Few things frustrate me more than a restaurant that doesn’t take reservations. As much as I loved Pub & Kitchen, reviewed in the December issue, […]

Bonjour, dumplings! I’m feeling veddy French following the Samantha Pouls Park Hyatt bat mitzvah. The theme was “Juicy Couture Meets Marie Antoinette,” and guests lapped […]

What with Philly’s newly booming food scene, it makes sense that some of our more successful restaurateurs are taking a page from the Stephen Starr […]

It came as no big surprise to the Inquirer’s largely blue readership when, a few weeks before the election, the paper endorsed Barack Obama for […]

It’s Christmastime in the city. And for a surprising number of Philadelphians — about 6,000 — that means it’s time to down some eggnog, throw […]

Frank Olivieri Jr., owner, Pat’s King of Steaks: My great-uncle, Pat — that was my grandfather’s older brother — he had a hot-dog stand he […]

As chef at Snackbar, that lounge-y, red-hued boîte off Rittenhouse Square, Jonathan McDonald brought molecular gastronomy to Philadelphia in the form of apples coated in […]

When this magazine came into being in 1908, who could have predicted that masses of Philadelphians would perish in a flu epidemic? Or that a […]

Mulled wines and Irish coffees were our go-to drinks for soul-warming on snowy days, until we discovered a slew of local ­bartenders mixing up something […]

HE LOVED THE city when it took an act of profound imagination to love it, when it was grimy, when it stank, when you could […]

TONIGHT … South Broad Street will be alight with oh just so much excitement as the Trans-Siberian Orchestra visits the Wachovia Center and the she-just-can’t-shake-it-like-she-used-to […]

No, really. People do eat fruitcake. McMillan’s Bakery in Westmont sells more than 700 pounds of the ­Christmas classic every year. Perhaps it’s because the […]

Fondest food memory: When I was growing up, my diet was straight-up Americana, so when I first tasted lamb with rosemary, I thought, “Oh my […]

MÉmÉThe debut of Mémé was bittersweet for this Rittenhouse neighborhood, still mourning Melograno’s five-block move, but hungry to see what praised (remember M Restaurant?) and […]

THE WHITE PICKUP truck with CITY OF PHILADELPHIA stenciled on the back zoomed along on West River Drive, its driver heading from where he was […]