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Philly Chefs Dish on the Future of Our Food Scene

Rents are rising. Instagram is king. Restaurants are opening at a fast clip. Is this the beginning of the end? Are we just getting started? […]

City Life

Food Expiration Dates Are a Hoax and You’re Dumb to Believe Them

Not long ago, I was in what the kids at work call the “cafe” but I call the “lunchroom,” retrieving my yogurt from the refrigerator, […]

City Life

Jim Kenney Is the Most Ambitious Mayor Philly Has Ever Had. Why Doesn’t Anyone Know That?

A few hours into a day with Jim Kenney this fall, feeling a little desperate, I go to Lou Mfum-Mensah, an assistant who guides the […]

City Life

One Day in the Life of Philly: This Is Us

This city — any city — is an accident of geography. At some point, someone stood here, looked around, took in the conjoining rivers and […]

City Life

One Day in Philly: Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez

It’s hard to imagine there’s anyone in the City of Philadelphia who utters the phrase “opioid crisis” more often than Maria Quiñones-Sánchez. “I never thought […]

City Life

One Day in Philly: Stephen Klasko, Jefferson CEO

It’s 9:40 a.m. on this, yet another day in Steve Klasko’s quest to remake the world, and the president of Thomas Jefferson University and CEO […]

City Life

One Day in Philly: Carol Serena, Parc GM

Not much in life is certain, but Carol Serena, the general manager of Parc, knows three things. She knows that at some point today, the […]

City Life

One Day in Philly: Judge Mia Roberts-Perez

It hasn’t even been a week since Mia Roberts-Perez’s 37th birthday, and she’s presiding over a man’s fate. In her Common Pleas courtroom on the […]

City Life

One Day in Philly: Eighth-Grader Amanda Green

If you’ve felt pummeled by this world lately, your belief in innocence and joy and a life-affirming future wounded by everything that is 2018, perhaps […]

City Life

One Day in Philly: HughE Dillon, Society Photographer

“I always take three photos, because Penny is a blinker.” The Penny in question is Penny Fox, wife of Robert A. Fox, the chairman and […]