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Dips at Dmitri's Northern LibertiesINSTAGRAM / @GIGI_BALDINO
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

Dmitri’s is back serving Greek favorites in Northern Liberties

The popular BYOB’s original location closed for good last year.

6 years ago

A sampling of the dishes served at the first night of the pop-up. (fundraiserINSTAGRAM/@undergrounddingingclub)
Community
Billy Penn

Two famous Latina chefs are raising money for Puerto Rico with Philly pop-up dinners

South Philly Barbacoa hosts Maria Mercedes Grubb for a series of fundraisers to benefit the island’s earthquake victims.

6 years ago

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding pal it up with Butter Gritty
Community
Billy Penn

Butter Gritty exists because of lobbying by PA’s tattooed lieutenant governor

What better way to represent the beloved mascot than 400 lbs. of grease?

6 years ago

Mother and daughter duo Brittany and Marcel Maldonado took their bakery food truck business Milk + Sugar on the road in 2013. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Mother and daughter duo to open bakery in South Philadelphia

When Marcel and Brittany Maldonado were laid off from their respective jobs several years ago, they turned their passion for baking into a full-time business venture.

6 years ago

Sheila Marlowe, a hostess at the Green Room for 13 years and counting, sets up a table during lunch on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, at the Hotel DuPont in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Lifestyle

‘Approachable, but elevated’: Chef Tyler Akin’s plan to modernize Hotel du Pont’s Green Room

The landmark space will see a new milestone next year, when it closes its doors at the end of January to make way for a brasserie set to open in April.

6 years ago

Turtle soup at Philadelphia’s Oyster House. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philly Snapper soup comes with a side of zinc and lead, researchers find

Arcadia University researchers tested snapper soup served at 20 restaurants in Philadelphia and found elevated lead and zinc.

6 years ago

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Community
Billy Penn

Philly’s Chinatown is ready for its busiest day of the year: Christmas

For many Chinese restaurateurs, the thought of staying closed never crosses their minds.

6 years ago

A variety of fried snacks and soft drinks are for sale in Mexico City's Centro Historico neighborhood. (Meghan Dhaliwal/for NPR)
NPR
Community

Malnutrition hits the obese as well as the underfed

Hunger once seemed like a simple problem. Around the globe, often in low-income countries, many people didn't get enough calories.

6 years ago

Heat lamps keep people warm as they line up for Christmas treats at Termini Bros. Bakery in South Philly (Facebook / Termini Bros Bakery)
Community
Billy Penn

Iconic South Philly bakery turns Christmas Eve tradition into fire fundraiser

People visiting Termini Bros. for holiday treats can help displaced families in need.

6 years ago

A new study suggests that one service already in place in many food deserts could help make it easier to access fresh, healthy food: online grocery delivery. The finding lends support to expanding a pilot program that lets people use food stamp benefits to pay for those groceries. (svetikd/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

How online grocery delivery could help alleviate food deserts

Delivery service could make it easier to access fresh, healthy food in these areas, a study finds. It lends support to a program that lets people pay with food stamps.

6 years ago

(Kensington Community Food Co-op/Facebook)
Community
Billy Penn

Kensington’s new food co-op could shut down if it doesn’t raise $20k this week

The member-supported grocery store is in dire financial straits.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

10 Philly bars with tasty hot dogs to satisfy your drinking hunger

Booze-and-frankfurter options in Philadelphia run the gamut.

6 years ago

City Council will vote Thursday on whether to ban food trucks near Drexel University's campus. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly Council evicts food trucks from prime University City block

Food trucks would have to move under a bill requested by Drexel that would ban vendors from the block of Market Street between 33rd and 34th streets.

6 years ago

Wawa Winter Reserve Coffee Stout is back for a second year (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

Where to get Wawa beer in Philly right now

The convenience chain is back with another round of Winter Reserve Coffee Stout.

6 years ago

Ash Richards opens the first public meeting for Philadelphia's Urban Agriculture Plan. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s first urban agriculture director kicks off plan to save endangered edible gardens

Philadelphia is creating its first-ever plan for urban agriculture. The goal: to protect existing community gardens and encourage farming use on vacant city lots.

6 years ago

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