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Best News We’ve Heard All Week: V Street Opening For Lunch

And this, in a week that has already had some pretty good news in it AND some great news about lunch in it. So that’s […]

City Life

Photos from the Great Philly Snow Dusting of 2015

A few snowflakes hit the ground, and suddenly you fancy yourself as Ansel Adams. Here are some of our favorite Philly snow photos from the […]

Restaurants

Want To Get A Sneak Peek At Townsend Wentz’s New Italian Restaurant?

Well you can. Kinda. First, you’re going to have to clear your schedule on the night of January 13 (which is a Tuesday, so you […]

Restaurants

Fundraiser for Family of Slain Earth Bread + Brewery Employee

This Thursday, Earth Bread + Brewery is hosting a fundraiser for the family of one of its own. Long time employee Bernard Ray was killed […]

Restaurants

Lawsuit: Caribou Cafe Owner Took Employee Tips, Failed to Pay Overtime

Longtime Walnut Street restaurant Caribou Cafe has been hit with a lawsuit filed in Philadelphia’s federal court. In the filing, five employees claim that the […]

Citified

Philly’s Coffee Can of Justice

Pennsylvania’s kooky practice of electing its judiciary is proving to be a really stupid idea, and not for the first time. State Supreme Court Justice […]

Philadelphia Wedding

It’s Official: Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden Have Tied the Knot

While these kinds of reports certainly do not always turn out to be true, it appears that this time, at least, they were: Cameron Diaz […]

Restaurants

Juniper Commons Is Now Serving Lunch

Kevin Sbraga’s Juniper Commons has started serving lunch. Now your lunch can feature ’80s highlights like peel-and-eat shrimp, a tableside Caesar,a hot roast beef sandwich, pastrami reuben […]

Citified

Philly’s Murder Rate Is Low. So What?

Here’s the good news: Philly’s homicide rate stayed low in 2014 — “just” 248 murders, one more than the year before, but down from 391 […]

City Life

Why Do Trolls Especially Hate Women?

If you’re a reasonably well-adjusted person, you probably don’t spend much time in the comments sections of local news stories — maybe not any time at […]

Restaurants

Geechee Girl Rice Cafe Casts A Long Shadow

Geechee Girl has already turned off the lights. The restaurant’s last official service after a dozen years in Mount Airy was on New Year’s Eve, […]

City Life

Sixers Win Against the Cavaliers

The Sixers won. At home. Really. On Monday night, the struggling team beat the Cleveland Cavaliers — minus LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, of course, but a […]

City Life

Two More Bill Cosby Accusers Join Defamation Lawsuit Against Him

Therese Serignese and Linda Traitz will probably never get to see Bill Cosby in criminal court to answer their sexual assault accusations, but they may […]

City Life

Lu Ann Cahn Takes Job at Temple University

Longtime NBC10 reporter Lu Ann Cahn announced last month she’s retiring from TV journalism — now we know where she’s landing: At Temple University, where […]

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Highs and Lows of The Bachelor Season Premiere

Family Feud is not a good game show. The questions are stupid and the answers stupider. Plus it’s not fair. In almost every episode, the […]