Champagne and hors d'oeuvres are in order from 5-8 p.m. Friday as Weavers Way Co-op ( weaversway.coop) holds an open house to celebrate the co-op's new wellness and pet supply store, Weavers Way Across the Way, at 608-610 Carpenter Lane. It's across from Weavers Way's Mt. Airy store, currently undergoing renovations.
Street food enthusiasts have narrowed the field a bit, but there are still difficult choices to be made as 12 food-truck vendors compete in the Philadelphia Vendys, 3-7 p.m. Saturday? at The Lot @ 39th and Market. Tix, $55 advance and $60 day of, are going fast at phillyvendys2012.eventbrite.com. It's all you can eat and beer's included. Speaking of eats, competitors in the savory category are: The Smoke Truck, King of Falafel, Vernalicious, The Foo Truck, Yumtown, Tacos Don Memo, Lil Dan's Gourmet and Delicias. Dessert category has Little Baby's Ice Cream, Lil Pop Shop, Sugar Philly and Sweet Box. And it's all for a good cause, The Food Trust, a local nonprofit that works to make healthy food available to all.
