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Photos: Square 1682 The Great Philly Cheesesteak Challenge

October 21, 2014 by HughE Dillon
quare 1682 is celebrating its fifth anniversary this Sunday, October 12, with a culinary block party along Sansom Street. But this isn’t just a party. It’s also a heated competition.
The Great Philly Cheesesteak Challenge is a delicious way for
some of Philly’s best culinary minds to showcase their rendition of a
city classic, the cheesesteak. Chefs from Rex 1516, Barren Hill Tavern, Bainbridge Street Barrel House, Devil’s Den, Circles Contemporary Thai, and more will throwdown and whip up some great steaks wit and witout.
And of course you’ll need something to help wash down all those
cheesesteaks. Lucky for you, a cocktail competition has been added to
the celebration this year. Bartenders from a.kitchen + bar, Crow and the Pitcher, Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co., 1 Tippling Place, Oyster House and Red Owl Tavern
will compete for both the judges’ love and yours. Sample them all, and
vote for the people’s choice award. There will also be beer by Victory Brewing Co. and samples from local distiller, Manatawny Still Works.
– See more at:
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Square 1682 is celebrated its fifth anniversary this Sunday, October 12, with a culinary block party along Sansom Street. But this isn’t just a party. It’s also a heated competition.  The Great Philly Cheesesteak Challenge is a delicious way for some of
Philly’s best culinary minds to showcase their rendition of a city
classic, the cheesesteak. Chefs from Rex 1516, Barren Hill Tavern,
Bainbridge Street Barrel House, Devil’s Den, Circles Contemporary Thai,
and more will throwdown and whip up some great steaks wit and witout. 

The judges for the days event: Adam Schmidt, Drink Philly, Laura Burkhardt, Where Magazine, Geno Vento, James Zale, Visit Philly, and Foobooz’s own Art Etchells.
 Music by Technical V.

 Jimmy Kolzow, Sonia Kolzow and Hugo.
 Chef Caitlin Mateo from Square 1682.
 Naval Academy Midshipmen Michael Tereo and Yaroslav Khanas.
 Philabundance representatives: Caryn Rubinstein, Liz Edelen, and Joe Sperlanto.
 Amber Wanner, Charles Wiedenmann, and Karin Wolok.
 James Zeleniak, Punch Media (PR for Square 1682) Geno Vento, (Geno is finishing up the Restaurant School. It’ll be interesting to see what he does next.) and Kylie Flett.
 Good to see Laura Burkhardt out and about. Since she’s adopted her puppy, she rarely ventures out of the neighborhood. i don’t blame her he’s adorable.

There was also a cocktail competition this year. Bartenders from a.kitchen + bar, Crow and the
Pitcher, Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co., 1 Tippling Place,
Oyster House and Red Owl Tavern will compete for both the judges’ and guests votes.

Generally
left-leaning ice-cream company Ben and Jerry’s has refused to rename
its “Hazed and Confused” hazelnut ice-cream flavor despite cries from
activists that it’s insensitive to hazing victims.
“It didn’t make sense for us to change the name,” Ben and Jerry’s spokesman Sean Greenwood told Bloomberg. “We named it after a pop-culture reference.”

Alison Kessler, Jenine Neff, Kylie Flett, and David Neff.

 The Barren Hill Brewery crew: Rich Benussi, Paul Trowbridge, and Chris Leete.

 Ken Swain and Maggie Carmody.
 Elizabeth Quinn and Michael Budzilowicz.
 Amanda Kryspin, Mary Karcher, and Lynda Karcher.

 The Franklin Mortgage team: Alison Hangen, Mariko Honda, and Colin O’Neill.

And The Winners Are:

Barren Hill Tavern & Brewery won Judges Choice with Short Rib with bone marrow and caramelized onion. 
Davio’s won People’s Choice with their Cheesesteak Spring Rolls 
Cocktail Competition: 
Lindsey Krueger of Oysterhouse won Judges Choice
Colin O’Neil from Franklin Mortgage won People’s Choice.