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Philly's New Nabe: "Midtown Village"

Plenty of cities have their rapidly redeveloping urban areas: New York has Bushwick, San Francisco has the Tenderloin and until recently, Philadelphia had South 13th Street. But the strip's about to go from blighted red-light district to urban chic if Valerie Safran and Marcie Turney have their way.

Writing in Food & Wine, Jen Murphy spills the story on "Philadelphia's Design and Food Mini-Empire," built from the ground up by Safran and Turney. On a single block of 13th street--just south of Market--they've opened a funky home accessories shop: Open House. Months later came Lolita, a BYOB (this is Philly) serving high-end Mexican food at not-so-high-end prices. The latest outpost is Grocery, a cafe and takeaway with fancy lunchtime grub. Next up on the power couple's list? An Indian restaurant.

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Related Stories:
· Great Design Shops for Good Cooks [Food & Wine]
· Open House [Official Site]
· Lolita [Official Site]
· Grocery Cafe & Market [Citysearch]