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Sneak Preview: October Classes at COOK
I don’t know what you guys are doing in October. Me? I’m hoping to go hang out with Nick Elmi and Aaron Gottesman at COOK. […]
Beyoncé Ordered Another Philly Birthday Cake at Made in America
If you were anywhere near Instagram or the Parkway over Labor Day Weekend, you know that Beyoncé and her husband stopped by Made in America to show off […]
Women Ruled at This Year’s Made in America Festival
When Jay Z‘s Made in America festival floods the Benjamin Franklin Parkway every year, the city collectively wonders: Will Beyoncé make an appearance? This year, like […]
Millennial-Owned Restaurants Are Changing the Way We Dine
In Philly, restaurant trends have their time and place. Take 2013, when every local bakery started serving its own version of the New York cronut. […]
Zagafen Opens With Kosher Pizza and Italian-Inspired Fare in Bala Cynwyd
Last winter, Foobooz reported a shakeup in Bala Cynwyd’s restaurant scene: Finance guy turned restaurateur David Magerman would be closing kosher restaurant Dairy Cafe and replacing […]
Jump Into a Giant Marshmallow Pit at This Candy Pop-Up Exhibit
When Sir Thomas More published his book Utopia in 1516, outlining his vision of a — wait for it — utopia, it’s safe to say he didn’t […]
What We Know (So Far) About the Future of the PES Refinery
Before this summer, the average Philadelphian likely rarely considered Philadelphia Energy Solutions, the massive oil refinery complex located northeast of the airport. Maybe you, like me, occasionally passed the […]
A Comcast Exec Left This Philly Bartender a $1,000 Tip on a $47 Check
When an NFL star left a 20-cent (as opposed to 20 percent) tip at P.Y.T. in 2014, I exposed his utter rudeness. And when a […]
Biotech Tour: Inside the New Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing
In May, Thomas Jefferson University opened the doors to a Philadelphia first — the Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing (JIB). With the potential to help fill the local workforce […]
Penn Book Center’s New Owners on Kindles, Coffee, and Why They’re Still Not Sure About the Name
When the Penn Book Center’s owners announced in April that they were planning to shutter the 57-year-old store, professors and students protested, unwilling to pledge fealty to […]
Zama Hit With Two Lawsuits Over Sexual Harassment Claims
Zama, the popular Rittenhouse Square sushi restaurant that sits across an alley from La Colombe’s flagship location on 19th Street, finds itself the subject of […]
Sheetz Made Another Beer … This Time With a Philly Brewery
We were just a little annoyed (like, the way a parent gets frustrated with a child) when we saw that Sheetz debuted a coffee-flavored beer back […]
Make Your Football Feast Healthier With These Butcher-Approved Recipes
Football season has already kicked off with a ruckus in Philly. (Don’t @ us because the regular season hasn’t started yet — you should have […]
The DROP Triple Dip: Philly Officials’ New Maddening Way to Waste Your Money
The first time he “retired” from the City of Philadelphia, Ruben David was project director for public safety in the department of public property, a […]
Ben Franklin Tech Partners Wins Grant to Boost Philly Life Sciences
Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP), the region’s largest tech investor, just won a $633,555 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) […]