Wajih Abed, co-owner of Fergie’s Pub, dies of cancer

Michael Klein, editor/producer of Philly.com/food, has written about Philadelphia’s restaurant scene since 1993 in his Inquirer column, “Table Talk,” and on his Philly.com blog, “The Insider.” Fergie’s Pub cofounder Wajih Abed, 71 – the fatherly yin to the irascible yang that is his business partner Fergus Carey – died Saturday, Feb. 4 of complications of throat cancer.