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Philly’s Most Creative Neighborhoods Offer Everything From Babka to Black-owned Bookstores
Beyond Philadelphia’s historic center lies a constellation of neighborhoods that have become hubs of diversity and creativity. Meet the new generation behind the city's urban renaissance.
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Jennifer Wilson
January 16, 2021
It became embarrassing, our dependency on Perla, a Filipino BYOB in the East Passyunk neighborhood of Philadelphia. We took everyone there: friends visiting from out of town, my husband's colleagues from work. We started to worry that our guests would compare notes, realize we didn't eat anywhere else, and suspect that we were only saying yes to get-togethers as an excuse to go to Perla again.