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* A rooftop deck, brick-oven pizza, smokehouse barbecue, fresh gelato and six rotating beer taps. New restaurant? Not exactly. It's the new Whole Foods Market in Plymouth Meeting (500 W. Germantown Pike, 610-832-0010). The 45,000-square-foot store officia
* A rooftop deck, brick-oven pizza, smokehouse barbecue, fresh gelato and six rotating beer taps. New restaurant? Not exactly. It's the new Whole Foods Market in Plymouth Meeting (500 W. Germantown Pike, 610-832-0010). The 45,000-square-foot store officially opened Tuesday next to Plymouth Meeting Mall. It's the seventh WF in the Philadelphia market, but it comes with a unique concept - the 28-seat Cold Point Pub, which sells wine by the glass, and suds by the glass and bottle, and in growlers and sixpacks to go.
* Grab a $5 cup of New England Clam Chowder to celebrate National Soup Day from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow outside the Oyster House (1516 Sansom Street, 215-567-7683).
* Book your table now (they fill up fast!) for Center City District Restaurant Week, Sunday through Jan. 22 and Jan. 24-29. Find three-course dinners for $35 at more than 100 restaurants. Some will offer three-course lunches for $20. Tax, alcohol and gratuity not included. More at www.centercityphila.org.
* Fairmount's London Grill (2301 Fairmount Ave., 215-978-4545) has its own winter meal deal through Feb. 8: $18.95 buys you a Maine lobster or beef filet dinner with salad.
* There's church suppers and then there's the Chili, Chocolate Challenge, starting at 6 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County in Media (145 W. Rose Tree Road, 610-566-4853, ext. 4). Sample all kinds of chili, and chocolate desserts; $15 for seven dishes.
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