uwishunu About This Week's Sustainable Saturday

The University City District Sustainable Saturday series continues this Saturday, July 16, with a celebration of the Journey from Farm-to-Table. This installment of the summertime event once again includes one-of-a-kind local food-focused activities around the West Philadelphia area.

The event begins in the Woodlands Cemetery at 10 a.m. where the Wild Foodies of Philly will lead a local expedition: “Foraging for Edible and Medicinal Plants.” You never know when that may come in handy.

At 2 p.m., Biba Wine Bar will host “Zip Code Honey, Local Cheese + PA Brews,” highlighting local cheeses, Pennsylvania’s craft beers and West Philadelphia’s urban honey courtesy of Urban Airplanes. This event costs $20 for admission; the cheese and beers are available for tasting at $3 each.

Click Here for this weekend's entire Sustainable Saturday lineup on uwishunu.com.

U-City’s Baltimore Ave Dollar Stroll is Back!

U-City First Thursday Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll was condemned as a “dollar stand,” when apparently way too many people came out of the woodwork for $1 deals. This month, be prepared: bring your standing shoes and dollar bills for July’s event.

Tomorrow, Thursday, July 7, from 5:30 – 8:30pm, stroll Baltimore Ave. from 42nd – 50th for $1 food, live music and street performances.

There will be food trucks, vendors and all around deal busting festivities. Plus, the Clark Park Farmers’ Market will be going on from 3pm – 7pm.

U-City Launches Sustainability Saturdays

Locavores unite this Saturday, June 18, in West Philadelphia for the first in a series of four U- City Sustainability Saturday events. Every third Saturday, from now until September, Sustainability Saturdays will offer tours, urban farming activities, how-to workshops, beer and food events, and more. Most events are free, but a few are ticketed, so be sure to double check.

This Saturday will kick off the series with an entire day of “Grow it Yourself” activities. With the Clark Park Farmers Market, a self guided West Philly garden tour, a foraging for edible plants tour, an irrigating with storm water lesson, a farm to table trolley tour featuring Mid Atlantic Restaurant, an ice cream tour and tasting at Bartram Garden, a sustainable landscaping lesson, and a workshop on creating an urban homestead.

During the series, there will also be events like a West Philadelphia home brewing competition and workshop, a bee keeping and honey tasting, make your own worm composting bin workshop, Stoudts Brewery sustainable pig roast at City Taphouse, and a mead and soda fermentation workshop.

For complete details and the full summer lineup, visit University City’s website.

Tonight’s Night Market & Blockely Beer Garden Lineup

The much-anticipated Night Market has finally come and tonight, Thursday, June 9 from 6 – 10pm, The Night Market Beer Week edition will roll into University City and set up shop at 39th & Market. After the success of October’s event, the second Night Market installation promises to be bigger and better than the last.

Not only will there be tastes and treats from some of the most popular food trucks and vendors in the city, but Night Market was nice enough to share the spotlight with The Blockley’s Beer Garden, making for what will surely be a packed event.

The Blockley will be pouring brews from Boxcar, Ithaca, Troegs, Victory and Yards. Plus, there will be live music from Kuf Knotz and LP Stiles, Toy Soldiers, The Spinning Leaves and more.

As for food, expect snacks like wood-fired pizza from Nomad Pizza, local organic sausages from Renaissance Sausage, tacos from Guapos Tacos, takoyaki from Maru Global, specialty hot dogs from Dapper Dog, homemade ice cream sandwiches from Jimmies Cupcakes, gelato from Capogiro and made-to-order lemonade from Made in the Shade.