Tria Rittenhouse Cafe
Rittenhouse Square
18th & Sansom Streets
215.972.8742
http://www.triacafe.com

Tria is a wine bar staple in Philadelphia.
Go there for wine, cheese, beer, and delicious food/small bites
Just do it.

Lemon Hill

Lemon Hill

Happy hour at lemon hill is great for when the wallet is feeling a little empty but you still want to enjoy some delicious cocktails, happy hour appetizers and then follow that up with dinner.