News Feed: A Round-Up of the Week’s Top Food Stories

Silky bean curd with chile oil at Chili Szechuan. Photo by Neal Santos/City Paper.
Silky bean curd with chile oil at Chili Szechuan. Photo by Neal Santos/City Paper.

– Reviewed: Both City Paper‘s Adam Erace and Foobooz’s Trey Popp were pleased with the Szechuan cooking at West Philly’s Chili Szechuan, 4616 Baltimore Ave., as a cheaper alternative to Han Dynasty

– Expansion: Manakeesh at 4420 Walnut St. has added BlissMart, a pop-up grocery with Lebanese and natural products, to its Bliss smoothie and ice cream shop

– Foodie Frenzy: the Philly foodosphere was abuzz this week with updates on Cheu Noodle Bar, the pop-up ramen bar turned storefront, which plans on an early April opening at 255 South 10th St.

– Guides: Eater Philly has a top ten list of the best bread in the city, form Fork’s housemade onion bialy to Zahav’s laffa to Chifa’s yuca flour cheese rolls with a sweet guava butter

– Spring is here: Stephen Starr’s SquareBurger is reopening in Franklin Square

– Fond of Fond: LaBan gives three bells to the French-inspired cooking at South Philly’s Fond BYO, 1537 S. 11th St.

– FroYo in GradHo: BeWellPhilly is in heaven with the “seriously thick and creamy” frozen greek yogurt at Grad Hospital’s newest fro-yo spot, The Igloo at 2223 Grays Ferry Ave.

– Pops! Lil’ Pop Shop owner Jeanne Chang is opening a second location on South Street at 534 S. Fourth St. and also plans to start a food truck

Krystal Bonner

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