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Philadelphia’s Hottest Restaurant Neighborhoods

The January Philadelphia magazine is on sale now and features the area’s hottest neighborhoods and towns for restaurants. Welcome to the Neighborhoods [Philadelphia magazine] Best […]

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Check Out EGG, Get 10% Off

The former Fathom Seafood House is now East Girard Gastropub (EGG). And as an incentive to check out the latest addition to bar-rich Fishtown, the […]

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Frankford Hall Winterizes, Burgerizes

What do you do when you have a beer garden and winter is right around the corner (though today’s weather is wonderful)? Frankford Hall, which […]

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Food Impresses at Loco Pez

We’ve had Loco Pez on our list since it opened but Adam Erace’s descriptions of the nachos and tacos has us moving the Fishtown bar […]

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Fishtown’s Soup Kitchen Provides Lunchtime Thrills

Trey Popp calls Fishtown’s Soup Kitchen the best thing to happen to lunch all year. Soup Kitchen’s sandwiches are two- and three-day productions. The pulled […]

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Barcade Is Now Open

After a couple days of friends and family service over the weekend, Philadelphia’s Barcade announced it was open to the public via Twitter and swung […]

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More Whiskey For Fishtown

Is it a good thing when successful New York restaurateurs become fed up with Big Apple crowds and head to Philly to test their mettle […]

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There’s More Than One Saturday in October

We just checked with Google Calendar, there are FIVE Saturdays in October but it seems everyone is throwing a big festival on the the first. […]

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Celebrate Mexican Independence at Johnny Brenda’s

You might guess with this headline that Celebrate Mexican Independence is an Indie band coming to the Fishtown bar and music venue but no, Johnny […]

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Quick Bites: Fishtown Whiskey Bar and Han’s Dynasty Expands

There’s an orange liquor license application in the window at the former Hot Potato Cafe on Girard Avenue. Michael Klein says it will be a […]

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Sibling Rivalry at Kraftwork and Sidecar

Adam Ritter runs both Kraftwork and Sidecar bars and next week the sibling bars are hosting the beers of sibling brewers. On Tuesday, Kraftwork will […]

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Pils Picnic at Johnny Brenda’s

This Saturday Johnny Brenda’s is hosting its third annual Pils Picnic. Local pilsners will take over the taps all day and classic picnic foods will […]

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Vegans and Meat Eaters Living Together!

In Trey Popp’s monthly revisit, he returns to three year-old Sketch on Girard Avenue where he finds an “ebullient mash-up of sermon-free veganism and sloppy-good […]

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Frankford Hall Adds Happy Hour

Starting today Frankford Hall is offering happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. All draft beers are discounted and a warm pretzel and half-liter of […]

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One Bell for Frankford Hall

Craig LaBan gives the pretzels, sausage and the three entrees at Frankford Hall the once over. He doesn’t come away impressed. He does however use […]