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Honey’s Sit ‘n Eat: A Neighborhood Brunch Game Changer

CHoney's Sit 'n Eatheck out most of the neighborhoods in town, and you’ll find a solid brunch spot.  Put aside restaurants and bars that happen to have brunch, but focus instead on brunch-specicialized places.  In the Italian Market, there’s Sabrina’s Cafe.  Northern Liberties has a Green Eggs Cafe and Honey’s Sit ‘n Eat.  In South Philly, east of Broad, there are a multitude of choices from Beau Monde to Morning Glory to Green Eggs Cafe.  Spring Garden features Cafe Lift.

In Center City, west of Broad, specialized brunch options have been limited.  Thankfully, this past week, Honey’s Sit ‘n Eat opened up right on the southern border of Center City, at 21st and South.  It’s been a long wait, with renovation of the space taking a couple of years.  The result is well worth the wait.

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Broad Street Blues: Pros and Cons of New Lottery Procedure for BSR

As many in the Philadelphia running commuBroad Street Runnity know, entrance into this year’s Broad Street Run will be a bit different than prior years.  Instead of a free-for-all, first-come, first-serve for most entrants, registration for this year’s run is primarily based on a lottery.  Starting on Monday, February 4, there’s a twelve day period to register, but it does not matter whether you register on the first or last day (though the organizers are recommending that people register alphabetically). 

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Pizza Brain: First Pizza Museum Serves Unique Slices

Pizza Brain

When we set up a Philadelphia pizza crawl to take place last month, there was one spot that was an absolute necessity to hit up: Pizza Brain.  How could any respectable pizza crawl bypass the world’s first pizza museum?

Pizza Brain is more than just a museum.  While the collection of pizza-related memorabilia – replete with everything from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles items to the album cover for the Fat Boys’ “Jailhouse Rap” single – is impressive, the pizzeria portion is notable in its own right.  The friendly staff, which usually includes memorabilia owner Brian Dwyer, serves up unique pizza topping combinations in either slices or full pies (ranging from $11 to $22).

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