Messy and Picky

We've been enjoying the absolutely delicious white and wheat breads from Countryside Bakery for the last few months. It's the most delicious bread we've had and it cost all of $2 per loaf. We got it at the farmers' market at 22/Fairmount Sts on Thursdays. We'd also pick up eggs ($2), homemade ketchup [with cinnamon!] […]

I left my job over at 18th and Chestnut a few months ago, and there is one thing I miss very, very much: the lunch options. These may or may not be the greatest places in the neighborhood — every office worker knows that you get in the habit of going to the same […]

Picky had a day off from his busy work schedule so he headed over to see Messy by her Rittenhouse office and we treated ourselves to lunch at Tria. Messy had been there once before for a business lunch, and she had thoroughly enjoyed her sandwich on that occassion. We arrived towards the end of […]

We were looking for a day-of reservation to eat out during Restaurant Week as Picky had gotten paid (for his new job!) for the first time and was ready to go out and celebrate with some good eats. After a few calls to some fully booked restaurants, we got lucky at Loie Brasserie and Bar with a late night 9.30pm reservation which was fine by us. So we got dolled up and strolled over to the restaurant just north of Rittenhouse Square and were seated promptly in a rear booth…

We have been hearing great things about Morning Glory ever since we moved to Philadelphia. Unfortunately, we are slow moving, late sleepers on weekends and everytime we got our act together enough to try to go to brunch at Morning Glory, there was always a significant wait time. Thankfully, a visit from KT promted us to arise early enough to get there at a decent brunch hour. Our wait on a Sunday at about 10.45 a.m. was, miraculously, not too bad — about 20 minutes. There were five parties ahead of our party of 5, but we must have gotten there just before the huge rush and after the early risers. We chatted for a bit under the canopy in the cement courtyard and the time went by quickly before our name was called. There were plenty of places for waiting people to sit, and there was even a basket of toys for fidgety young children…

We ended up at the Pontiac Grille because there was a man outside handing out 10% off coupons. Messy was seriously craving a frozen margarita, and there was a sign out front proclaiming margarita were only $4. With open air windows looking out on South Street, it seemed like the perfect choice. Unfortunately, after being seated at the window, we learned that no frozen margaritas were available, although they did have every conceivable flavor of the non-frozen variety. Messy opted for the pina colada flavor, and it was really good, in an overly sweet, artificial kind of way…

After not being able to get a seat at several other University City hang-outs on a Friday night, we decided to try the less-crowded New Deck Tavern. Even though it wasn't super-busy, we had to wait about 15 or 20 minutes while our hosts bustled around with headsets waiting for a table for two to open up. There were plenty of Penn kids out milling around, taking a break from finals preparation and enjoying the unlimited free peanutes that the New Deck provides…