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Center City‘s Zavino gets into the pie game.

PHILADELPHIA, LONG CONSIDERED a pizza wasteland, has proven its appetite for upscale pies by keeping the likes of Marc Vetri’s Osteria and Stephen Starr’s Stella […]

How Philly — yes, Philly — is helping the nation eat better.

Sometime after “Wit Whiz” became the unofficial city motto, but before the word “locavore” entered our Philly lexicon, a small nonprofit called the Food Trust […]

It’s been 20 years since we first heard Michaela Majoun’s voice coming to us live from Penn’s WXPN studios.

It’s been 20 years since we first heard Michaela Majoun’s voice coming to us live from Penn’s WXPN studios. Lucky for us, she’s still got […]

In 2007, local Ian Andracchio created a killer 45-minute row-machine workout.

In 2007, local Ian Andracchio created a killer 45-minute row-machine workout (sorta like spinning, but with your arms, too) and set up RowZone, near Rittenhouse […]

This upscale vegetarian restaurant draws customers to 10th and Spring Garden because herbivores will travel for good food.

This upscale vegetarian restaurant draws customers to 10th and Spring Garden because herbivores will travel for good food. As at its sister restaurant, Blue Sage […]

Han Chiang rules his sunny new Old City outpost with an iron fist.

“Here’s your friggin’ fried rice,” said owner Han Chiang, who rules his sunny new Old City outpost the same way he does his Exton and […]

Eco-friend or eco-faux?

The idea of green as chic appeared in these parts around the time the iPhone became the new Tory Burch ballet flat/Alhambra necklace/Birkin bag. As […]

What do the Mummers Parade, the SEPTA negotiations, the Dad Vail Regatta and the Manayunk bike race have in common?

ONE NIGHT LATE last October, Congressman Bob Brady was home, waiting for the phone to ring. Brady seems to get involved in almost every sensitive […]

Petulia’s Folly is offering a rare sale on all John Derian goods.

John Derian is known for turning vintage découpage and ephemera into endearing domed paperweights, letter trays and lamps. Petulia’s Folly is offering a rare sale […]

It’s as much about the ritual as it is the salty, sweet morsels.

It’s as much about the ritual as it is the salty, sweet morsels: Grab a group, order the crustaceans by the bucket, platter or pound, […]

The downstairs half of Azie on Main (formerly Maia) has a sports-bar theme and boudoir-inspired damask booths.

The downstairs half of Azie on Main (formerly Maia) suffers an identity crisis: Its sports-bar theme and boudoir-inspired damask booths and yearbook-ish photos of Radnor […]

Nothing fits like custom, and Media’s B. Gross is looking to set you up for spring.

Nothing fits like custom, and Media’s B. Gross is looking to set you up for spring. Buy five bespoke shirts (starting at $125 each) and […]

Dinner with Munish Narula, owner of the Tiffin Indian enterprise.

Number of Tiffins by the end of 2010: We’ll have a total of six by the end of summer, and hopefully two more by the […]

We love snakeskin for the instant drama it adds.

We love snakeskin for the instant drama it adds to any ensemble. And this spring, its muted tones and classic styles mean we can pair […]

Bryan James, 37, president of supporters club Sons of Ben, will have a front-row seat at the Union’s first game.

What he’ll wear: Light blue, of course. Accessories: “Some members are sewing gigantic flags.” Whether he’ll start a wave: “Hard to do, because we’re standing […]

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