foobooz.com
The go-to blog when it comes to restaurant openings in Philly, Foobooz prides itself on being “equal parts events calendar and weblog.” With a handy search tool that lets you find restaurants by cuisine type, this blog doesn’t mess around. At the risk of being boring (lots of text and few pictures), Foobooz doesn’t have a unique entertainment factor. Instead, it is a sort of “ sweeper” blog, collecting reviews from publications around the area (including Street!). Tired of La Viola and El Azteca? Visit Foobooz; it’s informative, clean and on top of their game when it comes to finding the newest restaurants in town.
tastespotting.com
This aesthetically pleasing, universal food blog essentially functions as a link to other blogs. The main page of the site displays simple Polaroid-like images of various dishes, each taken from a different food site across the world wide web. The mouthwateringly beautiful pictures include everything from garam masala roasted chickpeas to a tower of pink pistachio and apricot macaroons. Aspiring food photographers can also register for the site and submit their work. Along with the photograph, you must submit a short description of the dish and a link to the site where it is published.
phoodie.info
A branch of the Philly gossip and news blog Philebrity.com, Phoodie touts itself as your “daily source for gossip, tips and insider info on the Philly food and drink scene.” Food gossip? Sure, whatever. A sample of this past weeks posts includes: a review of Chifa, a DIY guide to making your own cream cheese and photos of a badass rice cooker. Phoodie even kept tabs on Penn’s ban on peanut butter and wine preceptorial budget cuts. Phoodie is not all food fun and games, though — it also boasts a very informative restaurant guide, organized by location.
mealticket.blogs.citypaper.net
City Paper’s daily food blog offers up-to-date information about food events, restaurant specials, menu changes and even Top Chef recaps. Because the blog is part of the City Paper website, it also allows viewers to search the publication’s restaurant listings and reviews. Other unique features of the site include neighborhood restaurant maps of the city and the “feeding frenzy” section, which chronicles recent restaurant openings, closings and rumors every week.
foodaphilia.com
Described as “an obsessive disorder involving food,” foodaphilia affects its victims with the desire to constantly think, talk and write about food. This blog, the chronicle of someone clearly afflicted with foodaphilia, provides personal reviews of dining experiences in Philadelphia, as well as occasional recipes. Foodaphilia also reports on the (almost) infamous Philadelphia blogger potluck. With so many great food blogs in the city, it is only fitting that these foodies get together once in a while to dish over recipes and Philly favorites.
foodporndaily.com
Browse through photos on foodporndaily.com, a website that features pictures of mouth-watering dishes. Up close angles show truffle-infused-butter poached lobster with winter citrus salad and garlicky pan-fried halloumi with sumac. And get a load of the curves on that red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting — a centerfold far superior to Miss February. You have to click through each picture though, so make sure you can eat using one hand.
