Our city has a new craft brewer: Philadelphia Brewing Co., which makes a delightful range of quality ales in its Kensington brewery, after which this […]
ABSINTHE, THAT ONCE-NOTORIOUS spirit that smells of sage and tastes first of dusty licorice and then of bitter, earned its cachet in the glasses — […]
BACON AND SCALLOPS Though a kosher nightmare, there’s something about the combination of bacon and scallops. We’re just glad the Oceanaire Seafood Room on Washington […]
This month, VERSUS — the cable-TV home of the NHL, the Tour de France, and dozens more random sports-related series (Jeff Foxworthy hosts a hunting […]
Severance Package By Duane Swierczynski(St. Martin’s Minotaur; $13.95) I blame City Paper. Certainly nothing in his years here at Philly Mag could have prompted former […]
The Mogul: Eddie Gottlieb, Philadelphia Sports Legend and Pro Basketball PioneerBy Rich Westcott(Temple University Press; $35) Even the most casual Philly sports fan knows the […]
ON A FREEZING TUESDAY LAST WINTER, months before his retro-chic Chelsea hotel in Atlantic City would open — a hotel that isn’t built around a […]
TIME Jason and Delphine Evenchik, who also own 13th Street’s Vintage Wine Bar, could have called their new restaurant Decision Time; the former Ludwig’s now […]
Doggie Diner215-735-2423; getdoggiediner.com A delivery service specializing in comfort food for Fifi may sound a smidge overindulgent, but unlike, say, dog dyeing or a pawdicure, […]
Hear PhillyHearphilly.com Not long ago, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation paired with KYW to launch Hear Philly, an Internet radio show designed to give […]
Stephen Starr is set to open his Rittenhouse bistro, Parc, this month, and you can bet it will — in classic Starr style — offer […]
Eric Ripert — yes, the silver-haired, French-accented chef who’s the talent behind New York’s famed Le Bernardin — is standing in Sonny D’Angelo’s butcher shop, […]
Real estate is no fun these days, dumplings — unless you’re Alex Plotkin, the man making Edgar fat with all those filets at Chops. (Delish!) […]
If all had gone according to plan, downtown Ardmore could have been what industry insiders call “a destination.” Maybe. It’s a complex backstory: For years, […]
