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Philadelphia’s School Crisis: A City On The Brink

My family and I moved out of Philadelphia last year. We did so reluctantly, and with a crippling heaping of guilt. It wasn’t the crime, […]

Rocky The Musical On Broadway
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Yo Broadway! It’s Rocky the Musical

Andy Karl knows what you’re thinking. He had the same reservations before agreeing to play Rocky Balboa. How do you turn that film—“Yo Adrian!” and […]

Book clubs and making friends in the suburbs
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Making Friends in the Suburbs

A year or so after my husband and I moved from 13th and Pine to the quaint South Jersey hamlet where we planned to start […]

Coffee in Philadelphia
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No Ordinary Joe: The Best Coffee in Philadelphia

Rival Bros. Coffee Roasters West Philly / Rittenhouse • “People are slowing down and enjoying coffee culture more than ever,” says Jonathan Adams of the […]

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The Rookie: Michael Carter-Williams

My knuckles are white as I grip the steering wheel, trying in vain to keep up with Michael Carter-Williams, who’s burning serious rubber up ahead. […]

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The Fight for the Future of Philadelphia’s Newspapers

The meeting is lore, now: a story about a table for two that likely caused all South Jersey to wobble, ever so slightly, on its […]

Grilled maitake Nick Elmi's Laurel Restuarant
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Restaurant Review: Nicholas Elmi’s Laurel

Twelve years is a long sentence for someone who hasn’t committed a crime, even if you get to serve it in some swanky cells. Ask […]

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The Pillsbury Bake-Off:
Ladies (and One Male Flight Attendant)… Start Your Ovens

KRISTEN ABBOTT IS KEEPING HER EYE ON THE PRIZE— in her case, a plastic cafeteria tray laden with Boston Cream French Toast, a table d’hôte […]

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Restaurant Review: Jerry’s Bar

“Brunch is punishment,” Anthony Bourdain famously wrote. “Nothing makes an aspiring Escoffier feel more like an army commissary cook, or Mel from Mel’s Diner, than […]

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Ask a Food Expert

Here some of Philadelphia’s top chefs share their opinions on questions ranging from “how do you really feel about Yelp,” to “what makes Philadelphia different.” […]

Chef Eli Kulp's Fork Resturaunt
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Where Should I Eat In Philly If…

  The writers behind Philadelphia magazine’s food section come together to answer questions about where to eat in Philadelphia. Here are the secrets to pleasing […]

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All Your Philadelphia Restaurant Questions Answered

“So what’s the best restaurant in Philadelphia?” As food writers, food editors and restaurant critics, that’s the question we get asked most often. Here, the […]

Sandy Hingston One Against The Gun Pins
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One Against the Gun

It seemed like such a reasonable argument. “The fact is,” the column on the back page of the December issue of Guns & Ammo magazine […]

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This Is Not a Dallas Cowboys Fan

Booooooo! To outsiders, that sound is a war cry, a clarion call for action, a howl of barbarism. For Philadelphia sports fans like me, the […]

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An American Rustic Home

A peculiar thing is happening in Lambertville. A very particular design aesthetic—one that mixes old and new, industrial and woodsy, all with wild abandon—is cropping […]