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Real meat doesn't cry
Quality sandwiches have a new home. Just a short walk from the bookstore, Nosh's is a typical Jewish deli specializing in sandwiches ranging from classic pastrami and roast beef to chicken and potato salad.
Groom your doggie
Average Penn Student, I know what you're thinking: where can I get my poodle groomed? Luckily, we here at Street have done the legwork for you.
Listings: Days/Halloween
Right Thurrrsdays With Lowbeezy 700 Club 700 N. Second Street Thu, 9 p.m., Free (215) 413-3181 Chingy, I salute you.
Listings: Comedy
Dat Phan Comedy Hour Meyerson Hall B1 210 S. 34th Street Fri, 8 p.m., Free What do you do in the summer when you don't have cable television?
Ecco is no Dolphin
Even from the sidewalk, Ecco Qui looks like a hit. The up-tempo music and the neon-pink entrance sign scream chic charismatic establishment instead of the usual white trash joint.
Pho Shizzle
The Constitution guarantees all citizens life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. During the four years that Americans spend in college, this "pursuit of happiness" becomes "the pursuit of free food -- screw the first two rights." Unfortunately, sometimes our constitutional rights are taken away and we must actually spend money on food.
Dive In
With its wooden paneling and knick-knacky paraphernalia, Smokey Joe's tries incredibly hard to provide Penn students with that "neighborhood-bar feel." Smoke's is as much a real neighborhood bar as Anne Taylor Loft is just another local boutique. For those of us looking for a little more authentic neighborhood bar feel, there is a real one at 44th and Spruce.
Take this K.A.B.O.B and shove it
There were no jukeboxes or barstools to be found in this reupholstered 50's style diner. In fact, the biggest change from the days of poodle skirts and saddle shoes is that the all-American hamburger isn't served.
Music
Built to Spill / Solace Brothers Trocadero 1003 Arch Street Thu, 7 p.m., $17 (215) 922-LIVE http://www.thetroc.com How does Doug Martsch write those infectious hooks?
Chowder/Clubs/Culture
Chowder Oleary's Ale House 7254 Castor Avenue Fri, 9:30 p.m., Free You look like you could use a heaping bowl of Chow-daaaar.
Westward, Ho!
While Firehouse Fish Market -- located at 49th and Baltimore -- isn't exactly the ritziest locale around, its quaint neighborhood feel compensates for the lack of frills.
Play beer pong with the dead
As my cab drew close to the Laurel Hill Cemetery last Sunday, it became clear I was about to enter a truly magical oasis filled with lush buried riches, sparkling epitaphs, and John Wharton's cold dead body.
Music
Drop Dead Sexy The Whiskey Tango Tavern 14000 Bustleton Avenue Thu, 10 p.m. (215) 671-9234 Originality blows.
Already ready to give up?
Gia Pronto is Italian for "already ready" -- a fitting appellation considering that all their food is pre-prepared.
Palladium v. 2.0
From the guys who brought you Penn's beloved Palladium, Abbraccio (Italian for hug) touches upon Italian favorites with a mark of creativity.
Culture
Berks County Shocktoberfest 100 Park Avenue Sinking Spring, Pa. Daily, 6:30 p.m.-10 p.m., $3-$20 (610) 375-7273 First off, it's still September.
Comedy/Nudity
Dena Blizzard: Comedy Cabaret Best Western Hotel 11580 Roosevelt Boulevard Fri, 9:30 p.m., $15 (215) 676-5653 http://www.comedycabaret.com While he was confused and all cranked up on crystal meth, some local yokel could only say this about Dena Blizzard: "Is she making fun of Dairy Queen?
Cool Hand Chris
Are you a clove-smoking, beret-wearing, finger-snapping beatnik? Do you refer to your friends as "cats?" Perhaps you think John Coltrane is "hip" and Charlie Parker is "bad"-- in the positive sense of the word.
Fatou-bulous!
Everything about Fatou & Fama -- West Philadelphia's new Senegalese restaurant -- seems odd. The menu advertises West African, Soul Food, and West Indian cuisine; the wait and kitchen staff are all relatives who appear to be conversing over a family dinner rather than running a business, and the d‚cor is both spare and beautifully adorned with African artwork.
