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Philadelphia’s Next Great Era Begins Now

Why this chapter of our city’s story might be our best since, well, 1776


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Philly’s Driverless Future Is Here, Whether We’re Ready or Not

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Here, Some More Food-Focused Spots to Check Out

Here, Some More Food-Focused Spots to Check Out THE GREENBRIER: The historic Dorothy Draper-designed resort hosts a few cooking weekends every year that feature famous […]

Other Places to Get Your Yoga Fix

Other Places to Get Your Yoga Fix KRIPALU CENTER: Nestled in the Berkshires, this former Jesuit seminary (with roots in Philadelphia) offers a year-round menu […]

Germantown’s hip-hop and style superstar drops her fourth album, Here I Am

Germantown’s hip-hop and style superstar drops her fourth album, Here I Am Lest anyone suspect our favorite gritty and well-inked rapper, Eve Jeffers, is caught […]

Hot Springs, VA

A spa, a shooting club, and three fabulous golf courses. Must we go on? As we exited the highway, we figured it could only be […]

How far will our bride-to-be go for lip color that lasts?

How far will our bride-to-be go for lip color that lasts? As predictable as the seasons changing, every spring you can expect a major markdown, […]

Primp: Close Shave

If you already know and love Groom, the modern-meets-old-fashioned men’s barbershop on Walnut Street, you’ll love this If you already know and love Groom, the […]


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


Shelter: Bryn More

Our favorite home shop, Ashton-Whyte, has moved its Wayne digs to a space across from the Bryn Mawr Film-­Institute One of our fave home shops, […]

Taste: Annotated Recipe: French Onion Soup

There are kitchens that can turn a simple onion into something transcendent with a little patience Too often, French onion soup is dishwater-bland covered by […]

Can two Philly restaurants reinvent themselves?

Can two Philly restaurants reinvent themselves? The history of Marigold has been one of constant evolution. Throughout the spot’s 70-plus-year tenure in West Philly’s Spruce […]

Curry may have its roots in the Indian subcontinent, but the term has come to describe a wide variety of saucy dishes, from Japan to the Caribbean.

Curry may have its roots in the Indian subcontinent, but it’s come to describe a wide variety of saucy dishes IndonesianFoodie-adored South Philly hole-in-the-wall Hardena […]

Taste: Where We’re Eating March 2008

Find out where some of the Philly Mag staff is eating this month Ugly American This cozy Front Street spot feels like a pub but […]

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


Taste: Eat This Now: Milk

“Got Milk?” There’s more to milk than meets the eye Milk, for most people, just is. The only question beyond “Got Milk?” is “Whole or […]

Good Life: Model Citizen: Rhonda Willingham, 39

Who: A saintly Philly native who brought her D.C.-based program, MenzFit, home in 2007. What: Her nonprofit helps down-on-their-luck guys (more than 75 in Philly, […]

Good Life: Homegrown: Above Par

The views from the fifth hole at Pine ­Valley, the clubhouse at Merion, and Spring Mill’s bunkers aren’t what they used to be. They’re better. […]

As their wives carpool the kids to soccer, closeted suburban men troll the city’s bathhouses for anonymous — and oftentimes dangerous — gay sex. Ladies, what you don’t know might hurt you

As their wives carpool the kids to soccer, closeted suburban men troll the city’s bathhouses for anonymous gay sex ZIPPERING HIS COAT, John leaves the […]

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