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Food and Friends Branches Out to Society Hill

According to the liquor license application in the window of the former Union Gourmet Market at 318 S 5th Street, the same people as behind […]

Lincoln Financial Field
City Life

PETA: Philly Caters to Vegetarian Sports Fans

Metro: “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has awarded the city with its first-ever Most Vegetarian-Friendly City for Sports Fans award.”

City Life

Philadelphians Not Really Paying Attention to Restaurant Calorie Counts

Via Philebrity comes news that Philadelphians aren’t really paying attention to calorie counts at the big restaurant chains where such notifications are required. HealthDay reports: […]

2009 Thanksgiving Day parade in Philadelphia. Photo | AP/Matt Rourke
City Life

Philly’s Thanksgiving Parade Is a Turkey, but Our Block Parties Rock. Here’s a Better Idea.

The nation’s oldest Thanksgiving parade is right around the corner, and as is tradition this time of year, the eyes of the nation will be […]

City Life

BEST OF THE GAYBORHOOD AND BEYOND: Restaurants

GAYBORHOOD RESTAURANT: Amis You don’t have to spend the mortgage at Marc Vetri’s eponymous townhouse to get that delicious Vetri Italian cooking. This exposed-brick, slightly industrial-feeling […]

From left: Mike Griffiths of Fork, Kevin Sbraga of Sbraga, chef Jon Cichon of Lacroix, and Ed Konrad and chef Nicholas Elmi of Laurel.
The Scene

March of Dimes’ 17th Annual Signature Chefs Auction

Wednesday night, the March of Dimes at the Please Touch Museum Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park held its 17th annual Signature Chefs Auction with delicious […]

Restaurants

Boot and Saddle Updates Menu, Adds Happy Hour Snacks

Boot and Saddle has been an early smash success as a bar and music venue. There has been some good feedback on the original menu […]

City Life

Map: Philadelphia’s Not a Bad Place to get Food Delivered

This might just be a great town to become a shut-in:

Be Well Philly

10 Seasonal Soup Recipes for Fall

I’m going to go ahead and say we’re right smack in the thick of that awkward transition period between seasons, when it’s not quite crispy […]

City Life

Jim Kenney Writes Moving Love Letter to Sriracha

Today we learned that Philadelphia City Councilman Jim Kenney is an undying lover of “ambrosial” Sriracha rooster hot sauce. There was talk of a global […]

Marc Vetri
City Life

ThinkFest Snapshot: Marc Vetri

We’re rounding up the reasons Philly Mag readers should join us at ThinkFest, our week-long event connecting the brightest minds and most innovative ideas in Philadelphia.  Philly uber-chef […]

City Life

It’s Time to Hoard Your Sriracha Sauce

Uh-oh: “A judge is set to decide Thursday whether to grant Irwindale’s request to stop production of Sriracha sauce while the company tries to limit […]

City Life

Heinz Ketchup Will No Longer Be Served at McDonald’s

Heinz Ketchup has a new C.E.O., and he still sits on the board of Burger King, which he used to run. You know what that […]

City Life

A Tale of Two School Lunches: Excess in America, Insecticide in India

It was the juxtaposition, I think, that got to me. The first story in the Wall Street Journal told how the headmistress of that school […]

Restaurants

Six Pack: Apples Are Everywhere

It’s Fall and apples are springing up on menus all around town. Here are six apple dishes or drinks that we’re coveting.