Kensington
A Look Inside The Clay Studio’s Massive New Space in South Kensington
The Clay Studio — the local non-profit focused on ceramic arts — has left the Old City building it has called home for over 30 […]
At Eclectic Hook & Master, Garces Dreams of Octopus — and Pizza
Jose Garces’s Hook & Master is a strange place. Right on the edge of gentrifying Kensington, it’s an octopus-themed Chicago-meets-Brooklyn pizza joint opened in the […]
Càphê Roasters Is a Dream Realized, With a Menu to Match
Opening a restaurant is the easiest thing in the world. All you have to do is find a space and be better than everyone else. […]
Now in Its Fullest Form, Eeva Is the Restaurant It Was Always Destined to Be
Have you been to Eeva yet? It’s fine if you haven’t. The world and everything in it has made going out to a restaurant like […]
Philly Restaurant Martha Sparks Outrage Over Proof-of-Vaccination Policy
With a lot of uncertainty in the air right now over COVID and the Delta variant, there has been a lot of talk of mandated […]
This Apartment Building Gives You a Break on the Rent for Volunteering
If you’re an artist, you can take your pick from any number of new and repurposed buildings designed to offer you affordable space where you […]
Two Philly Couples Are Opening a New HIIT Training Gym in Kensington
It’s pouring outside, and I am late. I’m not normally late to workouts — I am, however, late to basically everything else — but tonight was […]
Punch Buggy Brewing Is Bringing Beer and Fancy Grilled Cheese to Kensington
Despite the loss of St. Benjamin Brewing back in spring, Kensington’s beer community is still bustling with new activity, like the in-progress, sour-focused After Midnight. And […]
Pineville Fishtown Has Closed After Eight Months in Business
Pineville Fishtown, the offshoot of Bucks County’s Pineville Tavern, has closed. Father-son owners Andrew and Drew Abruzzese opened the concept in an out-of-the-way property at Huntington […]
Kensington’s Saint Benjamin Brewing Company Will Close
Craft brewery and taproom Saint Benjamin Brewing Company will close next month. Founder and owner Tim Patton is in the process of selling the building at […]
After Midnight, a Sour-Centric Brewery, Is Coming to Kensington
A new brewery specializing in sour styles is coming to Kensington. After Midnight Brewing will open a production space and taproom 2205 North American Street sometime […]
Pizzeria Beddia Oh So Quietly Begins Taking Reservations
The reincarnation of Pizzeria Beddia is now open in Fishtown at 1313 North Lee Street. It opened quietly — which is impressive considering the hype behind it. It’s currently […]
A Philly Photographer on His Decade of Documenting the Opioid Epidemic
Jeffrey Stockbridge did not come to photograph the opioid epidemic in Philadelphia by seeking it out. He spent his time, as a photography student at […]
ReAnimator Coffee in Kensington to Add a Pizzeria and Natural Wine Bar
Mark Corpus and Mark Capriotti, the coffee mavens behind the ReAnimator Coffee brand (a local coffee roaster with three cafe locations in Philly — four when you include their […]
Liberty Kitchen, a Deli, Market and Event Space, Is Opening in Fishtown
Liberty Kitchen, a new locally-focused market, commissary, and event space, is set to open next month in Fishtown. The concept at 1244 North Front Street […]