Friday
The Super Scooper All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Festival is at Penn’s Landing Friday through Sunday. Admission is just $5 and includes all-you-can-eat frozen treats from 20 different ice cream and water ice companies.

Saturday
Saturday head back to Penn’s Landing for Taste of Philadelphia where close to 20 restaurants will be serving up samples of their fare.

We’ve discussed the Headhouse Square Farmers’ Market extensively on Foobooz but if you haven’t had a chance to try the tacos al pastor from the Los Taquitos de Puebla stand, do so. But don’t just take our word for it, check out the latest rave, this time from Blogalicious.

Sunday
After a 4th of July of barbecuing and overeating Sunday may seem like a good day for a run. And since it is still the weekend, ending your run at the General Lafayette is a great idea. The Brew Lounge has the details.

Tonight at 6pm Lew Bryson will join Patrick Jones, Triumph staff and others in a special tapping of Pilsner at Triumph Brewing Co. on Chestnut St to toast the great life of Jay Misson.

Via the Beer Lass

Raw Sushi & Sake Lounge is taking over the Georges Perrier spot upstairs at Boyd’s Philadelphia at 1818 Chestnut Street. Opening is just days away. [Food and Drinq]

The folk behind A Full Plate Cafe are getting into the pizza business as they take over the former Pizza U and renaming it Home Slice. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

Cheers To You on South Street is now Woolly Mammoth as Matt Woody has revamped and reopened the space. Why Woolly? Read on. [The Clog]

That rumble you just heard was from our bellies as we looked at this blurry yet delicious pictures of the pizza from Earth, Bread + Brewery. [Pizzamaking.com]

Forbes Traveler has a special today on “Awesome July Fourth Meals” and in addition to hamburgers, hotdogs and just plain excess, they feature Franklin Fountain and their “Lightning Rod” sundae.

Awesome July Fourth Meals [Forbes Traveler]
Extrem July 4th Meals [Forbes Traveler]

Next Saturday kicks off Buy Fresh Buy Local week in the greater Philadelphia area and here are some highlights.

• Saturday, July 12th - Ultimate Philadelphia Ice Cream Festival at the Reading Terminal Market
• Sunday, July 13th - Kickoff party at Philadelphia Brewing Company
• Wednesday July 16th - Local Beer and Local Hors d’oeuvres at Standard Tap
• Thursday July 17th -Southwark Happy Hour with Bluecoat Gin and Sly Fox beers
• Saturday July 19th - Good Food, Good Beer, and the Rest is History food and beer tastings at Headhouse Square
• Sunday July 20th - Cooking Demonstrations and Cookbook Swap at Headhouse Farmers’ Market

A complete list of events as well as tickets to the Kickoff at PBC can be found on Local Food Philly.

Buy Fresh Buy Local Week [Local Food Philly]

Adam Erace has nothing bad to say about Quahog’s Seafood Shack in Stone Harbor, a seafood restaurant with a conscience.

This isn’t the place for farmed salmon and Chilean sea bass. Instead executive chef/owner Lucas Manteca and his chef de cuisine Carlos Barros prepare Jersey gems like blue crabs, oysters and Great Sound steamers as well as the “trash fish” nobody wants to take to the prom. Whiting, pollock, Brazilian pacu and Atlantic croaker—a buttery weakfish relative roasted whole—are streaked with bright chimichurri and served alongside peppery watercress salad.

Quahog’s [Philadelphia Weekly]
Quahog’s Seafood Shack [Official Site]

The Bite this week dives into cool refreshing options for what to do when the heat and humidity just get to be too much. There are plenty of choices from a frozen drinking chocolate at Naked Chocolate Cafe, gelato at Capogiro, a Lightning Rod of a sundae at Franklin Fountain or kick it old school with a cup of cherry from John’s Water Ice.

Freeze summer heat in its tracks [Metro Philadelphia]

Cantina Los Caballitos will be offering four straight days of brunch over the holiday weekend, serving our favorite meal Friday through Monday. Additionally on the fourth, the Cantina will have a 3 to 6 pm happy hour featuring $2 margaritas and half off all drafts and Mexican bottles.

Cantina Los Caballitos [Official Site]

Hey interlopers from Pittsburgh, finally something for you other than Fox & Hound. The Memphis Taproom is celebrating Pittsburgh with a happy hour for “all Pittsburgh ex-pats and the people who tolerate them.”

From 5 to 7pm tonight there will be beers from Penn Brewery, and an “Ode to a Primanti Brothers Sandwich” plus $2 Iron City bottles.

July looks to be a busy and delicious month at Jose Pistola’s.

• Tonight Anchor Brewing and beer rep/former Phillies announcer Andy Musser hosts happy hour 5 to 8 pm.
• Thursday, July 10th Jose’s hosts a New England Lobster Dinner featuring Allagash Ales from Portland, Maine. The dinner begins at 7pm, $65 per person.
• Wednesday, July 16th Blue Point Brewing from Long Island will be in the house with fresh Blue Point Oysters shucked at the bar for free. 8pm.
• Tuesday July 22nd is the beginning of Hall of Fame Week with an Ommegang BBQ. Tons of food and all the wonderful Ommegang ales you can drink. $45.

Jose Pistola’s [Official Site]