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Fixe Prixe Lunch Menus

You can thank the tanking economy: Countless Philly restaurants are enticing recession-weary diners with reduced-price multi-course menus, and they’re not just for dinner anymore. Here, […]

Part of living the good life in 
Philadelphia is knowing great ways to get away for awhile

Hi, all! Christy Speer here, one of Philly Mag’s travel editors. I’ll be popping in now and then to share with you all the best […]

Our style-savvy editors go out and about to scout the newest fashions

Happy Friday! So remember in our first issue of The Goods when we showed you what lots of Old City boutique owners and their staffs […]

Top Doctor Stephen Silberstein, director of the Jefferson Headache Center, clues us in on the newest treatments — and they’re being developed in our own backyard, too.

Question: I’ve suffered from crippling migraine headaches since college, and they’re getting worse in middle age. I have tried every prescription drug under the sun, […]

Don’t worry — there’s plenty of time to still get your mom something just as lovely as she is

You don’t have a gift yet, do you? Not surprising … I’ve always found Mother’s Day (and Father’s Day, for that matter) to be among […]

Because mom doesn’t need more candles and lotions

If you still haven’t figured out what to get mom for Mother’s Day — which, in case you’ve totally spaced, is this Sunday — we […]

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year

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.

A special offer from the Arden Theatre.

Tickets for the Arden’s latest production Something Intangible — a world premiere from local playwright Bruce Graham about two brothers in 1940s Hollywood that can’t […]

Our style-savvy editors go out and about to scout the newest fashions

Happy Friday! So remember in our first issue of The Goods when we showed you what lots of Old City boutique owners and their staffs […]

Bathing-suit season is upon us. But getting Shore-ready doesn’t have to break the bank

Hair CarePrep your locks for months of fun in the sun (and the chlorine) with AMS Salon & Lounge’s $25 Biomin-Oil Treatment. It deep-conditions locks, […]

In its sixth year, Art Star Craft Bazaar is a budding-designer event that has grown into a can’t-miss shopping stop

Now in its sixth year, Art Star Craft Bazaar is a budding-designer event that has grown into a can’t-miss shopping stop for design mavens. On […]

Center City mom Tami Dimmerman had an aha moment after fruitlessly searching for a product to tame her baby’s hair

Center City mom Tami Dimmerman had an aha moment after a fruitless search for a product that could tame her baby’s hair but was gentle […]

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76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.

A national denim mega-store comes to South Jersey

Area mini-chain Smith Bros. may have shuttered its stores, but it isn’t gone for good: It simply merged with growing franchise National Jean Company, which […]

While Philly studies the practicality of bike sharing, Pottstown is doing it

While Philly studies the practicality of bike sharing, Pottstown is doing it. Stop into Tri-County Bicycles, hand over your ID, and tool away on a […]

Between the media circus surrounding Vince Fumo and the dirt unearthed at his trial, we know everything about him, right?

It’s so not easy playing princess to the Prince of South Philly these days: Whatever fun there was in being photographed arm-in-arm with Vince Fumo, […]

Brooke dishes on the latest celeb weddings

Just back from the high-glam nuptials of Casey Glass, great-granddaughter of the founder of Boyds, and dashing Lyle Slivka at Palm Beach’s stately Mar-a-Lago, which […]

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