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MANNA’s Annual Guac-Off Returns for Round 3
If mashed avocado is your thing (yet to meet any naysayers there), join MANNA in their third annual Gauc-Off this Thursday, May 21st. The event […]
A Double-Shot Of Good News From Bing Bing Dim Sum
Right from the start, we’ve been pretty into Bing Bing. Slap down a fusion-y dim sum joint on Passyunk and fill it with soup dumplings, […]
No More Iniquity Inequity!
Last month’s “Equal Pay Day”—the day that’s set aside to demonstrate how much extra work women must do to earn what men earn—touched off […]
La Calaca Feliz Hosting Striped Bass Dinner
This Wednesday, May 20th, Fairmount’s La Calaca Feliz will be hosting three savory seafood courses for $35 per person. Highlights include striped bass ceviche and Pescado […]
Police: Masked Bandit Strikes Sarcone’s Bakery In Italian Market
Is nothing sacred? First there was the drunken vandalism at Jim’s Steaks on South Street. Then there was the robbery at Ishkabibble’s II, also on […]
The Challengers: Sherrie Cohen Would Be a Bulldog for City Services
All week, Citified is featuring Q&As with leading at-large City Council Democratic challengers on topics of their choosing. The prompt was simple: if elected, what’s a […]
Obama Visits Camden to Talk Policing
President Barack Obama is visiting Camden today, taking a close look at the policing operations of a city that appears to be becoming safer. “The […]
Here’s How Mad Men Would’ve Ended If Don Draper Were From Philly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvT-YGgkc9k Millions of media members and regular viewers tuned in to the finale of Mad Men last night, and — despite not having watched the show […]
The Brief: “They Already Called the Election, But It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over.”
1. The mayoral candidates spent the final weekend of the campaign insisting the race isn’t over yet. The gist: The reverberations of last week’s Jim-Kenney-could-beat-FDR poll were […]
Headlines: Queen of Jeans Sign Hung on East Passyunk
Yooooo! Coming summer 2015 y’all!! The Queen of Jeans!!! WUT WUT! Happy Sunday everybody! Pimp! @kidhazo A photo posted by Jinxed Philadelphia (@jinxedstore) on May […]
The Challengers: Tom Wyatt Says He’ll Bring Jobs Back to Philly
All week, Citified is featuring Q&As with leading at-large City Council Democratic challengers on topics of their choosing. The prompt was simple: if elected, what’s a […]
Arn Tellem and Franz Lidz Are Going to the Hall of Fame
Franz Lidz moved to Penn Valley in 1961 “during a legendary blizzard.” A year later, he struck up a friendship with a boy who had […]
The No-Bullshit City Council At-Large Election Guide
It’s totally OK if you haven’t been paying attention to Philadelphia’s Democratic City Council At-Large race. The contest hasn’t grabbed a lot of headlines, with […]
Why Dunkin’ Donuts Is Philly’s True Coffee Soulmate
The cup of coffee you carry around Philly says a lot about you. In a city where no one smiles or, God forbid, says hello, […]
Gastronaut: Summer in the City
Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods? Whatever. People have been spouting that trite crap since the notion of the neighborhood was invented, about any municipal […]