With the first official weekend of summer upon us, it’s time for one last-ditch effort to get that body bathing-suit ready — which means saying […]

“There’s Mario Batali,” said my companion matter-of-factly, as we walked past the chef on the way out of dinner at the Tides Hotel’s La Marea […]

On summer days, the kitchen at Rouge regularly serves up more than 100 of its famous burgers. The secret behind the sensation? “Ten years of […]

Our totally insider, town-by-town guide to what’s new, what’s hot (and we don’t mean the sand) and what’s legendary on the Jersey coast — along […]

WITH: The often spicy Indian offerings at Girard Avenue BYOB Tiffin. DRINK: Indian cuisine presents a pairing challenge, but Pieropan Soave Classico (Chairman’s Selection, $11.99) […]

Our city has a new craft brewer: Philadelphia Brewing Co., which makes a delightful range of quality ales in its Kensington brewery, after which this […]

ABSINTHE, THAT ONCE-NOTORIOUS spirit that smells of sage and tastes first of dusty licorice and then of bitter, earned its cachet in the glasses — […]

BACON AND SCALLOPS Though a kosher nightmare, there’s something about the combination of bacon and scallops. We’re just glad the Oceanaire Seafood Room on Washington […]

This month, VERSUS — the cable-TV home of the NHL, the Tour de France, and dozens more random sports-related series (Jeff Foxworthy hosts a hunting […]

Severance Package By Duane Swierczynski(St. Martin’s Minotaur; $13.95) I blame City Paper. Certainly nothing in his years here at Philly Mag could have prompted former […]

The Mogul: Eddie Gottlieb, Philadelphia Sports Legend and Pro Basketball PioneerBy Rich Westcott(Temple University Press; $35) Even the most casual Philly sports fan knows the […]

ON A FREEZING TUESDAY LAST WINTER, months before his retro-chic Chelsea hotel in Atlantic City would open — a hotel that isn’t built around a […]

TIME Jason and Delphine Evenchik, who also own 13th Street’s Vintage Wine Bar, could have called their new restaurant Decision Time; the former Ludwig’s now […]

Doggie Diner215-735-2423; getdoggiediner.com A delivery service specializing in comfort food for Fifi may sound a smidge overindulgent, but unlike, say, dog dyeing or a pawdicure, […]

Hear PhillyHearphilly.com Not long ago, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation paired with KYW to launch Hear Philly, an Internet radio show designed to give […]