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Italian Market

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The Gritty Italian Market Wants That Center City Sparkle

Business owners in the Italian Market have been talking about cleaning up the place for years, and now they seem to have landed on a […]

Foobooz

Rain or Shine, These Festivals Are Happening

We were pretty excited when we put together our compilation of May festivals, and then May happened. It’s been gray skies for much of the […]

Foobooz

Field Guide: Spring’s Best Food and Drink Festivals in Philadelphia

It’s officially May in Philadelphia, and that means we’re about to embark on a month with a summer’s worth of festivals crammed into the three […]

Foobooz

Paesano’s Offering Scrapple Cheesesteak Seen on Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods

Andrew Zimmern and Bizarre Foods were in town for their 200th episode and Zimmern got together with Paesano’s Peter McAndrews for a scrapple cheesesteak. In […]

Property

Spotted in the Italian Market: 9th and Washington Project Inches Forward

Zoom in just a tad and you’ll recognize the spot: The Anastasi Seafood restaurant, nestled between 9th and Darien Streets, looks out to whirring Washington Avenue, […]

Things to Do

Italian Market Getting Huge Wishwall Art Installation During Papal Visit

There’s another kind of “fence” going up during the Papal visit, but this one is kind hearted, much more welcoming, and located in South Philly.

Property

Developer Seeks to Build the Anti-Cheesecake Factory in the Italian Market

Community members (and reporters) packed a church hall in South Philly Tuesday evening to hear an information-only presentation for a project at the long-vacant lot at […]

Property

Developers to Present Early Plans for Ice House Lot in the Italian Market

You know that long stretch of wall just off of the corner of 9th and Washington in the Italian Market? Well, behind that wall, which […]

Foobooz

Tale of the Tape: Paesano’s Gizmo

If there were a “Sandwich Hall of Fame” (and there should be, and it of course should be located in Philadelphia) the entire menu of […]

Things to Do

WATCH: Bradley Cooper Walks His Dog Through the Italian Market

Last night, Bradley Cooper was up for a Best Actor Tony award for his performance in The Elephant Man. Unfortunately for fans of the Philadelphia […]

Foobooz

Another Weekend, Another Ton of Festivals

Over on Ticket, they’ve got 19 things to do this weekend. Surely, more than anyone can handle. But as a serious Fooboozer, maybe you can […]

Property

Trinity Tuesday: Made Over Home In the Italian Market Has Bathroom Balcony

We’ve been racking our brains to remember whether or not we’ve ever covered a Philadelphia home with a similar quirk, but have come up with zilch. […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Should Philly Look Into a ‘Flip Tax’ to Combat Speculation?

In an effort to raise more money for the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund and combat land speculation, Pennsylvania Coalition for Affordable Communities (PCAC) presented an […]

Foobooz

Details On Noord Owner Joncarl Lachman’s New North African Restaurant in the Italian Market

I had dinner at Noord last night on East Passyunk Avenue, but before I left I made sure to bend Chef / owner Joncarl Lachman’s […]

Foobooz

Throw Back Thursdays: Di Bruno Bros

Long before Throwback Thursdays were a thing on Facebook and Twitter, we used to occasionally run a feature called Retro-raunts. But since Throwback Thursdays are […]