Feeding Frenzy

Restaurants opening, closing and pending

by Drew Lazor

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Honest Tom's Taco Shop
33rd and Arch streets

DelCo native Tom McCusker got the idea to open his month-old mobile street food source after taking a motorcycle trip down to taco truck mecca Austin, Texas, this past summer. Head to 33rd and Arch Monday through Thursday starting at 8 a.m. (the truck also holds it down at Clark Park on Saturdays), where Honest Tom's offers breakfast tacos (scrambled eggs, potatoes, fresh-made guac and salsa). Around lunchtime, they switch it up to chicken or steak sourced daily from the Italian Market (McCusker's working on a permanent veggie option using seitan, black beans or sweet potatoes). The cart's coffee is from Portland, Ore.'s famed Stumptown, which recently opened a roasting location in Brooklyn; McCusker landed beans for the Taco Shop after a friend introduced him to Stumptown founder Duane Sorenson.

A Peace of Sole has been replaced by Mango Bush, a brand-new Jamaican eatery run by husband and wife Trevor and Patsy Rainford and Stratford Campbell. The eat-in/takeout, which does neighborhood delivery, hits on all the irie prerequisites with a well-rounded menu — jerk and curry chickens, stewed oxtail, beef patties, ackee and saltfish (the national dish of Jamaica), etc. Mango Bush is open at 11 a.m. daily, and closes late (11:30 p.m.-midnight) Friday through Sunday. For the full menu, check out Meal Ticket.

>> LITTLE VITTLES

>> The Pub on Passyunk East (1501 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-755-5125) just launched a new menu — check out seitan fingers with vegan barbecue sauce, a meatloaf platter with buttermilk mashed potatoes, fish and chips with a Yards IPA batter and more. Check out Felicia D'Ambrosio's Meal Ticket post for the full menu.

>> Joe Coffee Bar (1100 Walnut St. #110, 215-592-7384, joecoffeebar.com) will close its doors on May 27, according to a release from owner Joseph Cesa. They'll continue to offer products online as well as at the Headhouse Square Farmers Market, which opens for the season on Sunday, May 3.