Episode 43: James Beard Awards, The Bear and Sipping Our Way Through Summer

Delicious City Philly

If you’ve ever wondered what happens during the James Beard Awards weekend, then this is the episode for you because Eli gives an incredible rundown of the winning weekend in Chicago for Philly restaurants! In fact, we took home 3 James Beards (including 2 national awards). Nok Sunternanon, Ellen Yin & Friday Saturday Sunday!🥇🥇🥇

Here's some other things we talked about:

• Best bites from Kampar and the streets of Chicago, and even Dunkin’ Donuts makes its BB debut
• The foul, stinky beauty of Durian and where to get it
• What is a sambal anyway? Eli breaks it down
• A nondescript, creepy white food truck wins over Eli’s taste buds
• Eli has an absolute obsession with Chicago’s Italian Beef Sandwich, and he has the cojones to say it’s better than the cheesesteak
• Mental and physical wellness support for restaurant employees from the Southern Smoke Foundation and CORE
• How the industry has evolved so quickly when it comes to supporting itself with mental health and wellness
• Marisa wants her Gen Y back, dammit and we are not happy with they!
• Center City Sips joins us to talk about Philly’s harbinger of summer
• How Sips has helped bars get through the summer
• Chris from Top Tomato joins us to talk about what they’re doing for Sips

And of course we could not do this without our amazing partners who are as passionate about food and drink as we are:

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• If your restaurant or company wants to be in the headlines for all the right reasons, click here to discover how Peter Breslow Consulting and PR can take your business to the next level
• Check out all the great places to get delicious drinks and catch good vibes with

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