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Ben Kirshner’s Plan to Transform How Pennsylvania Does Business

Pennsylvania is a notoriously tough place to start or run a business. Can the first guy to sell coffee on the internet fix that? The governor sure thinks so.


Sylvester Stallone, Tom Hanks and Grace Kelly all made memorable moments in Philadelphia Oscars history (photos via Getty Images)
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Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Summer Beers

Beer: Stoudt’s Weizen Flavor: A cloudy and unfiltered German-style wheat beer loaded with classic flavors of banana bread. Where to drink it: Watching World Cup […]

Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Cold Soup

At cooler­temperatures, soup is a canvas for the flavors of summer’s freshest fruits and vegetables. * Carmine’s Creole Cafe (232 Woodbine Avenue, Narberth; 610-660-0106) adds […]

Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Blueberries

July is the time for the versatile blueberry. Bake them into pies, cobblers and muffins. Drop them into pancake batter. Add a handful to a […]

Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Lemonade

If you’re chef Chris Scarduzio, when life gives you lemons, you buy a Zumex 100. The $3,500 Italian-made, Rube Goldberg-esque juicer dominates the counter at […]

Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Edible Flowers

Some flowers actually are pretty enough to eat. And now, thanks to the upswing in local and pesticide-free farmers, tasty flowers are easier to find […]

Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Barbecue

The potato salad at Fat Jack’s BBQ (1261 Blackwood-Clementon Road, Clementon; 856-309-7427) might not be equal to your momma’s, but the tender pork ribs are […]


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Water Ice

With more than 360 stores from Rhode Island to Ohio to Florida — and 130 in the Delaware Valley alone — Rita’s Water Ice (ritasice.com) […]

Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Root Beer Floats

Like the turn-of-the-century decor, root beer floats at the Franklin Fountain (116 Market Street, 215-627-1899; franklinfountain.com) are quirky and authentic. Sidle up to the ingenious […]

Bored with the steamed wieners at Phils games? Try these local variations on the all – American dog.

* The Ichiro, a tempura hot dog named for Japanese ballplayer Ichiro Suzuki, sounds a lot like the Kobe cheesesteak; you ask yourself “Why?” But […]

Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Gin-and-Tonic

Old City’s Amada (217-219 Chestnut Street; 215-625-2450) has updated this summer classic to create the year’s most quenching summer cocktail. Named after an Almodovar film, […]

Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Corn

Exurban legend: We’ve heard about the farmer so fanatical about freshness that he won’t sell you corn unless your water’s already boiling. Pete’s Produce Farm […]

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Tomatoes

They have charming names like Arkansas Traveler, Aunt Ruby’s German Green, Cherokee Purple and White Wonder. Their colors range from dusky bronze to ghostly pale. […]

Summer Food: The Tastes of Summer: Soft-Shell Crabs

This may be our favorite part of the delicious summer season: the moment when a crab molts its shell and the sweet meat can be […]

Pulse: 60-Second Critic

DVD The Art of Vinyasa Flow Yoga Jennifer Schelter Available at yogaschelter.com; $20 If the phrase “chaturanga dandasana” isn’t part of your everyday vocabulary, this […]

Why Atlantic City needs to think small

The Ascot Motel ought to be my favorite thing in Atlantic City right now. Opened in the 1950s and closed last year after a 40-foot […]

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