Food / Drink

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  Are brands like Rap Snacks a blessing and a curse in the inner city sections they serve?

  This piece had all the makings of a straightforward feature.

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  Eat and escape: Cafe Soho in Elkins Park is the perfect brand of weird to wind down with

  At Cafe Soho, every day feels like Friday. 

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  Eat a cow, save a cat: Dine at any of these spots on Sept. 18 and help the animals of Philadelphia

  If you head out for a night on the town next Wednesday, know that you may be inadvertently helping to save thousands of abused and abandoned animals.

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  Philly chef Chris Kearse never let a life-altering accident burn out his passion for crafting great cuisine

  The Chris Kearse you see today is not the same Chris Kearse one would have found bobbing and weaving up and down the East Passyunk Avenue restaurant strip exactly seven years ago.It was a weekend in August 2012 when Kearse — a classically trained French chef known locally for his affiliation with...

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  Grounded, by way of baby girl for Philly’s first ladies of casual fare, Marcie Turney and Val Safran

  As with most old-world broods in South Philadelphia, Sunday night at Palizzi Social Club, the private establishment along S. 12th St. is for red gravy, Brasciole, spaghetti with crabs and time with family.

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  Saved by sushi: How one’s writer’s memory was saved by South Philly establishment Kyoto Japan

  Recently, I processed loss by staring at the ridges cut into the edges of a sliced cucumber at Kyoto Japan, a sushi restaurant in Snyder Plaza at Columbus & Snyder.

• Stay frosty: If you’ve never tasted the gem that is Fred’s Water Ice in Southwest, you’re missing out

  Yo, Philly grubbers!

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  Outpour of support: Latest brew from Callowhill’s Love City benefits brain cancer research

  Kevin and Melissa Walter love what they do, owning and operating just a little over a year-old Love City Brewing in Philadelphia.Like many brewers, they want their customers to be able to enjoy craft beers, as well as local ciders and liquors, in a relaxed atmosphere in their 2,000-square-foot tasting room on...

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  Drunk off that drip: Coffee overload in Fishtown, courtesy of New York-based java chain Cafe Bustelo

  There’s no reason to bring up gentrification in Fishtown anymore. 

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  Grubbin’ with Chef Big Rube: Chef Jake Bukowski is bringing Polish cuisine to the forefront in Fishtown

  Yo, what’s good Philly grubbers!