Frank Olivieri Jr., owner, Pat’s King of Steaks: My great-uncle, Pat — that was my grandfather’s older brother — he had a hot-dog stand he […]
As chef at Snackbar, that lounge-y, red-hued boîte off Rittenhouse Square, Jonathan McDonald brought molecular gastronomy to Philadelphia in the form of apples coated in […]
When this magazine came into being in 1908, who could have predicted that masses of Philadelphians would perish in a flu epidemic? Or that a […]
Mulled wines and Irish coffees were our go-to drinks for soul-warming on snowy days, until we discovered a slew of local bartenders mixing up something […]
HE LOVED THE city when it took an act of profound imagination to love it, when it was grimy, when it stank, when you could […]
TONIGHT … South Broad Street will be alight with oh just so much excitement as the Trans-Siberian Orchestra visits the Wachovia Center and the she-just-can’t-shake-it-like-she-used-to […]
No, really. People do eat fruitcake. McMillan’s Bakery in Westmont sells more than 700 pounds of the Christmas classic every year. Perhaps it’s because the […]
Fondest food memory: When I was growing up, my diet was straight-up Americana, so when I first tasted lamb with rosemary, I thought, “Oh my […]
MÉmÉThe debut of Mémé was bittersweet for this Rittenhouse neighborhood, still mourning Melograno’s five-block move, but hungry to see what praised (remember M Restaurant?) and […]
THE WHITE PICKUP truck with CITY OF PHILADELPHIA stenciled on the back zoomed along on West River Drive, its driver heading from where he was […]
NO ORGANIZATION HAS mastered the sports world — players’ contracts, naming rights, luxury seating — better than Philly’s own Comcast-Spectacor, and no person more creatively […]
Philly Mag: You were both at the 1980 World Series parade. What are your memories 28 years later? Jamie Moyer: Well, I was a high-school […]
On that historic Friday in October, as floats sailed through the city to celebrate Philly’s looong-awaited World Series win, all eyes were on a grinning […]
Looking for a silver lining in a crappy economy? Well the price of lobster is plummeting. Rittenhouse Square’s Seafood Unlimited is passing along the savings […]
The last time I saw Madonna on stage was her televised performance of "La Isla Bonita" with Gogol Bordello (whom I love, love, love) at […]
