I drive the same way to work every day, down Elm St. And every day, I pass by an unassuming restaurant called Pepperoncini. I’ve never ever thought of going into this place. Not once. But for a few weeks, people at work have been talking about it. R wanted to escape the office Thursday, so we decided to stop by. Are we ever glad we did!

The place is totally cute. And there’s a nice little bar inside too. They have a simple lunch menu, with sandwiches, pasta, and pizza. R got the italian sausage sandwich with broccoli raab. Do you see how big this is? And the bread… the glorious bread! It’s crusty and crispy and chewy with the perfect amount of sesame seeds. I’m in love with this bread. It’s from the Conshohocken Bakery. I’m totally going there to pick up some of this awesome bread.

As for me, I got the hot roast beef sandwich. Totally good. So big that I couldn’t finish it. We both totally love this place now, as much as we love this bread. The service was great, our waitress was super friendly and helpful. The place was filled with a nice professional lunch crowd. Yey for secret little spots in Conshy!

Pepperoncini Restaurant & Bar
72 Poplar St
Conshohocken, PA 19428
610-941-7783

I attended another fantastic Yelp happy hour Wednesday night. It was held at Sonam, on South Street, and they closed down the whole place just for us. It’s a really cute and small place. I loved the way it was decorated. It’s a “global tapas” place that’s also a byob.
I don’t remember what these were, but they were on little crunchy pieces of mini toasts, and had egg salad, chicken salad, and something else. I liked em. Asian chicken slider. Ok, these I totally dug. I ate many many of these little suckers. Delicious. A was saying they tasted like his mom’s turkey burgers, well damn, she makes some good ass turkey burgers.They call these S’mores, but they’re not traditional s’mores. It was goat cheese with a fig reduction. Shudder. I’m not a fan of goat cheese. I didn’t try these.
Shrimp. Don’t remember what these were like, but I liked them.Beef on a stick. These were kind of boring and plain. Meh. “South Philly Negamaki”. Strange, but ok. Chicken Tikka Masala Parmesan. Loved these!At some point in the evening, edamame came out. And I love me some edamame.

This was some kind of dessert tapas. Something they cooked up for us. Ice cream, cinnamon and sugar, and crunchy stuff. Loved it.

After dinner, I got an impromptu invitation to Nifty Fifty’s for shakes. Who can say no to shakes? Who can say no to Nifty Fifty’s? Sure, I was stuffed, but who cares. Ok, R said shakes, but somehow she made us order cheese fries. No complaints really, but I so did not need to eat these.
R got peanut butter cup and I got strawberry cheesecake. Ok, my shake was pretty much strawberry, with really little cheesecake. It was still good, but really, they should just call it strawberry.