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Review: The Dandelion

ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE, Shakespeare reminded us, and that was without ever laying eyes on a Stephen Starr restaurant. One can only imagine what […]

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Off the Cuff: April 2011

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT at last a wave of common sense is washing across America. We’ve come to the realization that our state and […]

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Sean Patrick Griffin Chronicles the Underworld

It’s hard to believe that crime historian Sean Patrick Griffin used to interview FBI agents at the Brick House Tavern + Tap in Willow Grove. […]

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Simeon L. Bardin

It’s rather obvious by now that Facebook has taken over the world. Everyone’s on it: your sister, your boss, the old lady down the street. […]

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Peter G. Spitzer

You say your son graduated from Penn in 2008 and is still planted in his boyhood bedroom? Your daughter with the master’s degree spends her […]

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Harry L. Chaikin

Philadelphia has plenty of swank spots to go for crafted cocktails and boutique wines, but we’re also awash in the guilty pleasure known as the […]

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Margot I. Boigon

Eggs. They symbolize so much: springtime, new beginnings…breakfast. Chefs are topping brunch pizzas with them, like Marshall Green does at Café Estelle, and slipping them […]

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Kevin M. Zakrzewski

“They’re feeding on the desperation of restaurateurs in a down economy,” says John Brandt-Lee, chef-owner of Avalon in West Chester, when asked about Groupon, OpenTable […]

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Joseph A. Rigotti

IT ONLY TOOK a few dimes to get the old-timers angry. When cousins Bill and Emilio Mignucci took over the narrow and jam-packed Di Bruno […]

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Joseph D. Hope

Is Lubert-Adler Partners in trouble? Not financially — at least, not yet. The vaunted Center City real-estate investment firm’s current fund is worth $2.5 billion, […]

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Robert K. Cato

PAUL THOUGHT THE HANDWRITTEN recruiting letters from the football coach were pretty cool. The coach — whose team plays in the Inter-Academic League, comprised of […]

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Matthew H. Rusk

HE’S SHOPPING at the Langhorne Barnes & Noble in late November with his two young daughters — a moment when Ruben Amaro Jr. would prefer […]

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The Revisit: Carman’s Country Kitchen

“Where’s Qadaffi going to go, anyway?” Carman is saying. “I mean, when people say he needs to go, where do they have in mind? Who’s […]

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2011 PIFA Primer

This month, more than 1,000 artists will converge for the ambitious Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, a showcase inspired by the creative scene in […]

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Seder Sippers

Passover is on its way and that reminds us: Most kosher wine is best when … avoided. Or so we thought until speaking with Zahav’s […]