New Places To Drink In Center City

Just what Center City needs: Another burger joint!

Actually, no, that might work out well. That’s nice, then, since two NYC-based restaurants are set to open locations west of Broad in Center City; one of ‘em is a burger joint.

The 4,000-sq ft. Goodburger (!) moves in to 1725 Chestnut St. and will have a liquor license and probably Kel working there, if he’s fallen on hard times. (Keenan is on on SNL!) And, uh, Mad River is opening a new restaurant right down the street from PW at the old firehouse at 1528-30 Sansom (not Sampson) Street.

I can only assume the 5,000-sq ft. firehouse bar will have a liquor license, being so close to a newspaper and all.

Two NYC Eateries Ink Leases West of Broad [GlobeSt.com]

Idiots Misspell Samson Street

Don’t worry, though, since my friend/co-worker Alli took this image, it’s probably since blown onto a street actually named Sampson.

Comic relief

The Sunday Inquirer yesterday had a big story about how big name scribes — Stephen King, Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and others — are now doing the writing for comic books.

For these guys, it’s not about making money, it’s just about getting to do a comic book. And that makes sense. Aside from the fantastic Y: The Last Man — the illustration at right — I haven’t read a comic book since about seventh grade, but that doesn’t really matter; if someone asked me to write a comic book I would jump at the chance. It probably has something to do with the fact I can’t draw, but it’d also be effing cool to have written a freakin’ comic book.

Anyway, one of the authors now writing a comic book is from Philly, and he shared his memories with the Inky (emphasis mine):

“Growing up in Philly, I went down to Fat Jack’s on Samson Street every week to buy comics,” says Mat Johnson, 35, the award-winning novelist (Hunting in Harlem) who is writing the Papa Midnite voodoo series for Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics.

Now, you might think that’s an Inquirer copy editing error, but, really, come on: He’s from Philly. He totally calls Sansom Street it “Samson Street.” It’s easier to say, and I think it’s pretty clear that we Philadelphians will pronounce anything however the hell we want. In fact, I’d like to take the time now to praise the Inky for its accuracy.

Comiuc turn [Inky]
Y: The Last Man