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What's Cooking on 1060: Meal Deals, a Fundraiser, and a Restaurant Flip

By Hadas Kuznits

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (CBS) --  University City Dining Days takes place in July, but they're holding a preview event on June 12th.

Lori Klein Brennan, of the University City District (top photo), says it'll be a celebration of tens.

"We are celebrating Dining Days' tenth anniversary this year," she tells What's Cooking, "and so we thought we would host a kickoff event.  It's at The Porch, at 30th Street Station.  It'll be $10 admission, you'll get ten tickets, which allows you ten tastes at some of our restaurants that are participating."

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The former "Corner" restaurant, at 102 South 13th Street in center city, is now called "Mamou."

Chef Paul Martin explains that the owners changed it because they wanted a restaurant with a more distinct identity.  He says the new menu is Louisiana-inspired.

"Mamou's a small town in Louisiana," he explains.  "I grew up in Lafayette.  Mamou is about 20 minutes north-northwest of Lafayette, in the heart of Cajun country."

 

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(Chef Paul Martin, on the balcony of his new "Mamou" restaurant, in center city. Photo by Hadas Kuznits)

Adds Martin:  "Mamou -- Laissez les bons temps rouler!"

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The fourth annual "Burger Brawl" takes place this Sunday, June 8th, in the Xfinity Live parking lot in South Philadelphia.

Burger Brawl founder Rob Wasserman says it's a fundraiser for Philadelphia schools.

 

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(Rob Wasserman, at the KYW Newsradio studios. Photo by Hadas Kuznits)

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"There's a celebrity judge component -- they'll taste all fifty burgers and decide which one wins," Wasserman says.  "And then we'll have a People's Choice award."

Proceeds from the event go toward building computer labs in Philadelphia schools.

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And for this week, that's "What's Cooking on 1060!"

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