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Divine Lorraine Featured on Web Urbanist As Abandoned and Apparently Hopeless

Remember the Divine Lorraine? That big, beautiful, abandoned building on North Broad Street that Mayor Nutter said was a cornerstone of Philadelphia’s revival and that […]

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Knockout! Joe Frazier’s Gym Gets on National Register of Historical Places

It was a bit of a shock last year when the National Trust for Historic Preservation chose Joe Frazier’s old gym on North Broad Street […]

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Hood Links: Drexel’s URBN Center, Mt. Airy’s Lovett Park, East Passyunk’s New Team Room

Here it is, your afternoon neighborhood news fix. · UCity: Drexel’s New URBN Center Has Stairways That Lead To Stairways [philebrity] · Center City: Historic […]

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Tonight: Alla Spina Kicks Off Saisonale

We’re really big saison fans around here so this event at Alla Spina is right in our wheelhouse. Tonight marks the kickoff of Alla Spina’s […]

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Philly Cooks Week Tasting Tours To Be Announced Next Week

Philly Cooks Week Tasting Tours will be going on sale next week. Find out about them first, exclusively in the Foobooz Newsletter. Tasting Tours are […]

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Alla Spina GM Sprays Beer in His Crotch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=risiLFEkbr4&feature=youtu.be Congrats go out to Vetri Restaurants Steve Wildy, who has recently been named general manager at Alla Spina. The organization’s beverage director has added […]

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Stay Home for the Holidays at Alla Spina

Alla Spina is saying thank you to local breweries between now through New Year’s Eve by devoting all 22 of its tap lines to East-coast […]

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Third Victory Collaboration Heading to Alla Spina

Victory Brewing and Alla Spina have been coming up with collaborative brews since the bar opened earlier this year. And on Monday, Januay 7th, the […]

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Alla Spina in GQ

Jason Varney’s photos illustrate GQ’s Alla Spina Spread  

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Chicago Beer Director at Alla Spina Tonight

Beer director Michael McAvena fro the Publican in Chicago will be at Alla Spina tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. for the tapping of three sour […]

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Abbazia di Novacella Dinner at Osteria

Tuesday, September 18th Osteria will be holding a special dinner from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. to gear up for fall. The five-course dinner will be […]

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Alla Spina and Uber Team Up for Happy Hour Deals

Alla Spina and Uber (the Best of Philly winning reason to never ride in a cab again) are teaming up for a happy hour special. […]

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Alla Spina and Victory Launch New Beer Tonight

Tonight Alla Spina is debuting a new beer brewed by Victory Brewing for the Italian gastropub. Via Weiss is a sessionable wheat beeer (4.1% ABV) with […]

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Alla Spina Is Adding a Burger

If you’re going to be a gastropub, even an Italian inspired one, we guess you need to have a burger. The team at Alla Spina […]

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Schoolly D DJing at Alla Spina This Thursday

So this Thursday Alla Spina is hosting a DJ night with local rap icon Schoolly D. Turns out Schoolly is a regular at Osteria and […]