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Around the Web: Brewer’s Plate Edition

Royal Tavern Roast Pork | Bridges, Burgers & Beers The annual Brewer’s Plate fundraiser for Fair Food was held this past Saturday at the Penn […]

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NFL Contract Fight Brings Out the Weasel In Everyone

At the top of this latest post, I must give full disclosure: I am pro-union and pro-NFL players. I was a member of the Newspaper […]

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How Many Bells for the Corner?

Craig LaBan gave John Taus three bells when he was chef at Snackbar, how will the chef and staff fare at the Corner? [poll id=”128″]

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Suburban Eats

Often times I take a very Homeric approach to life. It’s safer to deal with single truths rather than deal with all of life’s grey […]

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Shop Around the Corner

Some still remember it as Millennium. Others refuse to stop calling it Brew Ha Ha. But as Cafe 12, the go-to coffee shop in the […]

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The Inky Isn’t the Convention Center’s Problem

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet On March 5th, the Inquirer’s Paul Davies published what struck me as a mild […]

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Why Doesn’t Bravo Want Us?

Last week, Main Line socialites were abuzz over what seemed like an inevitable casting call for, yes, a “Real Housewives of the Main Line”. (“Blue […]

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Footwear Fetish

There are shoe women, and there are non-shoe women. I fall into the latter category. For one thing, my feet are enormous—size 11—and no matter […]

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Fighting Age With Yoga, Creams, Injections, Lasers

I think I look tired. And it’s slowing me down. Not because I actually am tired and moving more slowly, but because I’ve been spending […]

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Gay Parents Gaining Acceptance

When Americans were asked if they preferred children to be raised by two same-sex parents or one single mom, the answers were a little surprising. […]

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Kiss Me I’m Irish…. Or Don’t

We really feel that there is a backlash against St. Patrick’s Day this year. In fact, we are pretty certain we’ve received more press releases […]

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The People to Marge Tartaglione: We Don’t Think So

At 9 a.m. on Wednesday, a group of four city residents aligned as the Citizens of Philadelphia Collection Agency will head to the office of […]

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Tavern 17 Logo Throwdown

Tavern 17 in the Rittenhouse Warwick Hotel has received an image overhaul. So we ask you opinionated Foobooz readers, which do you like: the old […]

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Quick Bites: American Sardine and New Middle Eastern

The construction is complete but it still looks like three to six weeks before American Sardine Bar opens at 18th and Federal as John Longacre’s […]

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Man Beaten for Being Gay

When 23-year-old Justin Alesna walked into a convenient store for a pack of cigarettes in Detroit, Mich., last week, he had no idea he would […]