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Kevin Sbraga Is Going to be All Over Your TV

Kevin Sbraga is getting his own show on the Cooking Channel. Get Trucked will feature Sbraga helping out food trucks that need help with their menu, service […]

City Life

Your Cool Friends Are Going to Saturday’s “Eat In” at Joe’s Steaks

The good folks at Scrapple News were kind enough to mention this Saturday’s “Eat In” at Joe’s Steaks, about 3:30 into this video: Just a […]

City Life

Eat at Joe’s: How to Show Your Support For a Less Racist Cheesesteak

When you think about it, Joe Groh’s sin—if he can be accused of such—is that he decided to be a smart businessman. Racial slurs, after […]

City Life

Eagles Fans Will Be Able To Eat Top-Notch Food While Working Themselves Into Despair This Season

Let’s face it: A season that starts with Mike Vick as a legitimate contender for the team’s starting quarterback spot doesn’t actually bode all that […]

City Life

Taylor Swift Leaves $500 Tip at Ralph’s

What do you tip when you go out to dinner? If you’re like some of my relatives (who shall remain nameless), you tip 10 to […]

City Life

Bensalem Nifty Fifty’s “Total Loss” After Two-Alarm Fire

At 6:48 a.m. this morning, a fire was reported at the Bensalem Nifty Fifty’s. Three hours later, police says the building “appears to be a […]

City Life

Up There in the Sky! Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It’s … Bacon!

I’ve been out of school for 35 years now, but while my work world runs straight through the calendar, I’ve never stopped thinking of summer […]

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Jose Garces Closing Restaurant for First Time (It’s in Philly)

Oh, woe. This Saturday, July 13th Jose Garces will close his Chifa at 707 Chestnut Street after a four year run…This is the first closure of a […]

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Rich Landau and Vedge All Over Food and Wine

Rich Landau and Vedge are all over this month’s Food and Wine magazine. The vegan restaurant and vegetable whisperer get mentioned no less than five […]

City Life

Italiano’s Water Ice Is Closed, Long Live Italiano’s

If you’ve been in South Philly any summer of the past 37 years, you’ve probably had or seen a little bit of Italiano’s water ice […]

City Life

Finally, Some Locally-Sourced Cronut Porn

We’ve lost New York. Cronuts–sorry #Cronuts–are still wreaking havoc there more than a month after patient zero was infected in Soho. (Interminable lines, Craigslist blowjobs, […]

City Life

Two Women Kicked Out of Upper Darby McDonald’s for Steamy Bathroom Tryst

Yes, you read that right. Customers were not pleased to discover two Upper Darby women “engaged in some type of sexual activity” in a McDonald’s […]

City Life

Paula Deen’s Racism Is the Most Hilarious Thing on the Internet Today

So this isn’t so much Philly, but everybody’s talking about celebrity chef Paula Deen this afternoon. Why? If a damning new report from the National Enquirer […]

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Crawfish Back at the Corner Foodery

I popped into Corner Foodery today for lunch and ran into chef John Taus who told me he received another delivery of crawfish today. That […]

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Kidari Sushi Yatai Offers Sushi Happy Hour

Kidari Sushi, which recently opened at 1824 South Street is offering a dine-in customers a menu of half-price sushi from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. nightly. […]