John Longacre
Another Brewpub Joins the South Philly Ranks
Newbold is full of good beer, and the neighborhood owes it all to John Longacre, the man behind South Philadelphia Tap Room, American Sardine Bar, and Brew, the bottle shop that […]
Philly Developers ‘Terrified,’ ‘Intrigued’ to Have One of Their Own As President
Real estate developers tend to have a funny relationship to politics. On the one hand, they often flood local elections with campaign donations and relentlessly […]
South Philadelphia Tap Room Slammed by Feds Over ADA-Compliance Issues
Usually, when the United States Attorney in Philadelphia makes a statement about a case, it’s over murderers, drug traffickers, and multi-million dollar embezzlers. But on […]
Is This the New Nodding Head?
A tipster tells the Passyunk Post he spotted what looked to be an under construction brewpub at 1939 South Bancroft Street (just about a block from South […]
Martin O’Malley Is Coming to the Controversial Point Breeze Beer Garden
The Point Breeze pop-up beer garden has had a lot of ups and downs this summer. Philadelphia’s Licenses & Inspections department shut it down in […]
Tap Check: Nodding Head Update (Kind of) and Yards Cape of Good Hope
Welcome to Tap Check, an occasional update on local beers in and around Philadelphia. The Internet was all abuzz this morning with a Reddit poster […]
Dept. of Déjà Vu: The Point Breeze Pop-Up Is Closed … Again
Stop us if you’re heard this one before: The Point Breeze pop-up beer garden was forced to close Thursday evening because of its ongoing battle with […]
Philly Still Fighting With the Point Breeze Pop-Up Beer Garden
Philadelphia’s Licenses & Inspections department isn’t backing down from its brawl with the Point Breeze pop-up beer garden.
Point Breeze Pop-Up Closed by L&I, Confusion Reigns
The Point Breeze Pop-Up that brought a pop-up beer garden to a once vacant lot on Point Breeze Avenue was closed by Licenses and Inspections. The […]
Changing Tide: Millennial-Driven Apartment Development Planned for Atlantic City
It seems like the lion share of development in Philadelphia these days is geared at capturing the ever-wandering attention of the young professional, also known […]
Spotted in South Philly: Phase II reNewbold Homes Now Available
The 2013 groundbreaking of its first phase long behind us, Phase II is now set in motion at reNewbold, the first LEED Platinum-certified sustainable housing development in South Philadelphia: […]
Point Breeze Gets in on the Pop-Up Garden Craze
John Longacre, the man behind South Philadelphia Tap Room, American Sardine Bar and Brew is opening a beer garden at Point Breeze Avenue and Tasker […]
The Other Message From the ReNewbold Groundbreaking
If you wanted to see why rumors were circulating about John Longacre running for City Council, you should have been at the reNewbold groundbreaking ceremony […]
American Sardine Bar’s John Longacre: It’s Not About Race and Class
If there are folks in Point Breeze who feel slighted by the newcomers to the area, don’t blame John Longacre for the insult. All he […]
So What’s Up With American Sardine Bar?
We were checking in with several on the horizon restaurant and bar projects and of course had to ask how American Sardine Bar was progressing. […]