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60-Second Critic: Pirate Soul

Pirate Soul: A Swashbuckling Journey Through the Golden Age of Pirates By Pat Croce (Running Press; $23.95) Former 76ers president Pat Croce, whose Pirate Soul […]

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Taste: By Any Other Name

What happens when a restaurant loses its namesake chef? Lacroix The original: Jean-Marie Lacroix, the Fountain's founding father, opened his Rittenhouse restaurant in 2002. What […]

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Spirits: The Grape Gap

How do you sell wine to both guys and dolls? Men and women have different ways of shopping — for shoes, for cars, even for […]

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Naked Ambition

Delilah's is fending off big-name competition for the title of Philly's top strip club, but victory isn't as easy as it looks. Her silky black […]

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Trends: The Death of the Chore

From Bryn Mawr to Blue Bell to Rittenhouse Square, kids today don’t do squat around the house. Are we raising a generation that won’t know […]

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Destinations: Big Love

No doubt you’ll have a grand time at your wedding. But after a weekend of smiling and posing and speech making — all in high […]

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Pumpkin

PhilaFoodie heads to the 1700 block of South Street and checks out Pumpkin, a 28-seat BYOB and an apropos spot to try as the air […]

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The Good Life: Pamper Package

Spa Week gives everyone the chance to indulge You probably know all about Restaurant Week. But Spa Week? For a while, only the most plugged-in […]

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The Good Life: Dream Rooms

Whether your living room is begging for a makeover or you're just feeling restless about the lighting in Whether your living room is begging for […]

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The Good Life: Fast Lane

As if you didn't already love Congress Hall for its live, lounge-y music and beachfront location, now they're As if you didn't already love Congress […]

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Fest Days At World Cafe

In celebration of their 2nd Anniversary, each Friday in October World Cafe Live will present Oktoberfest Fridays featuring beer samplings with free goodies and complimentary […]

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Three New Classes At Tria

The Tria Fermentation Classroom has added three new classes to their original roster. On October 18th, Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head will discuss and more […]

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Craig LaBan’s 76 Favorites

Craig LaBan and the Philadelphia Inquirer have released The Philadelphia Inquirer Restaurant Guide and today LaBan gives an inside look at the book and lists […]

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Shundeez

Shundeez has made the transition from a farmer’s market stand into a real restaurant at the top of Chestnut Hill. And the Persian restaurant has […]

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Quick Bites

Giwa, 1608 Sansom Street, brings Korean takeout and sitdown to Center City (Feeding Frenzy). The long anticipated Oceanaire Seafood Room on Walnut Street now has […]