With over 270 independently owned businesses in one great neighborhood, there are so many reasons to shop in Old City this season. Our businesses make Old City a place to shop, explore... and relax. Not a mall. A getaway. An escape. Come, stay a while, and warm up. Shop responsibly by shopping independent this season and receive discounts at some of the best stores in philly! Amazing stores, including Tony and Three Sirens Boutique, are offering discounts just for mentioning "Warm Up. Old City" while other area businesses are kicking off the holiday season with specials and promotions!
Park on the cheap throughout the season when you park at select lots (look for the red signs!) and shop at participating shops. Or park at the meters and enjoy discounted or free parking!
Stroll and shop our cobblestone streets and enjoy beautiful and festive store fronts illuminated in glowing lights, adding a bit of romance and warmth to the cooling days of winter.
Visit Bird Park (corner of 3rd and Arch Streets) and snap a photo with a loved one worthy of a picture frame in front our neighborhood Christmas Tree.
Win a gift basket filled with lots of goodies and gifts from popular Old City merchants and restaurants. Enter online or find the ballot box at participating merchants to submit your name for a chance to win!
Warm Up every Saturday beginning November 28 through December 26 and enjoy carolers and musicians spreading holiday cheer on corners throughout the neighborhood, enjoy refreshments and cookies at select merchants, and participate in demonstrations, and trunk shows at participating retailers. And don't forget to take advantage of the many SALES!
Courtesy of : OCBC :: Warm Up. Old City
Monday, November 30, 2009
A Much Happier Happy Hour and a much Happier Wallet! Tria's 5 for 5, 5 to 7
5 for 5, 5 to 7
Have the holidays and black friday left you in desperate need of some liquid therapy?
Tria has just made happy hour in the city a little happier! Instead of offering "cheap, bland, soul-less drinks -- only cheaper" Tria is making over Happy hour with their new 5 for 5 at their Washington Square West location!
•5 great tastes (white wine, red wine, two beers and a cheese plate) for $5 each
•Every Monday through Thursday, 5 - 7 pm
Tria offers wines with character, beer snob-worthy brews and world-class cheeses in a comfortable and inviting atmosphere. Perfect for relaxing after a long day of work or holiday shopping. And don't worry if you don't know a cabernet from a merlot Tria's friendly staff will help guide you towards that memorable glass. Just hand over a Lincoln and some change for the taxman and enjoy the good stuff. Now that's something to be happy about!
http://www.triacafe.com/
Have the holidays and black friday left you in desperate need of some liquid therapy?
Tria has just made happy hour in the city a little happier! Instead of offering "cheap, bland, soul-less drinks -- only cheaper" Tria is making over Happy hour with their new 5 for 5 at their Washington Square West location!
•5 great tastes (white wine, red wine, two beers and a cheese plate) for $5 each
•Every Monday through Thursday, 5 - 7 pm
Tria offers wines with character, beer snob-worthy brews and world-class cheeses in a comfortable and inviting atmosphere. Perfect for relaxing after a long day of work or holiday shopping. And don't worry if you don't know a cabernet from a merlot Tria's friendly staff will help guide you towards that memorable glass. Just hand over a Lincoln and some change for the taxman and enjoy the good stuff. Now that's something to be happy about!
http://www.triacafe.com/
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
A meal by Iron Chef Jose Garces for Under $20!!
Philly Chef Jose Garces was crowned Sunday night as the next iron Chef and rightfully so! He is something of a celebrity here in the city of brotherly love due to the success of his five unique restaurants: Amada, Tinto, Distrito, Chifa, and Whiskey Village. Each one providing different menus and atmospheres where Chef Garces' food mixes different flavors into mouth watering cuisine and would make a believer in anyone that vanilla bean creme does in fact work well with lobster(Who knew?)and that Pork belly, not pork fat, rules!
Dinner at Amada or, his newest creation, Chifa can be a little on the pricey side though well worth it. For you recessionistas, and those just wanting a great deal, lunch at either establishment will cost you under $20!!
Amada's Catalan Express lunch costs $14.50 and includes a choice of soup, salad or sandwhich and a non-alcholic beverage. Before you start thinking that this menu sounds like any other lunch take a look at the offerings such as, the Albornia de Jean soup which is a squash and roasted eggplant soup topped with crispy bacon and pumpkin seeds and crowned with a quail egg or the Serrano ham sandwhich topped with chorizo, manchego cheese, peqillo peppers, and a basil aioli.
Check out the lunch menu at:
http://www.amadarestaurant.com/pdf/amada_lunch.pdf
Chifa's lunch menu costs $18 per person and incudes a nice variety of his dinner offerings. You get to choose two items from seventeen different options including BBQ ribs with a sweet and sour glaze, a number of different ceviches, and the beef noodle bowl with a broth so good it haunts my dreams. The portions are tapas style but bigger than what you come to expect with tapas if you have dined at Amada and defintely make for an amazing meal.
Check out the lunch menu at:
http://www.chifarestaurant.com/chifa_lunch.pdf
Bon apetite!
Dinner at Amada or, his newest creation, Chifa can be a little on the pricey side though well worth it. For you recessionistas, and those just wanting a great deal, lunch at either establishment will cost you under $20!!
Amada's Catalan Express lunch costs $14.50 and includes a choice of soup, salad or sandwhich and a non-alcholic beverage. Before you start thinking that this menu sounds like any other lunch take a look at the offerings such as, the Albornia de Jean soup which is a squash and roasted eggplant soup topped with crispy bacon and pumpkin seeds and crowned with a quail egg or the Serrano ham sandwhich topped with chorizo, manchego cheese, peqillo peppers, and a basil aioli.
Check out the lunch menu at:
http://www.amadarestaurant.com/pdf/amada_lunch.pdf
Chifa's lunch menu costs $18 per person and incudes a nice variety of his dinner offerings. You get to choose two items from seventeen different options including BBQ ribs with a sweet and sour glaze, a number of different ceviches, and the beef noodle bowl with a broth so good it haunts my dreams. The portions are tapas style but bigger than what you come to expect with tapas if you have dined at Amada and defintely make for an amazing meal.
Check out the lunch menu at:
http://www.chifarestaurant.com/chifa_lunch.pdf
Bon apetite!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Philly Farmer's Markets open the day before Thanksgiving!
Six farmers' markets will be open on Wednesday, November 25th, in and around the city for all of your Thanksgiving dinner shopping needs. Who will be there and what times they will be open are listed below:
Headhouse Farmers' Market
2nd and Lombard Streets
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or until vendors sell out)
Produce
Blooming Glen Farm
Queen's Farm Asian produce
Beechwood Orchards
Turkeys etc.
Griggstown Quail Farm
Mountain View Poultry
Natural Meadows
Breads and Dessert
Wild Flour Bakery
Betty's Tasty Buttons fudge
John & Kira's chocolates
Everything else
Birchrun Hills Farm (cheese, sausage, veal)
Young's Gardens (decorative floral arrangements and greens)
Joe Coffee (coffee beans, granola, caneles)
Clark Park Farmers' Market
43rd Street and Baltimore Avenue
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or until vendors sell out)
Produce
Fahnestock Fruit Farm
Blackbird Heritage
Homestead Gardens
Quaff Meadows (Plus: Pastured lamb)
Keystone Farm (Plus: Meats, cheeses)
Landisdale Farm (Plus: Grass-fed beef, raw milk)
Pennypack Farm
Eden Garden Farm
Turkeys, etc.
Country Meadows Farm
Breads and Dessert
Forest View Bakery
Big Sky Bread Co.
Everything Else
Hails Family Farm (milk and cheese)
Fairmount Farmers' Market
22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or until vendors sell out)
Produce
Countryside Farm & Bakery (Plus: Pies)
Livengood Produce
Turkeys, etc.
Country Meadows Farm
Breads and Dessert
Wildflower Bakery
John & Kira's chocolates
Cliveden Park Farmers' Market
Chew Avenue and Johnson Street
2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Buckview Produce
Quarryville Orchard fruits, cider and preserves
Haddington Farmers' Market
52nd Street and Haverford Avenue
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Dry Wells Produce Amish produce and baked goods
Mill Creek Farm produce
Broad & South Farmers' Market
Broad and South streets
1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Hill Top Farm Amish baked goods and produce
For more information visit: http://www.thefoodtrust.org/php/headhouse/2009thanksgiving.php
Headhouse Farmers' Market
2nd and Lombard Streets
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or until vendors sell out)
Produce
Blooming Glen Farm
Queen's Farm Asian produce
Beechwood Orchards
Turkeys etc.
Griggstown Quail Farm
Mountain View Poultry
Natural Meadows
Breads and Dessert
Wild Flour Bakery
Betty's Tasty Buttons fudge
John & Kira's chocolates
Everything else
Birchrun Hills Farm (cheese, sausage, veal)
Young's Gardens (decorative floral arrangements and greens)
Joe Coffee (coffee beans, granola, caneles)
Clark Park Farmers' Market
43rd Street and Baltimore Avenue
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or until vendors sell out)
Produce
Fahnestock Fruit Farm
Blackbird Heritage
Homestead Gardens
Quaff Meadows (Plus: Pastured lamb)
Keystone Farm (Plus: Meats, cheeses)
Landisdale Farm (Plus: Grass-fed beef, raw milk)
Pennypack Farm
Eden Garden Farm
Turkeys, etc.
Country Meadows Farm
Breads and Dessert
Forest View Bakery
Big Sky Bread Co.
Everything Else
Hails Family Farm (milk and cheese)
Fairmount Farmers' Market
22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or until vendors sell out)
Produce
Countryside Farm & Bakery (Plus: Pies)
Livengood Produce
Turkeys, etc.
Country Meadows Farm
Breads and Dessert
Wildflower Bakery
John & Kira's chocolates
Cliveden Park Farmers' Market
Chew Avenue and Johnson Street
2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Buckview Produce
Quarryville Orchard fruits, cider and preserves
Haddington Farmers' Market
52nd Street and Haverford Avenue
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Dry Wells Produce Amish produce and baked goods
Mill Creek Farm produce
Broad & South Farmers' Market
Broad and South streets
1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Hill Top Farm Amish baked goods and produce
For more information visit: http://www.thefoodtrust.org/php/headhouse/2009thanksgiving.php
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The end result will be a meeting place where people can exhange ideas and information about different events, shops, and restaurants in and around the city. My hope is to create a space where people and people with kiddos can find places to go and things to do no matter what their budget!
I am just starting this blog out and am working on it building it so please bear with me!
The end result will be a meeting place where people can exhange ideas and information about different events, shops, and restaurants in and around the city. My hope is to create a space where people and people with kiddos can find places to go and things to do no matter what their budget!
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