Food & Drink
Precious Metal
Look out, there's a new element in town: Northern Liberties' Copper Bistro is a force to be reckoned with.
Left of Center
The Cira Centre - aka the funky glass building next to 30th Street Station - is creating a culinary renaissance on this side of the Schuylkill with its newest addition, Rae.
Zot Zot Riot
While the last thing Philadelphia needs is another bar, Zot - open since March 7th - is not simply another pub with pub food.
Sommelier's Corner
Styled after the Piedmontese Moscato d'Asti (Moscato from Asti), this spritely Australian white leaves little to the imagination.
Best of Food & Drink
Best Kielbasa Frita's Food Cart 33rd St. and Walnut by Veronica Zapasnik Frita's brings a true taste of old-world Europe to DRL's doorstep - without the shortages.
Let's eat in
Most won't exert more effort to satiate stomachs than ordering in, yet some Penn students carve out free time for culinary creations.
The $9 Manifesto
You're downtown, alone and hungry, but you only have $9 in your pocket. You're roaming through Rittenhouse Square, but as you look at the menus in the windows, the prices make you grit your teeth.
AMADAMATOPOEIA
From Cadillacs to breasts to amber waves of grain, most Americans subscribe to the notion that bigger is always better.
Passing Marks
Every Sunday, Tria Caf‚ offers its divine triumvirate of wine, cheese and beer at 50% the normal price at its weekly Sunday School.
Eats on the Cheap
KoJa's Friday special - where all meals go for $4 - has drawn cost-conscious foodies to 38th and Walnut Streets for years.
Axis of asado
It's hard to imagine the marriage between frigid Philadelphia and sweltering Caracas, but Sazon Restaurant & Cafe presents just that: a Northern Liberties BYOB serving up homemade Venezuelan cuisine.
Viva Brasil
Combining the elegance of a black tie affair, the tranquility of a day at the beach and the hustle and bustle of the all-you-can-eat buffet is no easy task.
COME, MISTER TALLY MAN, AND TALLY ME BANANA
On a gray winter's day, a trip to Caribbean Delight is like an early spring break. Brightly colored murals warm this pint-sized Jamaican restaurant.
Pass on the passage
Passage to India, the book by E. M. Forster, is a trip back to the wonderful land of tea, spices and unrepentant colonialism.
Death by Chocolate
If asked, a majority of Penn students would probably say that life's greatest pleasures are sex and alcohol.
VEGGIE DELIGHT
If you can find Govinda's, a hidden gem on South Street, you're in for a treat. On the second floor of a nondescript building, it's a challenge to locate the entrance to this vegetarian dining room - so difficult to find that the room was nearly empty on a Saturday evening.
Sommelier's Corner
Teruzzi & Puthod "Terre di Tufi" 2005 - $15.99 Why not escape Philly and its Philistines with a tastefully titillating bottle of Tuscan white?
Valentine's Day 2007
Oh, Valentine's Day. The one day restaurants know demand is high and tables are few, whether you're seducing a sweetie or celebrating singledom with friends.
Penne: Hers
The Atmosphere: It is attached to the Inn at Penn so there are less dates and more people who have already gotten a room.
