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Restaurants

The Common, UCity’s New Mediterranean Restaurant, Is Now Open

Despite mostly positive reviews, Patrick Feury’s Taiwanese-inspired Danlu didn’t last long. So the chef, long known for locally-sourced menus at his long-running Main Line spot Nectar, has […]

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City Life

This New Superhero Film Trailer Features a SEPTA Bus About to Plunge to Its Demise

It seems like a lot of movies are being filmed (or taking place) in Philly right now. Take M. Night Shyamalan‘s latest flick, Glass, for […]

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City Life

Feds Say Fired Philly Fraternity Official Embezzled More Than $1 Million

Kappa Alpha Psi is a 108-year-old college fraternity headquartered in Philadelphia. The fraternity, which has some 700 chapters across the United States, claims among its […]

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Restaurants

Pizza Artist Joe Beddia Becomes Salad Artist Joe Beddia

After nearly a year without pies from esteemed pizzaiolo Joe Beddia, we’ve all been waiting for news about when his new, expanded Pizzeria Beddia will open (the […]

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City Life

Phillies Legend Roy Halladay Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Roy Halladay, the two-time Cy Young award-winning pitcher who spent the final years of his career with the Phillies, was elected to the Baseball Hall […]

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Restaurants

A New Upscale Indian BYOB Opens in Old City

A restaurateur and chef with a long history running Indian restaurants in the Philly region have opened a high-end Indian BYO in Old City. Makhani Modern Indian […]

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Restaurants

Osteria’s Happy Hour Is Easily One of the Best Deals in Philly

Everybody loves a good happy hour. Discounted drinks, deals on snacks that can, if you play your cards right, easily serve as dinner — what’s […]

City Life

Watch an Olympic Medalist Fall Many, Many Times Trying to Snowboard the Rocky Steps

Update: We knew it looked too easy! After we published this story on Monday, we found videos of Olympic gold medalist Sebastien Toutant (known as […]

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City Life

Artist Behind Massive Robot Sculpture in NoLibs Insists It Comes in Peace

Late last week, we noticed something strange going on in Northern Liberties: Construction workers were assembling a bizarre metal structure in a vacant lot along […]

Business

10 Philly CEOs on the Major Work and Lifestyle Changes They’re Making This Year

Though we’re almost a month into the brand new year, it’s never too late to determine what you want to achieve in the months ahead. […]

Restaurants

Hungry Pigeon’s Next Cookbook Dinner Will Be a Tribute to Anthony Bourdain

If you’re reading this, then Anthony Bourdain probably meant something to you. He probably still means something to you. You wouldn’t be reading a Foobooz post […]

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City Life

The Immigrant on My Couch

It’s 6 a.m. in Fairmount, and my fiancé, Anush, and I are tiptoeing around our living room, getting ready for a run before work. We […]

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City Life

A Philadelphia Legend on Life Without a Computer, Email, or Facebook

No Computer? No email? That’s no problem for Philly legend Henri David, who says you really need to get off the grid. Philadelphia magazine: Have […]

City Life

It’s Time to Call Bullshit on Innovation

What he remembers most, he says, is the afterglow. Last winter, Drexel professor Brent Luvaas introduced a new course at the university called “Digital Detox.” […]

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City Life

21 Places to Escape the Tyranny of Modern Technology in Philly

From typewriter stores to connection-free coffee shops, here’s your guide to 21 Philly places where you can live like it’s 1979. BARS WITHOUT TV Fergie’s […]