July 16, 2021

Uptown Beer Garden Debuts New Permanent Home Across From Love Park

July 16, 2021/ Uptown Beer Garden/ Guest User

Center City's largest and most celebrated beer garden is back! Craft Concepts Group and Teddy Sourias announce the return of Uptown Beer Garden at a new permanent and year-round home at 1500 JFK Boulevard. The picturesque urban oasis comes complete with stunning views, expanded menus, additional shading, lush greenery, original artwork, more dining space and even bigger vibes. The 18,000+ square foot space offers seating for 350 guests and private event space for up to 700 guests. Chef Craig Meyers and his culinary team will fire up the menu using the concerted giant food truck that is now installed in Uptown's central garden. The menu features street food and Philadelphia favorites, including starters (smoked chicken wings, crab gravy poutine, crispy eggplant), salads (grilled peach, whole grain bowl), sandwiches (roast pork, cheesesteak, chicken cheesesteak, parm cutlet, eggplant Italian, crab cake), sides and desserts.

July 15, 2021

Philadelphia Restaurants Celebrate National Tequila Day With Drink And Food Specials

July 15, 2021/ Añejo Philly/ Guest User

Philadelphia restaurants are shaking and stirring up drink and food specials to celebrate National Tequila Day on Saturday, July 24, 2021. Whether you like them straight up, on the rocks or frozen, there are features, specials and deep deals for every palate and expertise level. Head to Philadelphia’s new taco and tequila capital in Northern Liberties on and around N. 2nd Street for deals and features at Añejo Philly, SET NoLibs, El Camino, Germantown Garden and Vesper Dayclub. In other corners of the city, look for specials at Buena Onda, Juno and Rosy’s Taco Bar. Añejo Philly will host a special party that combines National Tequila Day with the restaurant’s one year anniversary, featuring specialty cocktails, drink deals, tequila tastings, swag and more.

June 01, 2021

Philadelphia Gay Pride Month to Feature 45 Events All Month Long for June 2021

June 01, 2021/ FCM Hospitality/ Guest User

Philadelphia proudly celebrates June as Philly Gay Pride Month. Below please find a list of 45 top ways to celebrate Gay Pride in our amazing city. While the pandemic pressed pause on events last year, Philly Gay Pride has never been stronger and more important. From Pride Days at Parks on Tap and Philadelphia Flower Show, to Pride Nights at Philadelphia Zoo and Concourse Dance Club, to LGBTQ Circus and Yoga workshops, to Pride Month events as part of Philly Beer Week, there is something for everyone this year.

December 22, 2020

New Year's Eve In Philly With Greenhouses, Igloos, Garces, Delice, Positano Coast And More

December 22, 2020/ Garces Trading Company/ Guest User

Philadelphia and Main Line restaurants will close out 2020 with special dinners, feasts, kid-friendly day-time events, brunches and more. Highlights include Garces Trading Company offering food from Amada, The Olde Bar, Village Whiskey, and J.G. Domestic. Glu Hospitality will be having the Kids Countdown to New Year's with Cinderella at the Igloos, and other offerings at Germantown Garden Grill and Germantown Garden. New Years Eve Dining will also take place at Positano Coast, Harper’s Garden, and Delice et Chocolat. Also, we have many, if not most clients, open for New Year's Day brunch regular menu for January 1st including The Victoria Freehouse.

December 09, 2020

Tinsel Christmas Pop-up Brings White Christmas To Center City Philadelphia

December 09, 2020/ Tinsel Christmas Pop-up/ Guest User

Craft Concepts Group isn’t letting the Grinch steal it’s Holiday spirit. Teddy Sourias and the elves at CCG announce the season grand opening of Tinsel Christmas Pop-up at 112 S. 12th Street. New for 2020, look for a new festive over-the-top streetery, a new twinkling light display, and a brand-new charity for the Canned Good Cocktails. Additionally, look for a new snow machine to bring a touch of a white Christmas to Midtown Village. Christmas cocktails will again be served out of ornaments, boots and snow globes, with food coming from the new sister restaurant next door, Sueno.

November 20, 2020

Ardmore Celebrates The Holidays With Rally For Restaurants, Tree Lighting, And Santa Claus

November 20, 2020/ Ardmore Initiative/ Guest User

Celebrate holidays on the Main Line with a month of festive offerings in Downtown Ardmore starting on Black Friday and running through December 23rd. The downtown business community kicks off the holidays with the Ardmore Holiday Kick-Off and Tree Lighting on Black Friday, November 27th, at 5:00pm. Ardmore Initiative, Ardmore Business Association and sponsor PECO will live stream Santa's arrival and the lighting of the Christmas Tree with special guest Cinderella by A Dash of Magic. The thirty minute program will feature a surprise entrance for Jolly Ole St. Nick himself, songs by everyone's favorite princess Cinderella presented by A Dash of Magic Events, and remarks by local dignitaries. The Holiday Rally for Ardmore Restaurants and Retail will then start on Small Business Saturday, November 28th and run through December 23rd.

October 26, 2020

Philadelphia Restaurants Celebrate Day Of The Dead with Food and Drink Specials

October 26, 2020/ Sueño/ Guest User

Aversa PR clients are offering the following food and drink specials for Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, next weekend on Saturday, October 31, Sunday, November 1 and/or Monday, November 2, 2020. Please see features and information below from Philadelphia's Day of the Dead inspired pop-up restaurant Sueno, a last call for Nightmare Before Tinsel with a special family day, and food/drink specials from Al Pastor in Exton, Rosy's Taco Bar in Center City, and Buena Onda in Fairmount.

October 15, 2020

Private Greenhouse Dining Rooms Take Over Philadelphia Outside Harper’s Garden

October 15, 2020/ Harper's Garden/ Guest User

FCM Hospitality and owner Avram Hornik announce the debut of The Greenhouses at Harper's Garden starting this weekend. Starting Friday, and continuing through the end of October, look for private, heated individual greenhouses to change the entire landscape and visuals on 18th Street in Philadelphia's Center City and Rittenhouse Row neighborhood. The Greenhouses at Harper's Garden will feature at least ten private greenhouse dining rooms that feature a door, glass walls, tables and chairs, decor, twinkling lights and even heat on the cold days. They will be offered and available in two sizes, to either seat four to seven guests, or six to nine guests. They will be available to book for no additional fee by, and they are first come, first serve.

October 08, 2020

Concourse Dance Bar Reinvents Itself And Reopens This Week As A Covid Safe Restaurant

October 08, 2020/ Concourse Dance Bar/ Guest User

FCM Hospitality and owner Avram Hornik announce the re-opening of Concourse Dance Bar at 1635 Market Street, Back Entrance. Starting Friday, October 9th, and continuing until it is safe for bars and nightclubs to re-open, Concourse will return and operate temporarily as a restaurant serving up a special pre-paid three course, small-plate menu of Philadelphia food favorites that are paired with three cocktails (or non-alcoholic mocktails). Guests will enjoy their food and drink pairings as they move through three rooms of the 15,000 square foot space. Masks are required at all times when not seated, and all seating is a minimum of six feet apart. While moving through the space, socially-distanced patrons will step back in time for a full sensory experience filled with nostalgia, 90s tunes, eclectic and vintage decor, Instagrammable art, colorful lights and lasers - and the brand new Philadelphia-inspired ice room.

September 30, 2020

Northern Liberties Restaurants Present Monster Mash Bloody Mary Challenge

September 30, 2020/ Northern Liberties Business Improvement District/ Guest User

Bartenders were working in their restaurants late one night, when from their bars to their streeteries they beheld an eerie sight. The city's top Bloody Mary began to rise, and suddenly to their surprise the top foodie neighborhood did the mash. Neighbors and visitors are doing the Monster Mash. The Northern Liberties Bloody Mary Challenge will be a true spooky-season smash. With tons of great brunch spots all in a row, the competition caught on in a bacon-infused flash!