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Photos: Philly Pride 2012

Photos from Philly Pride 2012 feature Wendy Williams.

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Weekend Roundup

A guide to Philly Pride’s weekend events with Wendy Williams and more.

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Nick’s Roast Beef Going to Long Time Bartender

  Grub Street tipped us off to a story Dan Gross wrote about the closure of 32° in Old City. Our immediate reaction was, 32° […]

City Life

Girl at Mad River Crushing Empty Cans With Her Shoulder Blades

Do we really need to expand on that headline? Probably not, but just in case, a Deadspin reader sent in a video taken on his […]

City Life

Suspects in Old City Beating Death to Stand Trial for Third-Degree Murder

Back in January, 23-year-old Temple grad Kevin Kless was beaten to death shortly after last call in Old City. Today, a judge ruled that the […]

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Steaks and Mistakes at Reserve in Old City

A single golden strand of hair mars Adam Erace’s steak at Old City’s Reserve. But it isn’t the only negative he encounters at the steakhouse. […]

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Cuba Libre to Host Second Cuban Pop-Up

Chef Guillermo Pernot of Cuba Libre will be hosting Chef Alain Rivera Santana of Doctor Café in Havana for a second Pop-Up Paladar from Tuesday, […]

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Zahav Hosting South African Wine Dinner Tomorrow

Tomorrow night Zahav is hosting An Evening in South Africa. The night features six courses with wine pairings by the Badenhorst Family Wines of Swartland. […]

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Ten-Course Spring Tasting at Bistro 7

Bistro 7 is going all out to celebrate Spring with a ten-course tasting tour of their new Spring menu. Start with a Sweet English Pea Soup […]

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Johnny Utahs Addresses Our Mechanical Bull Shortage

In the not so distant future we’ll look back on the time between when Buckhead Saloon closed and March 2012 as the dark ages in […]

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Empanada Curse Continues

My bad karma empanada curse continues. Today, comes word that Cuba Libre’s late-night empanada bodega, Empanada Alley will not open next Friday. Turns out neighbors […]

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Fire Last Night At Han Dynasty

See that picture up there? That’s the amount of chiles that go on ONE PLATE of crab at Han Dynasty. So really, the surprising thing […]

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Cuba Libre To Begin Selling Empanadas Out the Back Door

In conjunction with National Empanada Day on Sunday, April 8 (take a back seat Easter), Chef-Partner Guillermo Pernot of Cuba Libre is opening Empanada Alley, a […]

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Reserve Opening Tomorrow, With Some Reservations

The grand opening tomorrow of the opulent, $30-to-$50-a-plate Reserve steakhouse in Old City can mean one of only a few things: 1) That the recession […]

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Leyla Turkish Cuisine Opens in Old City

Leyla Turkish Cuisine has opened at 113 Chestnut Street in Old City. The restaurant serves sandwiches, kebabs, lahmacun, pideler as well as some Turkish inspired […]