Rick-Nichols
Silk City’s Beer Garden
Rick Nichols visits Mark Bee’s “beer garden” at Silk City geographically nearby the Piazza at Schmidt’s but half a world away in vibe. In short, […]
Home Again At The Oyster House
Rick Nichols had his nose pressed against the glass as he waited for the third generation of Minks to open this latest version of the […]
Rick Nichols Goes 12 Steps Down
Inquirer food columnist and Foobooz crush object Rick Nichols goes to 12 Steps Down? 12 Steps Down? Yep, becuase the divey bar has “astonishingly better […]
The Weekend: Brought to you by Grover
Friday It’s wet and way too cold for a Friday in June. But it does make it good soup weather. Check out the new Oyster House […]
Visiting Shank’s
Shank’s & Evelyn’s is “relocating” from its South Philadelphia location of almost 50 years and considering a spot near the Union League at 15th and […]
Red Meat Retreat
Table 31 is dropping out of the the steakhouse arms war and is going Italian. Rick Nichols has the reasons behind the change. Steaks rarer […]
Dee-lish Or Nas-Tee?
When Tony Luke announced he was going to be marketing microwavable versions of his sandwiches it certainly had us cringing. Rick Nichols, being the consummate […]
Food Tour With Rick Nichols
First Person Arts is presenting a walking tour of Polish eateries in Port Richmond. The tour will be led by Inquirer writer and Foobooz crush […]
Rick Nichols At Chifa
Rick Nichols visits Jose Garces’ Chifa and tries to put his finger on just what Peruvian-Chinese cuisine is. Expect the unexpected at Chifa [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Sandwiched!
What’s with all the sandwich talk around here? Last week in the Metro we discussed our Pantheon of Sandwiches, then this week Unbreaded is unveiled […]
Rick Rocks the Recession
It’s been three months since Foobooz last mentioned our endless and unconditional love for the best food writer in town, Rick Nichols. Since the boss […]
A Slice Of Trenton
Jason Dilks grew up enjoying the tomato pies of De Lorenzo’s Pizza. Today he pays homage to the Trenton institution with SliCE in South Philadelphia. […]
Farmers’ Market At The Market
Rick Nichols details the Fair Food Farmstand that aims to take over Rick’s Steaks location at the Reading Terminal Market. So by spring – if […]
Recession Proof $5 Paninis
Rick Nichols checks out the cheap and fancy grilled cheeses at Chick’s Cafe & Wine Bar. Our favorite of the ones we tried was a […]
Talula’s Couple Re-entering Restaurant World
Photo courtesy of The Best Food Blog Ever Rick Nichols scoops us all, with word that Aimee Olexy and Bryan Sikora of Talula’s Table will […]