At my office, there’s a table in the kitchen that I’ve been avoiding like the plague. Casually sitting next to the microwave, there they are: […]

Are you ready to nosh?

When I was managing editor of Philadelphia Weekly in the largely predigital 1990s, readers frequently came by the office to give us tips. Some panned […]

Someone Must Have Waterboarded Ed Rendell. The former guv had announced that he was done speaking to the media about his potential deal to purchase […]

N.J. native Bill Maher reacts

When historians look back at the last half-century in America, they’re going to shake their heads in wonder and ask: What were they thinking? How […]

The newest eatery on 13th opens

    If you’re smart and want to get into the restaurant business, you should open an Olive Garden. Actually, if you were smart, you’d […]

    Some dishes are just too stupid to try. That’s an unoriginal observation in the era of the Pummple—a double-layer cake with a pie […]

  Imagine for a moment that there was a supernatural portal in Philadelphia, perhaps on floor seven and a half of the Divine Lorraine, that […]

      If you want to make a movie in Philadelphia, you’ve gotta go through this feisty blonde, who’s known as much for her […]

I WAS ONCE EJECTED FROM A FLYERS GAME. The year was 2001, and the New Jersey Devils had an overwhelming 5-0 lead headed into the […]

  TO UNDERSTAND HOW PARTNERS MARC VETRI, JEFF BENJAMIN and Jeff Michaud plan to revolutionize America’s school cafeterias, you must first understand the allure of […]

Two years ago, Patrick­ Kennedy, a troubled scion­ of America’s greatest­ political­ dynasty,­ walked into an Atlantic City ballroom­ and met a local schoolteacher who would become his wife. Now he’s reinventing­ himself — while living ­in his in-laws’ house in Absecon.­ An unconventional­ love story.

The National Constitution Center is arguably one of the most confusing tourist attractions in our history-steeped town. The Constitution doesn’t even live there! And the […]