“I get asked that all the time, you know?” says Mitch Prensky, chef-owner of Supper and partner (along with the Franklin Mortgage crew) at […]

Sbraga 440 South Broad Street 215-735-1913   Two and a half stars.   Cuisine: New Americana. Price: Four courses for $45, with optional up-charges for […]

Il Pittore 2025 Sansom Street, 215-391-4900 Three stars. Cuisine: Modern Italian. Entrée prices: $25 to $32. “I may have set myself up,” Chris Painter reckons. […]

  It was, quite literally, a great branding idea. The simple wooden hangers that lined the racks of the bustling Philly boutique had been nondescript: […]

I keep thinking about a blog post that one of our writers here at Philadelphia magazine recently put up. Victor Fiorillo was riding the trolley […]

  Whoosh! A gust of chilly night air sweeps in as the doors open onto the theater lobby on a rainy, bone-chilling­ night that only […]

  How does one person (not named Scorsese­) win a multitude of lifetime achievement awards? First, it helps if you live to be 90. But […]

                            A soaking rainstorm has descended upon Center City, but judging by […]

  The first thing you notice about the Badlands is the Christmas lights. Most outsiders assume there’s little more to this pocket of West Kensington […]

  Let’s begin with the Doomsday Scenario. For the record, that’s my phrase, not Katherine Gajewski’s.­ But as Philadelphia’s director of sustainability starts to talk […]

Joe Paterno wasn’t dead on Friday night, but Facebook was already glutted with nauseating tributes—one referenced the “sky crying blue tears.” Get a grip; he […]

In a pretrial hearing today, prosecutors in the case against Monsignor William Lynn wanted to demonstrate the alleged perpetual nature of the sexual-abuse involving priests […]

Earlier today, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett ordered that all flags at Commonwealth facilities be flown at half-staff until legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno […]

A whale has washed up on the shore in Ocean City, New Jersey. [Twitter]

Governor Chris Christie has announced two state Supreme Court nominees today. Christie proposes that the openly gay, African-American mayor of Chatham, Bruce Harris, and Korean-American […]