Hira Qureshi
City and Culture Service Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer
city & culture service reporter @PhillyInquirer, [email protected] • words + audio in @USATODAY @washingtonpost @thelilynews @rns • she/her • ♐️
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6 days ago |
inquirer.com | Hira Qureshi
Asif Ali plays the son of a Philadelphia deli owner on Hulu’s hit comedy Deli Boys. His character, Mir Dar, is a Drexel graduate who inherits his late father’s South Philly convenience store — but in real life, Ali had never eaten a Philly hoagie. The other week, in town for a three-night stand-up run at Punch Line Philly, Ali set out to try some of the city’s best hoagies for the first time — with this reporter tagging along for the ride. First stop: Ricci’s Hoagies in South Philadelphia.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Hira Qureshi
With the cherry blossoms in bloom and warmer days ahead, it’s officially rooftop dining season. Venture into the Philadelphia suburbs and you’ll find plenty of al fresco options — but for the best views, rooftops reign supreme. From Doylestown to Conshohocken, these restaurants offer elevated food, drinks, and scenery. Here’s where to dine (and drink) on high: Climb the stairs to this open-air rooftop patio in Phoenixville.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Hira Qureshi
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Hira Qureshi
It was after 3 p.m. on a sunny Thursday afternoon when Molly Diane let out a gleeful shriek inside a pastel-pink bookstore just off Main Street in Manayunk. Standing near a decorative rose wall, Diane and four friends huddled in a circle, excitedly sharing their finds after a half-hour shopping spree: a pale green edition of Emma by Jane Austen, a heart-covered notepad, a “Ban guns, not books” sticker, and an illustrated hardcover of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Hira Qureshi
Philly’s favorite horror filmmaker made a surprise stop in Kensington’s Harrowgate neighborhood Sunday afternoon — but he wasn’t scouting a scene for his next thriller. Instead, M. Night Shyamalan was sipping hot Vietnamese latte and cà phê sữa with his wife, Bhavna, at Càphê Roasters, Philadelphia’s first Vietnamese coffee roastery. Inside the airy café on J Street and Kensington Avenue, Shyamalan gave the shop a 10/10 rating in a video posted to Càphê Roasters’ Instagram story.
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