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My Buys: Dana Bank

Hi, everyone! I would like to introduce to you something new we’ll be doing on the Web. It’s called "My Buys," and it’s for all […]

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The Food Network’s Adam Gertler Dishes on His Philly Favorites

Adam Gertler, former Amada waiter and  executive chef of the now-closed Smoked Joint, was a finalist last season on The Next Food Network Star. While […]

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Street Style: Frozen Fashion

Happy Friday! Thank goodness for the one day this week that was above 18 degrees! It allowed people to come outside without ski masks on, […]

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Brunch Favorites: We’ll Tell You Ours If You Tell Us Yours

Philadelphia may not be nearly the brunch town that New York is, but we do have some great places to spend your Sunday morning. The […]

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Rough Economy Spells New Chance for Alphabet Soup

Before Alphabet Soup, Jayson Grossberg’s ambitious fine-dining BYOB in Audubon, New Jersey, closed up shop last year, it was one of the most buzzed-about restaurants […]

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Local Spotlight: E Rock Designs

Local jewelry designer Ellen Rockower has come a long way from her summer-camp jewelry-class days. The recent RIT grad, who got her degree in Jewelry […]

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Restaurant Week: Deal or No Deal?

We know what you’re thinking, Is it worth it? You slave over the menus posted on CenterCity.org, ask foodie friends for recommendations, refresh Open Table […]

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Street Style: Cold = Cool

Happy Friday!Thank goodness for precipitation-free days this week! It allowed me to capture my victims’ — I mean, subjects’ — cool, it’s-freezing-out style … Click […]

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Do This Now: Build a Boat!

Sure, you could sign up for ASL classes at the Main Line Night School or the Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s Film Education series, but far […]

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Chew on This: Chain Restaurants

I’m always happy to give a chain a chance. They can have some good attributes (consistency, quality), and in the last decade or so they’ve […]

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Feury at Fork: Big Changes Coming

Fork Restaurant has been such an Old City staple it’s tough to imagine how to reinvent it, but when Terence Feury takes the wheel in […]

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DO YOU LIKE MARC VETRI AS MUCH AS GOURMET DOES?

Marc Vetri’s namesake restaurant has been open for 11 years (and Osteria for two), but he continues to catch the eye of the national mags. […]

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Second Bite: Devil’s Den

Earlier this year, after some unfavorable reviews, Devil’s Den brought in a new chef and promptly vanished from the radar. I recently stopped in for […]

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Local Spotlight: Skeem

Back in 2004, before the world had gone totally gaga for green, Philly husband-and-wife team Geoff Weiser and Suji Meswani both left corporate jobs (he […]

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Taste Daily: Dining on the Cheap: Snockey’s Oyster and Crab House

I lived in Queen Village for a year and never stepped into the venerable Second Street fish house, Snockey’s. But this recent eGullet discussion of […]