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Philly Cooks: The Ultimate Philly Eating Experience

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From left: Sandy Mullen, Open Table, Nick Elmi, Laurel, Stacey Lyons, GM at  Ela, author/chef Jeremy Nolen, executive chef of Brauhaus Schmitz, Jason Cichonski, Ela and Gaslight.

From left: Sandy Mullen, Open Table, Nick Elmi, Laurel, Stacey Lyons, GM at Ela, author/chef Jeremy Nolen, executive chef of Brauhaus Schmitz, Jason Cichonski, Ela and Gaslight.

Philadelphia magazine and Foobooz hosted another successful Philly Cooks (more photos from the event here) on Wednesday, February 18th. Guests at the annual event enjoyed delicious bites and spirits throughout the night with more than 40 participating restaurants, live music by East Coast Entertainment, beer, wine and a VIP Infiniti Lounge where Luke Palladino served saba-glazed braised beef shanks. As for spirits, imbibing took place at the Crown Royal Corral, where guests enjoyed banjo music by Greg Wright and specialty drinks from the whiskey company, and the Foobooz Speakeasy, which was located in the center of the ballroom at the Marriott Downtown Hotel, where guests enjoyed drinks from Franky Bradley’s, The Olde Bar and The Franklin Mortgage and Investment Co.

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Ben Fileccia, general manager of Sbraga restaurants. (Le from Hop Sing Laundromat is behind him in the fur hat.) From left: Andrew Bergholtz, Christopher Kearse, owner/chef Will BYOB, and Jen Zavala. Jorge Chicas, executive chef of Red Owl Tavern Sydney Hanick and chef Damon Menapace of Kensington Quarters. Owners Michael and Jeniphur Pasquarello tell me the name "Quarters" derives from four operations the space provides: restaurant, bar, butcher shop and culinary classes. From left: Brigantessa’'s Joe Cicala prepared a delicious pheasent terrine while mixologist Andre' Quain created a delicious house-made limocello called “La Brigantessa”. From left: Colin Leary and Townsend Wentz of Townsend. (Congrats to Wentz for his James Beard Foundation nomination as a 2015 award semifinalist.) From left: Cathy and Craig McCall with Alicia and David Slattery. Rhonda Stein and David Lach. From left: Maria Viola, Dara Lazaroff, Jill Braunstein, and Stephanie Chiacchio. Bridget O'Brien and Brendan Walsh, Mole Street Productions. From left: Andrew Whitmire (yes people tell him he looks like Sam Smith) and Joey Ribecchi hanging in the Crown Royal Corral. From left: Robert Noble, banjo-playing Greg Wright and Monica Hinestroza in the Crown Royal Corral. From left: Antonio Presta, president at Trios Trattoria, Susan Helfrich, COO Breaking Glass Pictures and Rich Wolff, CEO, Breaking Glass Pictures. From left: Jill Lentz, Yuriy Porytko, SmartInvest Ventures, Kristen Gallagher, development associate at ActionAIDS, and Chris Alfano. From left: Sandy Mullen, Open Table, Nick Elmi, Laurel, Stacey Lyons, GM at Ela, author/chef Jeremy Nolen, executive chef of Brauhaus Schmitz, Jason Cichonski, Ela and Gaslight. From left: Bryce Henderson and Casar Hernadez, Pizzaria Stella, with my favorite dish of the night, braised squid stuffed with shrimp (and it's on their eatery menu). From left: Bridget Foy and Bridget Foy's new chef, Paul Wachman, Palladino's chef/owner Luke Palladino and chef TJ Ricciardi, Taproom on 19th chef Christina DeSilva and owners Michael Strauss and Peter Fry, SliCE's Todd Berry and Dennis Dilks. From left: Megan Raver, Karm Kaur, Pria Shah and Christina Avino had a great time at Philly Cooks and loved the food inspired wall design.

HughE Dillon covers parties, events and more for Philadelphia magazine’s The Scene. You can follow him on Twitter at @iPhillyChitChat and visit his daily online social diary PhillyChitChat.com.

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