{"id":179,"date":"2005-09-04T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-04T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/wordpress\/?p=179"},"modified":"2005-09-04T13:49:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-04T13:49:00","slug":"more-downtown-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/04\/more-downtown-news\/","title":{"rendered":"More downtown news"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Philly<\/a> is now open. It’s located on Peabody Place just east of Third Street, in the same building as Hooters. Haven’t been there yet, but I got a copy of their menu yesterday at the Southern Folklore Fest and it looks good – philly-style cheesteak sandwiches. Will be interested to see if their sandwich is as good as Lenny’s cheesesteak, which is among the best I’ve ever tasted.<\/p>\n

They’re open until 3 AM on the weekends, and the prices are very reasonable. Sandwiches are in the $5-7 range, and among their beers they have Tire Bite, In Heat Wheat, and Doggie Style for $2.75 and Corona and Heineken for $3.00. At those prices I might be tempted to pass up the Flying Saucer and do my drinking at South Philly. I wonder if any Romanians work there?<\/p>\n

There will be a benefit concert for the hurricane victims in Handy Park on Beale Street. It will be Thursday night, 6 pm – til. Don’t have the lineup in front of me but I remember seeing Minivan Blues Band and the Gamble Brothers on the bill, as well as some displaced musicians from New Orleans.<\/p>\n

The former site of Buckley’s on Union is being converted into El Patron Mexican restaurant. It will be good to have some real Mexican food downtown.<\/p>\n

All right. That’s all I know for now. Time to get ready for day 2 of a three-day weekend, and it’s Sunday which means that Sleep Out’s is the first stop of the day. Have a good weekend everybody…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"