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I like brothels

Pasion! 211 S. 15th Street (215) 875-9895 Me gusta reggae, me gusta punk rock. Pero, la cosa que me gusta mas es Pasion!


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Amouring Amara

Wallapa Suksapa had a little dream: to combine great Thai food with reasonable prices. Amara caf‚ is the unpretentious result of Suksapa's vision.


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Cab it to Kabul

Nestled in the heart of historic Old City lies an authentic Afghan restaurant that will satisfy your taste buds and your curiosity for delectable ethnic cuisine.


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No More Soul Searching

Ms. Tootsie's Soul Food Caf‚ is named after Tootsie Rolls. No, seriously. When Keven Parker opened two soul food meccas four years ago -- Caf‚ 3801 at 3801 Market Street and Ms. Tootsie's Soul Food Caf‚ on 13th and South streets -- he named Ms. Tootsie's after his mother's favorite candy.


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My Thai

The unassuming exterior of Pattaya Grill is all a facade. Exotic selections like alligator stir-fry await Thai food enthusiasts on the eatery's eclectic menu.


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Rants from the Undergrad

Sometimes I feel like I have too much of an academic life, but in the non-clich‚/ tapered jean wearing/ getting to Van Pelt before it opens/on your way to Harvard PhD land sort of way.


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Sex and the Campus

The answers always elude us single girls. For guys, the riddles are simple: "what moves, has two breasts and a vagina?


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Sex and the Campus

There are many reasons people choose to go to Penn, most of which are prominently displayed in a glossy catalogue which is given, upon request, to high schoolers.



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Sex and the Campus

They say that in this postmodern world we live in, confusion reigns supreme. Social norms that once dictated the kind of people we should be have been replaced by a barrage of imagery that scatters and distorts our expectations.


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Sex and the Campus

I knew that when I moved to Philadelphia I would be in for some shock. I am from California, where people are tan and happy and frolic through fields of avocados, caressing their long blonde tresses in the Standing Palm Tree Gardens of Babylon.


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Mr. Pottruck, my lord!

Well I don't know if I can do lunch, I really have to get to the gym," (High-pitched pleased-with-self chuckle) "No thank you, but I really don't look cute, I'm all sweaty and gross from the gym," "Nah dude, don't have time for beer pong tourney tonight, I gotta lift before I finish this finance bullshit." Thanks be to god they shelled out the money to revamp Gimble Gymnasium into a state-of the-art fitness facility. Personally, I can't think of a better place to be than the David Pottruck Health and Fitness Center.


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Sex and the Campus

Under the yellow lights of 40th my mind pondered the big question in life: to go or not to go to Smoke's?


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Sex and the Campus

There are some nights at Penn that really do seem like "the golden days" -- and then there are many more that make me feel like a cranky Golden Girl.


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Sex and the Campus

Between whiskey shots at Tritone last Friday night, my friend, Samson told me that I was high maintenance.


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We hear...

... that University of Pennsylvania President, Judy Rodin, is sick of her public image as a slut.


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Line up the cocaine, screw the accolades!

Roll out the red carpets. Break open the Cristal. Line up the cocaine. Here comes a new section of 34th Street dedicated entirely to the thriving jet-set community some people like to call Penn.