Alas, Joe Wolf sold Wolf's Market.  Alas again, the new owner has totally changed the place.  I'm already missing Wolf's Market.  It was my regular take-out lunch spot.

Joe Wolf knows good food. Good, solid food. Wolf's Market has all the Center City yup-scale fodder you'd expect, but also turns out some of the best road food in Philadelphia.

I am serious about hamburgers. Very serious. I would never order a burger from a market. And I didn't order a burger from Wolf's. Somehow my order for a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich turned into a Wolf Burger - a perfectly grilled hamburger on a kaiser roll with onions, peppers and mushrooms, and topped with provolone. One bite; "my what the hell - it's not worth the hassle of returning it" attitude changed into "Eureka, I might have stumbled upon the best hamburger in Center City." At least it's in my top three, the other two burgers being from Monk's Cafe and The Palm.

Now I alternate. Burger one time. Grilled cheese the next. We're talking a Holly-sized grilled cheese sandwich - thick Texas toast, a thick lay of cheddar, thick slices of tomatoes.

Either way, be sure to wash your sandwich down with a bottle of Rosenberger's chocolate milk.