PHS Pop-Up Garden To Offer A Summer’s Worth Of Tropical Entertainment

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Once again, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has transformed a vacant space into a lush hangout spot, perfect for leisurely summer afternoons and evenings. This year’s PHS Pop-Up Garden sits at 1438-46 South Street (next to the Jamaican Jerk Hut) and officially opens on Tuesday, July 8 at 5:30 p.m. and remains open seven days a week until mid-October.

The garden itself is open to the public starting at 11 a.m. Mondays through Fridays, 2 p.m. on Saturdays and noon on Sundays while food and drink will be served from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 5 p.m. to midnight on Fridays, 2 p.m. to midnight on Saturdays and noon to 10 p.m. on Sundays. Expect tropical cocktails, craft beer, a changing group of food trucks and Caribbean menu items from the Jamaican Jerk Hut.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/things_to_do/PHS-Pop-Up-Garden-to-offer-a-summers-worth-of-tropical-entertainment.html

Food Trucks, Beer Bring Crowd To Sly Fox Brewery In Pottstown

POTTSTOWN, PA — The parking lot in front of the Sly Fox Brewery and Tasting Room was transformed into a laid-back party scene Saturday during the Taps, Tunes and Trucks event.

The first ever combination event was the brain child of John Giannopoulis, who teamed up with representatives from the ODDyssey Half Marathon, which organized the preceding 5K race.

“(We) wanted to do a race out at the brewery and we were also talking about having a food truck event so we tied the two events together,” he said. “It’s about beer, food, running and music.”

While relaxing after the run, several teams of two lined up to play a larger-than-life version of beer pong that used trash cans painted red instead of cups and soccer balls instead of ping pong balls.

Read more: http://www.timesherald.com/lifestyle/20140519/food-trucks-beer-bring-crowd-to-sly-fox-brewery-in-pottstown

Pottstown’s Funky Lil’ Kitchen Is Still Open

This was on Facebook and they asked that it be shared. We too were under the impression the restaurant was closing so they could do a food truck.  This is NOT so. Please see their post below:

Hey Friends…

Funky Lil’ Kitchen is still OPEN!!! 🙂

Yes, we are opening HEART Food Truck, but Funky Lil’ Kitchen IS NOT CLOSED.  Since the announcement of our plans to open HEART came out, Funky Lil’ Kitchen has experienced a severe decline in business. 😦

WE ARE HERE, and planning some of the season’s best menus!  We need YOU, our customers and friends, to come dine with us & pass the word along that Funky Lil’ Kitchen is still open…so we can stay open…

Please SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!

Thank you! ♥

Pottstown’s Sunflower Truck Stop Cooks ‘Live With Kelly And Michael’

POTTSTOWN — Shorty’s Sunflower Cafe owner George Bieber and his Sunflower Truck Stop were cooking in the Big Apple on Friday.  It was all part of a contest being run by ABC’s “Live with Kelly and Michael” — the Truckin’ Amazing Cookoff.

In May, Ripa and Strahan announced their first-ever summer search for the nation’s best food truck.  “LIVE’s” viewers nominated their favorite food-on-the-go, and on Friday, May 17, the hosts announced the top 20 as selected by the “LIVE” production team.

Bieber and the Sunflower Truck Stop were among the top 20.

As soon as the show ended, viewers were encouraged to go to the “LIVE” website, watch videos submitted by the chefs, and cast their votes for the top 10.

Read more:  http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20130531/ENTERTAINMENT01/130539823/pottstown-s-sunflower-truck-stop-cooks-live-with-kelly-and-michael-#full_story

Sunflower Truck Stop In The Running For National Title

POTTSTOWN, PA – Earlier this week, one of his customers told Shorty’s Sunflower Cafe’ owner George Bieber about a contest that was being run by ABC’s “Live with Kelly and Michael” – the Truckin’ Amazing Cookoff.

Bieber entered his Sunflower Truck Stop just before the deadline.

“Someone from the show contacted me and asked for a recipe and then I was contacted again and told I had made it to the second round,” Bieber said.  “Then they asked for a 30-second video.”

View video: http://livekellyandmichael.dadt.com  (scroll down page and you will see Latest Features, then LIVE’s Truckin’ Amazing Cook-Off Voting.  Click on VOTE and you can see the video.

Read more:  http://business-news.thestreet.com/the-mercury/story/sunflower-truck-stop-the-running-national-title/1