Danya Henninger

Director and Editor

Danya Henninger is director of Billy Penn at WHYY, where she oversees the team, all editorial decisions, and all revenue generation — including the membership program. She is a former food and beer writer with bylines in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, New Jersey Monthly, All About Beer, Vice, and Draft. In 1997, she and husband Mark Henninger cofounded photo-video firm Imagic Digital.

Raising Cane's serves chicken fingers, and chicken fingers only

Philly food and drink scene

Raising Cane’s stands out among North Philly’s considerable collection of chicken chains

Specializing in just one thing has produced notable results.

Philly Beer

Review: Wawa Shore Tea is the drink everyone at your beach party will agree on

The biggest flaw might be that it’s too easy to drink.

Ken Silver, second-generation proprietor of Jim's South St., stands outside the shop his father cofounded in 1976. Silver has pledged to rebuild.

Jim’s Steaks owner says fire damage isn’t as bad as originally thought, targets spring 2023 reopening on South Street

Eye’s Gallery next door is facing an uncertain future.

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