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New Menu Items At Le Virtu

Beginning February 2, Le Virtu will offer daily-changing polentas with house-made ragus. The polentas can be served in individual portions as well as family-style for […]

City Life

Christie Creates Controversy With Vaccine Comments

Chris Christie is creating an unusual track record for himself on the subject of public health. He’s the guy last year who, with fewer than […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Center City Lands Largest US-Based Architecture and Engineering Firm

One Logan Square is about to get another big-time tenant. HOK, a global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm, is setting up a Philadelphia office […]

City Life

The Worst Ways to Choose a Computer Password

My son Jake came home from college this weekend to watch the Super Bowl with us — I think because he likes my guacamole. The […]

Things to Do

Why Katy Perry’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Was Awesome

Katy Perry can’t dance. I first noticed this last year, when I was invited to attend her concert in Philadelphia. Of course I said yes. I’m […]

City Life

Co-Worker Charged in Bus Stop Shooting

[Update] Police Captain James Clark just spoke at a press conference about the charges. He said Sanders had taken approximately $40,000 from the agency — and […]

Citified

The Brief: Show Me the Money

For those closely watching the mayor’s race, today is pretty much Christmas: It’s the deadline for candidates to file their 2014 campaign finance reports. All signs point […]

City Life

Revel Sale Is Again On Hold

The Revel isn’t cursed, we don’t think, but even in bankruptcy it’s having a tough time finding its way to the future. A federal appeals […]

City Life

Philadelphia and the “Bomb Trains”

Over the weekend, 11 cars from an 111-car CSX train derailed in South Philly. The cars were carrying crude oil, but there were no leaks, […]

City Life

The 24 Top Philanthropists in Pennsylvania

“No one has ever become poor from giving,” wrote Anne Frank in her diary. That is certainly true of these immensely wealthy Pennsylvanians, who collectively […]

Restaurants

The Revisit: Il Pittore

For all of Philadelphia’s culinary diversity — and from Bustleton Avenue’s new Moldovan spot to Indonesian fare in Point Breeze, we at Foobooz are big […]

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week

We know, we know; you had plans for Tuesday, goddammit. You were going to stay in your flannel jammies all day and binge-watch the whole […]

City Life

WATCH: Rob McCord Will Plead Guilty to Certain Federal Charges

Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord is planning to plead guilty to federal charges related to an incident that took place when he ran for governor last year. Robert […]

School District of Philadelphia
City Life

These Are the 88 Philly Schools Boston Consulting Group Recommended Closing

Education activist Helen Gym and a group of civil rights lawyers have won a two-and-a-half-year battle to get their hands on a secret report by consultants on proposed school […]

Restaurants

Avenue Kitchen Opening New Location

This summer, Villanova restaurant Avenue Kitchen will be opening up a new location in Glen Mills. Owner Dana Smith Farrell and her brother, executive chef […]