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Go Get a Reservation at Laser Wolf While You Still Can

Starting today, February 4th, Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook‘s new restaurants, Laser Wolf, is taking reservations. The restaurant, which is CookNSolo’s first in Fishtown, is […]

Restaurants

South Philly Barbacoa’s New Sister Restaurant Is Almost Open … Sorta

Last month, we reported that South Philly Barbacoa is opening a new restaurant in the space that used to house Koukouzeli, at 1134 South 9th […]

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NextHealth PHL

NextUp: The Health Tech Company Eliminating Hospital Discharge Delays

“NextUp” is a weekly NextHealth PHL feature that highlights the local leaders, organizations and research shaping the Greater Philadelphia region’s life sciences ecosystem. Email qmuse@phillymag.com […]

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NextHealth PHL

Biotech Tour: Inside the Newly Rehabbed Spring House Innovation Park

Lower Gwynedd Township in Montgomery County is now home to a new innovation hub born of old bones. Spring House Innovation Park (SHIP), a 600,000-square-foot […]

Restaurants

The Foobooz Weekly Digest

River Twice has filed a federal lawsuit against their insurance provider, Admiral Indemnity Company, following the company’s refusal to fulfill what the restaurant’s lawyer says […]

City Life

Can Mike Nutter Help Mike Bloomberg Get Elected President?

On the Monday before the Iowa Caucus, most presidential campaigns were doing one of two things: parachuting in and out of the Hawkeye State’s 99 […]

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City Life

Why I, Like So Many in My Generation, Can’t Make Up My Mind About Having Kids

It seems like it used to be easier. Or at least that there wasn’t much deliberation involved. First comes love, Then comes marriage, Then comes […]

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Things to Do

How to Get Started With Sports Betting the Next Time You Visit a Casino

Slots and table games have been around for a while, but sports betting? That’s a relatively new phenomenon around these parts. Tom Gable, director of […]

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City Life

6 Very Philly Groundhog Day Predictions

Every February, we turn our frowning, frostbitten faces toward Punxsutawney, PA, to observe the behavior of one special groundhog in order to make vague long-term […]

City Life

Philly’s New Archbishop Might Not Be as Progressive as You Think

Last Thursday, Pope Francis named Cleveland bishop Nelson J. Pérez, 58, the 14th bishop and 10th archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The major […]

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Restaurants

My Friends Refuse to Eat in Chinatown Due to Coronavirus — and They’re Not the Only Ones

I was supposed to go to dinner in Philly’s Chinatown with a group of 10 tonight. But now that’s not happening. Why? You can blame […]

City Life

Women Writers Are Driving Philadelphia’s Literary Renaissance

Carmen Maria Machado is one of the country’s most celebrated contemporary fiction writers. A few years ago, she was catapulted into the national spotlight on […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

Brides, Bubbly & Brunch is Back, And We Couldn’t Be More Excited

Ready to get a jumpstart on wedding planning? We know *exactly* where you should do it: at Brides, Bubbly & Brunch, Philadelphia Wedding’s annual wedding […]

Restaurants

Sorry, But There Are No Good Buffalo Wings in Philly

The Buffalo Wing Question is my Kryptonite. I get it often — usually during football season, especially Super Bowl week — but sometimes on a […]

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City Life

I Went to Wildwood for the Donald Trump Rally and Lived to Tell the Tale

If you look forward to off-season day trips to the Jersey Shore as a chance to relax, restore and reset, Wildwood was not that on […]