I’m eschewing the WordPress year in blogging thing so that I can look back and reflect on 2014. It was a fun year of being able to try new food products, new restaurants, and attend some cool foodie events in the Philadelphia area. I’m hoping there will be more of the same in 2015! Here are some stats and other items of note:
Top 5 Posts from 2014 (according to pageviews)
- EVENT: Fox & Hound To Host Benefit For “PAWS” At Launch Of New Look On Thursday, December 11, 2014
- Lambertville NiteFare – Lambertville NJ’s First Food Truck Festival – This Thursday
- GOOD DEED: Cookie Confidential Selling Memorial Cupcakes In Honor of Fallen Firefighter Joyce Craig-Lewis
- White + Wong Bakery, Oh So Right!
- Manayunk Fall StrEAT Festival 2014
Top 5 Search Terms from 2014
- osteria moorestown mall
- white and wong bakery
- philly grub (I guess word is getting out?)
- fish hoagie philadelphia (I suspect a brand new blog post about fish hoagies in the near future?!)
- food and wine valley forge
Top 5 Clicks from 2014 (clicks to other websites*)
- otolithonline.com
- 16thstreetseafood.com (defunct; do not visit)
- finewineandgoodspirits.com
- whiteandwongbakery.com
- bruleebakery.com
*Not counting clicks to social media profiles.
Now for NON-blog stuff…
Top 5 Food Product Discoveries from 2014
- Kelchner’s Thai Chili Sauce* (get this when it hits the shelves in 2015!)
- Rocky’s Hot Sauce*
- Crum Creek Soy Bites*
- Food Should Taste Good Harvest Pumpkin Tortilla Chips
- Marco Polo bagel from Wegman’s
*local product
New Philly Restaurants of Note in 2014
- Aldine (Center City)
- Bareburger (Center City)
- Bourbon & Branch (Northern Liberties)
- Crabby’s Cafe & Sports Bar (Northern Liberties)
- Dizengoff (Center City)
- Independence Beer Garden (Old City)
- Juniper Commons (South Street)
- Kensington Quarters (Fishtown)
- La Peg (Delaware Avenue)
- Palladino’s (East Passyunk)
- Sancho Pistola’s (Fishtown)
- Townsend (East Passyunk)
- Tuk Tuk Real (South Street)
New South Jersey Restaurants of Note in 2014
- b.good (Marlton)
- Buffalo Wild Wings (Moorestown)
- Corner Bakery (Moorestown)
- Distrito (Moorestown Mall)
- Estia Greek Taverna (Marlton)
- Farm and Fisherman Tavern (Cherry Hill)
- Gambino’s Italian Eatery (Cherry Hill)
- Rockhill (Cherry Hill)
- Smashburger (Cherry Hill and Maple Shade)
- Turning Point (Cherry Hill)
- Zoe’s Kitchen (Marlton and soon Cherry Hill)
Looking forward to blogging more in 2015. Let us know if you have any ideas; wish to submit a guest blog or want us to review a restaurant or food product.
Happy New Year!
Food enthusiast. Travel lover. Social media maven.
Independent Journalist. Food marketing/PR expert.
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