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Falafel Bar has opened at 1513 Chestnut Street. The fast serve Mediterranean cafe serves up freshly made salads, wraps, pita sandwiches and of course falafel. […]

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Georges Perrier House Up for Sale

Georges Perrier has put his Chestnut Hill estate up for sale. The 5-bedroom, three story house features a Joanne Hudson gourmet kitchen, first floor wine […]

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A Walk Through the Italian Market

Last Friday we walked through the Italian Market chronicling the changing food landscape. [imagebrowser id=20]

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Oprah Celebrates 25 Years of Gay

She may be best remembered for her book club and giving away new cars and Australian trips to lucky audience members, but Oprah Winfrey – […]

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Song Benefits Homeless LGBT Youth

David Raleigh, Alan Cumming and Ari Gold recently recorded a remake of Dionne Warwick’s “That’s What Friends Are For” to benefit the Ali Forney Center, […]

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Blue Ball Turns 20

Two decades ago, gay and lesbian Philadelphia was a very different place. AIDS was taking no prisoners. And public attention on gay issues was at […]

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Ed Rendell to Replace Keith Olbermann?

For the next talk-show host at MSNBC, my vote goes to – wait for it – the former governor of the great state of Pennsylvania.

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Dragapalooza is Coming

Voyeur Nightclub is hosting Dragapalooza Broadway Divas – one of Bruce Yelk’s Nightlifegay.com events – on Feb. 12 for one night only. Few details have […]

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RuPaul’s Drag Race Starts Tonight

What do you get when you lock a bunch of drag queens in a room with all the vodka they can drink? The ingredients for […]

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Chip Roman and Jason Cichonski’s Chestnut Hill Resto Has a Name

Blackfish‘s Chip Roman and partner Jason Cichonski (former exec chef of Lacroix) have started work today on their upcoming restaurant in Chestnut Hill (8609 Germantown […]

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Solomonov Versus Garces

This Sunday Iron Chef America will feature a Philadelphia flavor as Jose Garces battles Zahav’s Michael Solomonov. Who will win the battle? [poll id=”124″] Iron […]

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The Farm and Fisherman Coming this Spring

We’re quite intrigued by the Farm and Fisherman coming this Spring to the former Paul space on Pine Street. The restaurant will be owned by […]

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What About the Mothers?

As Philadelphians are captivated with the gory details about Kermit Gosnell’s West Philly “abortion clinic,” I find myself with one persistent thought: With an Infant […]

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Barbuzzo Lauded By The New York Times

New York City has been showing Philly plenty of love lately thanks to forward-thinking restaurants and BYOBs around town. It’s almost like we’re willing to […]

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Philadelphia’s Corruption Constipation

The DROP Squad is under attack! And I’m here to come to their defense. In fact, I encourage them to run for re-election. Stu Bykofsky […]