The Week In Eats

Get Out!

by Lauren Fleming

Jeff Towne

What's better than tacos in the morning? How about munching on some morning-time grub while a DJ spins your jams? Scheduled for every third Saturday, Cantina is hosting a musical brunch featuring a new deckhead every month. This month, DJ Jem (co-owner of Sweet Jane Vintage and Vinyl) will be spinning '60s rock and gospel to accompany eats like buttermilk pancakes with caramel sauce and French toast with cinnamon-infused maple syrup, as well as Tex-Mex classics like chilaquiles and huevos rancheros, both with guajillo sauce. The brunch also features half-off drafts and discounted mimosas. Cantina Los Caballitos, 1651 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-755-3550, cantinaloscaballitos.com.

If you've been hankering for some quality brewskies since Beer Week came and went, Cactus Bar and Restaurant will soothe your blues by hosting the first-ever Sam Adams Manayunk Brew Fest. The Boston Beer Company will be supplying tastings of 12 different beers, including their Double Bock and their line of Twisted Teas. Cactus will pair these beers with food from their Southwestern menu — cactus nachos, Texas shrimp sautéed in a spicy butter and white wine sauce and more. Sponsored by the Manayunk Sport and Social Club, the event will also feature giveaways like a Sam Adams fire pit barbecue and VIP tickets to a Phillies vs. Red Sox game. Buy tickets in advance online or by e-mailing info@cactusphilly.com. Cactus Restaurant and Bar, 4243 Main St., Manayunk, 267-385-6249, cactusphilly.com.

South Street Caribbean restaurant Blue Bananas Café has organized a three-course, multiple-seating dinner that raises funds for Team Jamaica Bickle's bid at the 2009 Penn Relays (taking place April 23 and 24). Less than 20 bones gets you a salad and your choice of entrée (curry chicken, curry goat, jerk chicken, snapper, a veg option) and dessert (sweet potato pudding or rum cake). E-mail Blane Stoddart at bfs69@verizon.net or call the restaurant for reservations. Blue Bananas Café, 223 South St., 215-351-0113, bluebananascafe.com.

To roast a chicken properly is to master one of the quintessential techniques of French cuisine, or so they say. Foster's is giving you the opportunity to learn the technique yourself via this demonstration by Mémé chef/owner David Katz. During his class, you'll learn the proper way to cook the fowl, but you'll also be schooled on how to butcher a chicken and what do with all the parts (a skill that can save you money next time you hit up the supermarket). Foster's Homeware, 399 Market St., 215-925-0950, shopfosters.com.