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Neshaminy Creek and 2SP Brewing Face Off at Varga Bar

Tonight marks the final round of the NCAA-style tournament between local breweries with 2SP Brewing and Neshaminy Creek Brewing facing off for the championship. Starting at 8 […]

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Annual Turkey Fry At Varga Bar Is Approaching

Varga Bar is hosting their annual Turkey Fry on Sunday Nov. 22 to kick-off Thanksgiving week. Otherwise known as that week where you can stuff […]

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Six Classic Bar Foods for Modern Tastes

Philly’s best bars don’t just know how to shake a fine cocktail. here are six classic bar foods for modern tastes.

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Announcing the 2015 50 Best Bars in Philadelphia

For seven years now we’ve polled bartenders, beer reps, booze writers and professional drinkers of all stripes, and asked them to pick their most-loved bars […]

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Clambakes, Crab Boils and More

If you’re a fan of clambakes, crab boils and bargain oysters, now through Labor Day is your time to strike. Tonight is Oyster House’s last […]

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Video: 6 Of The Best Hot Dogs In Philly

We’ve talked about this before–our picks for the best hot dogs in Philly and the places you should really get to while summer is still […]

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10 Of Philly’s Best Ice Cream Floats

We didn’t mean to, but in the past couple of weeks we’ve done a lot of ice cream float reporting. There were the beer floats […]

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The New World of Chicken Wings

If we can all just admit that a) the Buffalo wing is the ultimate chicken wing (so meaty, so balanced, so simple with its fake butter, […]

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This Weekend: Brooklyn Beer Meets Philly for Mash Tour

The Brooklyn Brewery Mash Tour is coming to Philly this weekend and bringing more than just bottled beer with it. The weekend kicks off with a […]

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Philadelphia Owns List of Outrageous Foods

The web site CityPASS has created an infographic of the fifteen most outrageous foods in America. And in what must be a point of pride, […]

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Fire Closes Varga Bar

UPDATE: Due to the incredible staff @VargaBar… We will be OPEN for business tomorrow as originally scheduled for @PhillyBeerWeek! — Varga Bar (@VargaBar) June 2, […]

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Bongogash, an Allagash Event at Varga Tonight

Allagash mid-Atlantic sales manager Suzanne Woods has an area spanning from Philadelphia to DC. That means a lot of car time and recently, lots of Afro-Cuban, […]

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Varga Bar Launching New Buck-a-Shuck Happy Hour

Starting today Varga Bar is starting a new buck-a-shuck oyster happy hour. The varietals will change daily but the price will remain one dollar. Dollar […]

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2013 Varga Girl Calendar Release Party

Golden oldies icon Neil Sedaka spent much of his career sharing his sentiments with the world in the form of song and prose—and he was […]

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Turkey Fry at Varga Bar

Usually a Sunday with an Eagles versus Cowboys game is a big deal. But  not this Sunday, this Sunday it’s a dud. And Chef Evan […]