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Rick O'Brien

Philadelphia
As seen in: Medium, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Business 2 Community, The Marietta Daily Journal, Imbibe Magazine, Athletic Business, Sierra Wave Media, Foodism (Toronto)
Sports journalist. Enjoys trips to the Emerald Isle, cheesy 70s songs, trashy reality TV, and no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is podcasts.
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Sushi Yugen

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By Rick O'Brien
| Foodism (Toronto) Verified
Sushi Yugen 150 York St. Toronto CA M5H 3S5 416-363-1888 View map There are a lot of great sushi restaurants in Toronto, but none of them offer the full-on authentic Japanese experience that Sushi Yugen does. It feels like the new Toronto restaurant has been plucked out of Japan and placed in downtown Toronto — its doorway acting as a portal to cross the globe. Inside the foyer of 150 York Street, Sushi Yugen’s entranceway is already a far departure from other Toronto restaurants.
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This noodle joint inside a former auto parts shop is your new fave lunch spot

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By Katie Bridges Verified, Ryan Emberley, Rick O'Brien
| Foodism (Toronto) Verified
Occhiolino, just off College Street, is the kind of place that feels like it's been there forever. Step inside the converted auto-body shop on Bathurst and you'll find Scandi-esque blonde tables and chairs, pale pink walls, a sleek bar in front of the chefs slinging noodles, and even a pasta shop where you can take home handmade cavatelli and bucatini. It's no surprise, then, to learn that the team behind Occhiolino has some serious culinary chops.
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Everybody Lies

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By Rick O'Brien
| Medium
Rick O'Brien · Follow 2 min read · -- Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Seth Stephens-Davidowitz got a philosophy degree from Stanford, then a PhD in economics from Harvard. He writes for the New York Times and lectures at The Wharton School. Along the way he worked as a data scientist for Google. One of his goals is to make social science a science. I read this book at an opportune time.
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