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January 19, 2021

SHOP PENN Openings & Offerings

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December 20, 2020

SHOP PENN PRESENTS: A Gift Guide

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December 10, 2020

Penn Welcomes A Bigger and Better Baby Blues BBQ to the Community

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November 13, 2020

SHOP PENN Gives Thanks and Gives Back

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October 22, 2020

New ACME at 40th and Walnut streets opens

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October 22, 2020

ACME Markets Celebrates the Grand Opening of its new University City Store

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October 14, 2020

SHOP PENN Get to Know: World Cafe Live's Chef Rob Cottman

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October 8, 2020

SHOP PENN Get To Know: High Street Provision's Ellen Yin

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August 21, 2020

SHOP PENN Recipe Roundup with Pitruco's Nathan Winkler-Rhoades

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July 24, 2020

SHOP PENN Recipe Roundup With HipCityVeg's Nicole Marquis

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June 24, 2020

SHOP PENN Get to Know: Metropolitan Bakery's Jim Lilly

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June 11, 2020

SHOP PENN Get To Know: honeygrow's Eric Henry

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June 9, 2020

SHOP PENN Gives Back

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May 29, 2020

SHOP PENN Recipe Roundup with honeygrow's Eric Henry

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May 20, 2020

SHOP PENN Get to Know: HipCityVeg's Nicole Marquis

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May 15, 2020

SHOP PENN Recipe Roundup with World Cafe Live's Chef Cottman

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May 13, 2020

SHOP PENN Get to Know: Spread Bagelry's Jamie Schrotberger

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May 7, 2020

SHOP PENN Recipe Roundup With PaperMill's Alex Sherack

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April 29, 2020

SHOP PENN Get to Know: PaperMill's Alex Sherack

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April 23, 2020

SHOP PENN District Update RE: COVID-19

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April 15, 2020

SHOP PENN Get To Know: Louie Louie's Sydney Grims

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April 10, 2020

SHOP PENN Recipe Roundup with Louie Louie's Chef Maloney

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April 8, 2020

SHOP PENN Get To Know: Hello World's J. Lamancuso

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April 2, 2020

How small businesses around Penn are surviving the coronavirus crisis

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March 16, 2020

How to support University City restaurants during the coronavirus crisis

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A selection of food offerings from PaperMill Asian Kitchen
February 21, 2020

Penn Welcomes PaperMill Asian Kitchen to Franklin’s Table

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February 17, 2020

Refugee Docents Help Bring A Museum's Global Collection To Life

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February 4, 2020

The Best Neighborhoods in Philadelphia to Spend a Weekend

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January 21, 2020

Where to Go to Watch the Paint Dry

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January 7, 2020

This Philly Figure Skater Wants to Inspire Others to Ice Skate for Exercise

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December 18, 2019

11 Places to Go for Healthy-ish Happy Hours Around Philly

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December 4, 2019

Penn Book Center has a new name: People’s Books & Culture

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December 1, 2019

Shop Penn Holiday Happenings Calendar

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November 20, 2019

Explore Philadelphia: University City

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October 29, 2019

Penn to Welcome Dizengoff to Franklin’s Table Food Hall

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October 21, 2019

12 Essential Greek Restaurants in Philadelphia

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August 29, 2019

Where to Eat Sushi in Philadelphia: The Ultimate Guide

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August 26, 2019

West Philly’s Penn Book Center finds new owners, will not shut down

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August 2, 2019

Burgers in Philly: The Ultimate Guide

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August 1, 2019

Where to Eat in West Philly

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June 5, 2019

Panera Bread Opens at 40th & Walnut Streets

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April 30, 2019

Where to Eat Donuts in Philadelphia

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March 7, 2019

Why Penn, Drexel are recruiting retailers, not just students

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January 17, 2019

The Best Places to Eat in West Philly and University City

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December 20, 2018

The Most Beautiful Restaurants of 2018

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November 1, 2018

Bakeries in Philadelphia: The Ultimate Guide

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September 28, 2018

The Best University City Healthy Food Spots, Workouts, and Self-Care...

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September 20, 2018

SoBol University City Is Opening With Free Açaí Bowls

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September 12, 2018

The new and improving Penn Bookstore

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September 8, 2018

Take a Look Inside Philly’s Most Colorful New Restaurant

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August 23, 2018

SoBol Opening in University City

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August 21, 2018

The New University City Lululemon Pop-Up Store Plans to Host a Ton of Free Events

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June 6, 2018

Philly’s Most Surprisingly Excellent Omakase Is Inside a Student Food Hall

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March 22, 2018

SHOP PENN showcases University’s diverse retail offerings

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March 12, 2018

Best-in-class Chefs Ready to Serve at Franklin’s Table on Penn’s Campus

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October 30, 2017

Fresh and Local Variety to be Found in New Penn Food Hall

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October 10, 2017

Penn Diners Hungry for ‘Just Salad’

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October 5, 2017

New Louie-Louie restaurant to open next year at Penn

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September 12, 2017

United By Blue Expanding Footprint on Penn’s Campus

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