The Other Critics

Standard Pils Tops LaBan’s Brew-Vitational; Brunch at Kraftwork Is a ‘Total Delight’

• Adam Erace talks Chef Volla, boardwalk eats, and where to find the Shore’s baddest mother-shucker in a Q+A with The Jersey Shore: Atlantic City to Cape May Jen Miller. [Citypaper]

• Standard Pils, a collaboration brewed up by Sly Fox’s Brian O’Reilly and the Standard Tap’s William Reed, tops the “New” list in Craig Laban’s second annual Brew-vitational tasting of local beers. Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant’s Pig Iron Porter comes out on top of the “Classics” category. [Inquirer]

• With Bloody Mary’s “loaded with horseradish” and a “piping hot” near perfect omelet “layered with baby spinach leaves,” Phyllis Stein-Novack finds brunch at Kraftwork was “a total delight.” [South Philly Review]

• Midtown Lunch prefers Sansom Kebob House’s Ashak appetizer over the Bulani. [Midtown Lunch]

Standard Pils Tops LaBan’s Brew-Vitational; Brunch at Kraftwork Is a