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Russet Is Your Perfect Date Night Restaurant
Russet could easily be the most adorable restaurant in Philly — quaint service in a Philadelphia brownstone, plus gorgeous, hyper-local dishes by Andrew Wood. The entire dinner […]
What We Need Right Now: Veda Reviewed
It started with the naan. With that crisp bite and barely risen chew, its weirdly rustic Rorschach shapes and delicate, lacy swirls of golden-brown clarified […]
Who’s Building Philly: Alon Seltzer
Before the “tiny house,” there was the Rittenhouse Square efficiency apartment. These shoeboxes for urban cliff dwellers enabled singles and others whose desire for urban […]
The New Rival Bros. Coffee Bar is Tall, Dark and Handsome
At 6 a.m. this morning, Damien Pileggi and Jonathan Adams opened up their second Rival Bros. coffee bar inside the Touraine (1528 Spruce Street) and it’s straight-up […]
A Hawaiian Restaurant Finally Opens in Philly Tomorrow
Kiki Aranita and Chris Vacca’s adorable Hawaiian food cart Poi Dog has come a long way since it first started doling out spam musubi and […]
Jawdropper of the Week: Live Like Royalty in Rittenhouse for $4.99M
It seems that futuristically modern homes are all the buzz lately. So, when we stumbled across this historically exquisite townhome in Rittenhouse Square, we were both refreshed […]
What $500K Will Buy You in Rittenhouse
It’s no secret that Rittenhouse is one of Philadelphia’s most prestigious neighborhoods. So when we went searching for Rittenhouse properties currently on the market that fall […]
Trinity Tuesday: Three Plus Two in Rittenhouse for $499K
A trinity house is already a rare commodity in Philadelphia, so it’s not every day we come across one that has five floors of space. […]
What You’ll Be Eating At Veda, The New Modern Indian Bistro In Rittenhouse
It’s been a while since we reported on the opening of a new Indian restaurant in Philly. And while I find that disappointing and, frankly, […]
“No Sitting on Wall” Signs Disappear From Rittenhouse Square
The rumors are true: the Rittenhouse wall-sitting ban is over.
Despite Kenney’s Rittenhouse Tweets, “Toke Back the Wall” Protest Still On
Though the battle against the Parks and Recreation Department, Friends of Rittenhouse Square, and city officials who enacted the Rittenhouse wall-sitting ban “due to continuous […]
Sit-In and Smoke-In Planned for Rittenhouse Square
The news yesterday that sitting on the Rittenhouse Square wall has been banned came as a surprise. And rightly so: People have been sitting on […]
Stephen Starr Still Has Plans For Philly
Stephen Starr is having a big year. There was the surprise Paris restaurant opening. Le Coucou (the New York restaurant he’s doing with partner Daniel […]
You Can Now Do Water Barre — Yes, Water Barre — in Rittenhouse
Despite what you may think, frigid, windy winter weather does not mean water workouts are out of the question. First, Aqua Vida announced that they’d […]
Now Open: Res Ipsa Cafe
The all-day cafe is the new fast-casual. Or anyway, that’s certainly how it seems with the recent surge of these hybrid coffeshop/bar/restaurants we’ve seen around […]