Michael Klein writes about local people, places, and things three days a week in his column INQlings and contributes on video as "The Insider" on Philly.com. He also writes about the restaurant scene in his column Table Talk.
Swarthmore is awakening as a dining destination.
First up, this week, is Rudi's on Park (112 Park Ave., 484-472-7686), an elegant, intimate BYOB in a restored house with hardwood floors, a romantic balcony, and lots of patio space for outdoor dining in season.
- Comcast video wall's holiday show going 3-D
After 31 years at WPVI, weatherman Dave Roberts announced his retirement on last night's Action News.
Roberts, the town's dean of TV personalities at age 73, will wrap his 56-year broadcast career Dec. 11.
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The Food Network's The Next Iron Chef has been narrowed to two contestants, and the finale on Sunday will come down to a cooking duel between Philly and New York: chef-restaurateur Jose Garces (Amada, Tinto, Chifa, Distrito, Village Whiskey) and Jehangir Mehta, who owns only one restaurant (Graffiti in the East Village).
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This year's eight newcomers to the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia's Hall of Fame are humbled by the honor from their peers, but . . .
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Joseph Tucker, who got his start in Philly in the 1990s with fancier Italian establishments (Joseph's, Joseph's on the Avenue, Pompeii), is thriving nowadays with lower price points and more modest aspirations.
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Sam Murray can probably whup you in quizzo, and now the out-of-work bartender/server from South Philadelphia is on the cusp of winning $1 million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
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Philadelphia has a five-star restaurant again. The Fountain at the Four Seasons last night was elevated for 2010 by Forbes Travel Guide (formerly Mobil).
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WIP without Angelo Cataldi in the morning? Possible. With less than two months remaining in his contract - and three months before WIP's signature Wing Bowl - there's nervous buzz around the sports-talk station that a new deal is not at hand between CBS Radio and its 20-year veteran.
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Rob and Maggie Wasserman, whose burger on the menu at Rouge on Rittenhouse Square is an institution, are branching into the burger biz.
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The man who knocked on the Center City hotel room door of actor Jamie Foxx, claiming he was Beyoncé Knowles' manager, will get court-supervised mental-health care for three years, under an agreement last week.
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Pickets are gone from Del Frisco's steak house in Center City as a nearly yearlong feud with subcontractors has all but come to an end.
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Your dry cleaner might not like what the Free Library of Philadelphia has planned for its annual fund-raiser, but "for us, it's the right thing to do," says Siobhan Reardon, president of the cash-strapped library.
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