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The pub at the Plymouth Meeting Whole Foods.

What: The pub at the Plymouth Meeting Whole Foods. (Yes, drinking in a supermarket. Two cheers for progress!) Date opened: January 12th. The vibe: Cozy […]

So, what are the best places to call home around Philly? Here, our guide to some great neighborhoods worth discovering.

The College Town Swarthmore, Delaware County [sidebar]Rambling Arts & Crafts houses, streets named for universities, and a hardware store that’s been around since time immemorial […]

By Christine Speer Lejeune and Lauren McCutcheon

As winter slows to a crawl, we happily embrace the command: Eat your vegetables!

As winter slows to a crawl, we happily embrace the command: Eat your vegetables! We crave crisp. We crave green. We crave new. And yet […]

Clothes make the man — but not the teenager anymore, apparently.

A FEW YEARS ago, the school board in the town where we live began making noises about school uniforms. I didn’t pay much attention, because […]

After deals and political connections brought pro soccer to Pennsylvania, hopes are high for the Philadelphia Union.

THERE’S A FRIGID wind blowing as Wendell Butler stands at the Chester waterfront, looking out across the Delaware River on a cloudless winter morning. Here, […]

Watch out, Pat’s, Geno’s, Steve’s and Jim’s. There’s a woman who wants to bust up the cheesesteak boys’ club.

EARLY LAST AUGUST, Philadelphia magazine got a phone call. Phone calls aren’t unusual at the magazine, especially in early August, when their volume increases exponentially […]

The dynamo point guard, game-saver and senior team co-captain of Villanova’s powerhouse basketball squad.

Age: 22. A. K. A.: The dynamo point guard, game-saver and senior team co-captain of Villanova’s powerhouse basketball squad. On cheesesteaks: “I like it regular, […]

The Inquirer’s next-biggest problem.

Call it a helluva footnote in the ongoing Inquirer bankruptcy saga. It all started back in 2008, when sports columnist and voluble talking head Stephen […]

Inquirer TV-columnist-turned-Penn-instructor Gail Shister has the perfect name for her class on TV news.

Longtime Inquirer TV-columnist-turned-Penn-instructor Gail Shister says she had the perfect name for her class on late-night and prime-time TV and TV news, but the university […]

Everyone’s a freaking critic.

“Well, I’ve seen worse,” says Elliott Curson of the new Philadelphia logo recently unveiled by the city — the cracked-bell silhouette tag-lined “Life • Liberty […]

We checked in with local librarians to see who’s borrowing what, permanently.

This month, in honor of National Return the Borrowed Book Week, we checked in with local librarians to see who’s borrowing what, permanently. They say […]

Can a website lure retailers to the city?

When, last fall, the Philadelphia Retail Marketing Alliance made its debut, it finally seemed as if retail in this city was catching up with the […]

An exhibit at the Betsy Ross House shows the flag-maker in a new light.

I visited the Betsy Ross House at 2nd and Arch the other day to see a new re-creation of the upholstery shop where Betsy worked. […]

The dish on Ed Snider, Ryan Howard, Kelly Boyd and more….

Seems like everyone is talking about Ed Snider these days. Not only has the Comcast-Spectacor honcho been spied with former flame Roseanne Martin, but the […]

Wine finds a new place in our effervescent cocktail scene.

If you’re a cocktail drinker in Philadelphia, times have never been better. And as a wine writer who has always enjoyed a cocktail as a […]

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