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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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Quick Bites: Decks and a Dozen Good Picks

For the rendering nerds, Standard Tap has published a few looks at the under construction roof for its deck. [Standard Tap] Drew Lazor of City […]

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Foodery Locations to Come to South Street, Sansom and Ridge

A.D. Amorosi has a piece in today’s Inquirer about Tony Rim of Raw. There are several interesting tidbits in the story including Rim’s connection with […]

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Free Dogs, New Dogs, Artsy Dogs and the Top 5 Wieners In Love City

Hot dogs are having a moment. In case you don’t already have it marked in red on your calendar, this Saturday is National Hot Dog […]

City Life

Neil Stein Ready for His Comeback

This morning, I had a conversation with Neil Stein about his plans to open a Center City restaurant, four years after his release from prison. […]

City Life

My Groupon Nightmare

My sister and I went to the theater last week to see Miss Saigon at the Walnut. The show was great. (I cried at the […]

City Life

The Depressing Truth About Tomatoes

Barry Estabrook is right. Supermarket tomatoes really do suck. The author of Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit has been making […]

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Around the Web: Pies, Fare, El Rey Lunch and Local Cheese Plates

Adam Erace demands we immediately eat the pie at Cafe Estelle. Sounds like a plan to us. [Meal Ticket] Mac & Cheese checks out the […]

City Life

In Defense of Philly Pizza

There’s something wrong with the pizza in Philly … If you’re a stranger to that lamentation, you obviously haven’t lived here long enough. Or haven’t […]

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Quick Bites: South Street Expansions, Piazza Twists, Foodery Everywhere

The revolving operators continue at Apollinare where Brian Nagle, founder of Philly2Night.com is the latest to take the reigns. The husband and wife team behind […]

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It’s Time For Strawberries!

[Photo: Claudia Gavin] Judging by the mountain of fresh-picked strawberries that arrived at the office today, it must be strawberry season. This Saturday, Linvilla (providers […]

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More From Philly Mag, Fathom Reviewed, Tequila’s Revisited, Beach Eats

The June 2011 Philadelphia magazine is on newsstands now. In addition to The Farm and Fisherman review there is a review of Mike Stollenwerk’s Fathom […]

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New Fathom Menu and the Aftermath

Fathom Seafood House’s Mike Stollenwerk has tweaked his menu, organizing the selections into just two sections, Raw Bar and From the Kitchen. Sunday will mark […]

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Local Growers ISO Local Buyers

Attention chefs, retailers and wholesale buyers of grub: Tonight at 7pm, Fair Food will host Local Grower, Local Buyer at the Reading Terminal Market. This […]

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Filming Today: Bar Rescue at Downey’s

Spike TV’s new series Bar Rescue is filming at Downey’s on South Street today through Thursday. The show follows Jon Taffer (slick web site), a […]