If you have ever stopped into one of the few shops around campus serving Four Worlds croissants (Lovers and Madmen or Cream and Sugar) then you will know exactly what we are talking about.
Banana Leaf
1009 Arch Street
(215) 592-8288
As you walk through the glass doors, passing the dark fa‡ade and flashing neon sign, you come across the invitingly large and well-lit dining room of this relatively new BYO.
Mint Julep
- 2 parts sugar
- 1 part spring water
- palmful of tender, terminal mint leaves, bruised
- 2 1/2 oz of the best Kentucky bourbon you can find
- crushed ice to fill the the cup
Known as the mojito of the Deep South, a tradition of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby, and an emblem of southern comfort and hospitality, this drink is superlative.
It's difficult to articulate the juiciness and scrumptiousness that Maoz delivers to its customers. The originally Dutch chain has a single location in all the U.S, right in the middle of Philly.
1 oz cold espresso
1 1/2 oz Absolutr vodka
1 1/2 oz Kahl£ar coffee liqueur
1 oz white crŠme de cacao
Filter black coffee to fill, to taste
The martini, an art form of sorts and Bond's drink of choice, seems to be too quickly dismissed by the average college student.
Mexican food, while mouth-watering and comfortably familiar, rarely surprises. It also doesn't require much of a hike if you are looking for chewy tortillas and defrosted corn salsa with an air of gyro meat and feta wafting overhead.