The Chef of Flanigan’s Boathouse prepares crab cakes at the event

Conshohocken Restaurant Week begins on June 14th and is sponsored by The Londonbury at Millennium Apartments, on Washington Street in Conshohocken. On Wednesday night the apartment complex held a party to kick-off the event. There are 18 restaurants participating in the event including the ones featured here.

The party was held to showcase the new apartment building and included a tour of one and two bedroom apartments, which I believe, but don’t quote me, start at $1700 per month for a one bedroom apartment. My obvious concentration was on the food! It was a fun night with lots of good eats and a great way to meet area residents and sample the local, expanding restaurant scene.

A guest sampling crab cakes and quesadillas from The Boathouse

Ribs from The Boathouse

Quesadillas from The Boathouse

The ladies from Trattoria Totaro

Erin from Trattoria Totaro serves a chicken and tortellini dish to a guest

Blackfish served chilled carrot soup

Jason Mase, The Chef from The StoneRose serves short ribs over mac and cheese

The StoneRose crew Brian Pieri, Jim Maglio and Jason Mase also served limoncello and Prosecco

Spamps served lots of sushi

Beautiful sushi from Spamps ~ photo by Kevin Tierney

Kevin was far more diligent than myself, as well as, knowing where to actually find The Londonbury, (I was on the other side on the bridge for 20 minutes), so he was able to get a picture of the full dish of beautiful, fresh sushi. I, on the other hand, arrived after hungry guests had devoured many of the delicious rolls.

Sushi plate from Spamps that was enjoyed by many

Guests relaxing with drinks in The Club Room at The Londonbury

The Game Room

The Club Room seating off of the pool

A great time was had by all!

Since I arrived late and left early, to be in place for the face-off of Game 6 of The Stanley Cup Finals, I did not get pictures of everything, and not everything that was tasty, photographed well, so since the pictures might take away from the taste, I chose not to post some.

The food from Baggataway Tavern looked amazing as did the pizzas from Pasta Via! Andrew Totaro, from Totaro’s on Hector Street, not to be confused with Trattoria Totaro, which is on Spring Mill Avenue was upstairs, as was Pepperoncini. Gypsy Saloon served a lobster mac and cheese dish which, again I did not think would photograph well. Other participants that I missed, or were not in attendance are (in not particular order):

Spring Mill Cafe

Fayette Street Grille

The Great American Pub

Stella Blu

Guppy’s

Spampinato’s

Theresa’s

Menus for restaurant week are $20 -$35 pp depending on the restaurant and can be found by clicking The Restaurant Week Link.

The Front Window at StoneRose  Conshohocken

It is the first Spring Season for The StoneRose Restaurant in Conshohocken and the front window is officially open!

Unlike most restaurants in this suburban town, The StoneRose has an advantage with this massive full front window. It opens up to provide an open air feeling not found in many places outside of Old City. The closest place, other than actually eating outside, is located in Mt Airy at The Wine Thief. Good Luck getting into either restaurant on a busy Friday or Saturday night as the two restaurants are the hottest restaurants to open outside of Center City in 2009.

Both restaurants are small, owned by attractive young men, or in the case of the Wine Thief, an attractive young couple, however, the owner Chris Simpson, is usually front and center!  Both restaurants use local ingredients and cater to a hip crowd, albeit on the younger, yet more mature side of young. Also similar to the two, is the focus on good wines, although StoneRose is equally passionate about a strong assortment of great local brews as well.

Interior of Wine Thief Bistro Mt Airy

The looks are completely different, yet both offer comfortable, relaxed atmospheres, and each restaurant employs chefs who are passionate about good food, and good service. This spring and summer the big draw beyond all of the above will be the wonderful, warm breeze of fresh air flowing through their dining rooms. Get there early on beautiful days to get a seat by the window.

• The StoneRose is open for lunch 7 days a week in Conshohocken

• The Wine Thief opens at 4PM, 5 days a week (closed on Tuesdays) and open for brunch on Sunday at 11AM in Mt Airy.

Duck Confit

The StoneRose Restaurant in Conshohocken will be featuring duck on their menu all weekend. Think Duck Pizza, confit, Duck Rolls, entree specials and more. Chef Jason Lipnicki will surprise and delight guests will duck specialties throughout the entire weekend ~ tonight through Sunday.

Mmmmmm….. Duck Pizza paired with a Dogfish 60 min IPA over an NFL playoff game this weekend? Sounds perfect!

Prices range from $9 for appetizers to $26 Entrees.

The StoneRose

822 Fayette Street

Conshohocken, PA

Call the babysitter to put junior to bed after the trick or treating is over!

Taking the kids trick-or treating? Attending a Halloween party with friends? Well when those festivities are over your night does not need to end!

Don your favorite 1980′s musician, movie star or celebrity and head over to The StoneRose tonight between 10PM – 2AM for an “after trick or treat” party! No 80′s costume – forget it, just come join the fun anyway!!

No where to go tonight? Head to The StoneRose early and watch The Phillies take on The Yankees in Game 3 of the World Series!

Happy Halloween!

 Could this be the star that steals the show?

 If you follow us on Twitter, by now you have had a peek at the burger that has stolen the hearts of the early visitors to Conshohocken’s newest gastropub. The creation of Executive Chef Jason Lipnicki, The StoneRose Burger features the very same beef  the now infamous, Square Burger.

Jason credit’s Geechee Rice Girl’s Chef/Owner Valerie Erwin with teaching him the technique behind The StoneRose’s signature StoneRose Burger, which has been a best seller since the restaurant opened just a week ago. The burger is seared on a salt bed in a dry, hot, cast iron skillet allowing the salt to cook into the burger creating a salty exterior without over saturating the Premium Gold Angus.

Sauteed chopped Cipollini Onions are combined with diced Bacon to create a hearty relish of sorts, offering the burger intense flavor, while making it easier to eat than a standard burger which may have strips of bacon and large strands of sauteed onions. The cheese is Cooper Sharp. The burger tops an Artisan Challah Roll from Wild Flower Bakery. Fries are thick cut and made with Kennebec Potatoes. They are served with a savory mayo based remoulade. The StoneRose Burger and Fries $11.

 Since this is the 2ND post regarding a burger in the past 2 weeks. We feel a disclaimer is in order! It is a coincidence that in the brief month that our blog has been live that The Whiskey King and The StoneRose Burger would garner so much attention. While burgers are an important category amongst our 160+ search features, and we do review them for our site, we also respect the experts in this city! In no way are we trying to be The Burger Baroness, or Burgatory!

We look forward to reading many more blog posts on this burger and see if others agree that this is a mighty tasty burger!

Preview the entire StoneRose menu here.

The Grand Opening is scheduled for tomorrow night!

We are very excited about the newest restaurant opening in Conshohocken in the next few weeks. StoneRose,  opening at 822 Fayette Street, will be a welcome addition to the neighborhood, providing “refined comfort food” in a relaxed, yet upscale bistro setting.

The Best of Food stopped in one day to check on the progress when Jim Maglio, the restaurant’s GM and “beverage guru,” was doing a little wine tasting.”  While construction took place inside, the wine tasting and selection, took place outside.

While the process didn’t seem as sophisticated as one might imagine, the selection process did, however, turn out a balanced wine list from small purveyors, as was the original intention. The restaurant will offer 14 wines by the glass and over 30 bottles from everywhere from Washington State to South Africa, with an emphasis on Italian reds. Prices start at a very reasonable $22 per bottle for an Italian Montepulciano and top at $100 for an ’04 Villadoria Barolo.

A few of our favorites:

Dievole Pinocchio – a young, full bodied Italian red – $39 a bottle

Terrunos Siete – a fruity  Spanish red, with a slight spice finish  – $41 a bottle

Jovly Vouvray – a floral, French, Chenin Blanc – $32 a bottle