
Jenn Ladd
Food Features Writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Food features writer for @PhillyInquirer
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Jenn Ladd
In 2014, one of the first buildings you saw when you crossed over the Schuylkill River into downtown Phoenixville — one of the Philly suburbs’ most up-and-coming towns — was an empty laundromat. The low-slung Bridge Street building had stood empty, paint peeling from the garage doors, for 12 years when Jared Adkins approached township officials about opening a distillery in the Chester County borough.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Jenn Ladd
For all the restaurant buzz in Kensington, some swaths of the neighborhood are surprisingly light on daily breakfast and lunch options. That’s particularly true of what some folks call Olde Kensington, a section of North Philadelphia that’s bounded by Girard and Cecil B. Moore Avenues between Sixth and Front Streets. The newly opened Wissahickon Brewing, at 1526 N.
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1 month ago |
inquirer.com | Craig LaBan |Michael Klein |Jenn Ladd |Tommy Rowan
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1 month ago |
inquirer.com | Jenn Ladd
Residents of Bella Vista gathered inside the Palumbo Recreation Center Wednesday night to grapple with a seemingly intractable problem: What to do about a takeout shop that has gotten seemingly too big for its South Philly-rowhouse britches. Tensions ran high, with neighbors venting frustration over Angelo’s Pizzeria patrons speeding down family-friendly city streets, using private property to eat (or urinate), and generally creating a nuisance for Bella Vista residents.
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1 month ago |
inquirer.com | Jenn Ladd
Brewerytown residents lamenting the loss of its only brewery — the recently shuttered Crime and Punishment — could breathe a sigh of relief this week upon learning their neighborhood would not be brewery-less for long: The team behind Human Robot has purchased the building at 2711 W. Girard Ave. and plans to reopen the space this summer as Human Robot Girard.
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How much would you pay to take a tour of Lynnewood Hall, the 110-room Gilded Age estate in Elkins Park? (Whatever your number, it probably doesn't line up with the asking price.) https://t.co/TMb5cYtoD3

Hold that gingerbread latte: Philly's Starbuck strike has expanded to five stores this weekend. Workers said the public reception has been overwhelmingly positive. https://t.co/cnUjoMbIQq

Surprising takeaway from a recent Q&A: "For as crazy as Pennsylvania liquor laws seem to be, for distilleries, they’re insanely liberal. ... It’s a good idea to be a distillery here." https://t.co/eYfGEgxRSi