On its 20th anniversary, Vetri co-founder Jeff Benjamin remembers how he almost blew the whole thing off

Marc Vetri’s new book ‘Mastering Pizza’ comes out Tuesday 8/28

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This Philly-area couple interviews inspiring people, then produces videos to share with the world

3-Minute Storyteller has featured a NASA astronaut, a Philly chef and a "Hamilton" star.

When you’re a famous chef but also a diehard Eagles fan

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Via Instagram, chef Marc Vetri announced he’s leaving Urban Outfitters

It's been just over two years since URBN bought the Vetri Family of restaurants, which include all Vetri properties except the flagship original. Vetri Cucina cofounder Jeff Benjamin also left URBN, in August.

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This holiday season I’m thankful for so much, but mostly for the family that we have grown and nurtured over the last 10 years since we opened up our second restaurant @osteriaphilly Since then JB and I went from 10 years of 12 people at one restaurant to 400 plus co-workers, built an amazing team, created multiple Italian concepts, founded a partnership to help children understand that healthy eating leads to healthy living, and had the good fortune to join forces with an incredible company in @urbncommunity to try and scale what we had birthed. After two years with URBN I feel we have given them all the tools they need to succeed and grow this company to its fullest potential. It’s a bittersweet day for me but I feel that it’s time to step down and leave them the room they need to grow. I have nothing but admiration and respect for everyone who I met in my journey over the last two years...especially the entire Hayne family who I have always had and will continue to have mad respect for. I can’t thank everyone here but I have to give a couple shout outs to @jeffreymichaud @chefbradspence @sommillionaire all of whom helped us grow and nurture this company...all the amazing core team members past and present all of whom I can’t possibly mention here. As for me, you’ll still find me at @vetricucinaphl and with @vetricommunity everyday doing what I have loved to do for the last 20 years here! Cook! Peace! 🙏 ❤️

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Marc Vetri is opening a restaurant in Las Vegas

Sin City is getting some Vetri love.

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The country’s top pizza makers are hosting an exclusive dinner in Philly

Marc Vetri hosts the chef behind Phoenix's famed Pizzeria Bianco.

New Sixer JJ Redick is apparently a Vetri fan

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You can buy Vetri bread at Whole Foods starting next month

The loaves, made with heirloom whole grains from Bucks County's Castle Valley Mill, are a partnership with Drexel's Bread Lab.

The messy, delicious ways a Marc Vetri cookbook gets made

"Mastering Pizza" is due out next year; now the Philly superchef and co-author David Joachim are racing toward their deadline.

Will your favorite Philly restaurant be leaving for the suburbs too?

Dave Magrogan slammed the "cost to operate in the city" on his way out. What about Vetri, Double Knot or Spot Burgers?

Vetri’s perfect storm: The power outage that forced it dark and pop-up tweet that broke the phones

What does one of Philly's top restaurants do when the power goes out? Light candles and have a burger party.

This West Philly pasta phenom will run the Amis in Connecticut

It's a test for the URBN-owned Vetri restaurants: A non-pizza joint outside their home city.

Fink’s Hoagies and the kitchen problem plaguing Philly’s best restaurants

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How the URBN purchase is changing Vetri restaurants

You can't see it, but the pressures of a publicly-traded company are front and center in the Navy Yard.

Marc Vetri built a van to teach Philly how to cook veggies

It'll drive into less-affluent neighborhoods for pop-up lessons in how to turn fresh produce into something delicious.

Suburban Philly 9-year-old schools Marc Vetri on how to cook an omelet

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Vetri crew creates world’s biggest sausage (probably) — for charity

With 335 pounds of pork stuffed inside, and cooked in a brewery fermentation vessel, the mortadella is likely a record-breaker.

Marc Vetri, E-Verify and Philly’s invisible restaurant workforce

Nearly all those let go when the Urban Outfitters deal closed already have new jobs. But that doesn't address the industry's larger issues.

Vetri, Le Bec-Fin, La Panetière: The illustrious culinary history of 1312 Spruce Street

As far as restaurants go, this might be Philadelphia’s most charmed address