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• Wots: December 2, 2000
• Streetscenes: In 3-D
• Guides: Sunday, November 11th, 2001

Best Record Store: Spaceboy Music

407 South Street

If you think the only place to buy some crazy off-shoot of a band or
a rare EP is
online, you're so very wrong. Here, the discs are cheap and the
salespeople
knowledgeable, and it's oh-so-much better to buy from small
stores with people
who care about what they're selling. So next time you get your face
pierced on
South Street, stop by Spaceboy and expand your musical
horizons.

Best ethnic food: Dahlak

4708 Baltimore Ave.

Once you get used to the sponge-like bread, you'll barely miss
your knife and
fork. The Ethopian and Eritrean restaurant serves an array of
barely
recognizable, but nonetheless tasty, piles of mush--meals are
often served on
traditional family-style plates, to be scooped up with Ethiopian
flatbread.

Best on-campus art gallery:

Charles Addams Gallery

36th and Walnut streets

Now you can wander around looking at artwork you don't
understand in an even
better gallery. Where better to view "Oh Sweet Titty Milk" and other
student and
faculty works than in the Fisher Fine Arts Library itself? The gallery
has more
space, better lighting and longer hours than most other spaces on
campus, and
is almost always virtually silent.

Best Deli: Koch's

4309 Locust Street

An obvious winner, Koch's Deli still stands as the best in
Philadelphia. With
unorthodox combinations of food (russian dressing and about
eight types of
meat comprise a regular sandwich), Koch's creates a sandwich
that is closer to
a full day's worth of meals than just a mid-day snack.

Best place for Chai: Avril 50

3406 Sansom Street

Every other coffee shop on campus makes it from a box. It's just
not the same
unless John, Avril 50 owner and sole employee, scoops the
mysterious spice
mixture from the little metal canister, steams the fresh milk and
mixes the best
(and also the cheapest) cup of chai tea latte on campus like only
he knows
how.

Best French Fries:

Ishkabibble's

Ninth and Federal streets

Lost on that gargantuan block of meat and Cheez Whiz, also
known as the
home of Pat's (hooray) and Gino's (boo), Ishkabibble's provides
the complement
to a greasy lump of steak coated in an imitation cheese
substance. Ishkabibble's
is the home of the best fries in Philly, cooked to a crunchy
consistency and
covered in--you guessed it--Cheez Whiz.

Best Cheap Eat: New Delhi

4004 Chestnut Street

Boasting an expansive but inexpensive all-you-can-eat buffet
($5.95 for lunch,
$8.95 for dinner), New Delhi provides the best Indian food around,
and it won't
drain your wallet. And don't miss out on the mango ice cream--or
the student
discount.

Best Food Truck Owner: Bui

38th and Spruce streets

The best food truck personality, Bui always meets the Sunday
hangover with his