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Susanna’s Perfect Storm

What made restaurant icon Susanna Foo get into a bizarre altercation with a meter maid last fall … and end up in jail? For the […]

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Entrepreneurs: Irish Guy Is Smiling

Dave Magrogan’s Kildare’s empire is coming soon to your town — and you can’t stop him ST. PATRICK’S DAY IS HEADING INTO ITS 15TH HOUR […]

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Taste: Running a Marathon

Cary Borish on opening another Marathon Grill. As Marathon Grill opens yet another location As Marathon Grill opens yet another location — this one a […]

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BOP Spotlight: Sweet Feet For The Athlete

Bob Schwelm's sales staff is knowedgeable, friendly and fast. Seriously. They win all the local races. And have claves to die for. 828 West Lancaster […]

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BOP Spotlight: Upholsterer

Anthony Cocco Jr. crafts upholstery using old-school methods and materials — horsehair and down-filled pillows, hand-tied springs — to achieve a seating comfort rarely found […]

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BOP Spotlight: Beer Bar

The Taproom is a welcoming island of excellent beer, great food and good times in a sea of bare-bones South Philly watering holes. Thirteen taps […]

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The Good Life: Kors Light

An intimate Q&A with the designer On May 9th, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia celebrated its 51st annual Daisy Day — now one of the largest […]

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The Good Life: Mind the Gap

We know, we know: You probably haven't been digging the Gap since, well, those swing dance ads a million years ago. We've, admittedly, been a […]

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The Good Life: Hot Cole

So here we were, enjoying the arrival of spring (it's here!), when Kenneth Cole's Fall '07 look book landed on our desk; and, already, we're […]

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AC Now: Holy Beauty Trinity

There is a whole lot your skin could do without. That Long Island iced tea, for example. Or that expired blush. (Not to mention those […]

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A&E: Blasphemy at the Free Library

Who is more intimidating: God or Christopher Hitchens? Ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a confirmed Jewish atheist, ex-Socialist and one of […]

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The Art of the Deal

An inside look at the secret meetings that sealed the fate of the iconic Eakins painting The Gross Clinic, and why so many people close […]

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Carmine’s Creole Café Review: Hurricanes in Bryn Mawr

We review Carmine’s on Lancaster Avenue. At Carmine’s Creole Café the gumbo is as dark and thick as At Carmine’s Creole Café the gumbo is […]

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BOP Spotlight: Pilates-esque Workout

To say that attending one of Lauren Boggi’s “skinny jeans” classes will have you instantly fitting into your favorite pencil-cuts isn’t quite true. It takes […]