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Wahoo’s Tacos Opening on Thursday

Wahoo’s Tacos and More, which originated 26-years ago in Southern California, is opening at 32nd and Chestnut this Thursday, November 6th. The bar and restaurant serves […]

City Life

On Lena Dunham Sexual Abuse Controversy, Truth Revolt Has a Point

A discussion about Lena Dunham has a way of sending everyone to their respective, petty corners. Feminists over here. Those who are offended by imperfect […]

City Life

GunCrisis.org “Curtailing” Operations

GunCrisis.org, the website that documented every shooting and murder in the city for more than two years, announced today it is “curtailing” operations due to […]

Restaurants

City Tap House Opens in Logan Square

Oddly shopped renderings aside, the highly-anticipated City Tap House in Logan Square opened yesterday, with a full dinner menu and all the craft beers you could possibly want. […]

City Life

Lawmaker Wants to Expand Pa. Hazing Law

With controversy about the suspended football season at Central Bucks West still raging, one lawmaker is suggesting that the state make its anti-hazing law tougher. […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Local Group Opposes Selling Shuttered School in Point Breeze to Developer

A sudden change in sale plans for the shuttered Walter G. Smith Elementary School at 19th and Wharton has residents miffed: the building is pending sale […]

City Life

Transit Cop Charged With Committing Lewd Act On Subway

A SEPTA transit officer has been accused of masturbating on the Broad Street subway. 44-year-old Kevin Fant was off-duty in August when he was caught […]

City Life

Just Whom Is Bruce Springsteen Trying to Impress?

I had the unusual experience this week of feeling sorry for a very chic, very thin Frenchwoman. That would be Fleur Pellerin, France’s minister of […]

Restaurants

The Gastronaut: Notes of Honey, Pine Needles and Regret

Sure, sure. The holidays are a time for togetherness. For family. For stuffing yourself full of food and then passing out on the couch. But […]

City Life

Bars Used to Be Closed on Election Day in Pennsylvania

It’s election day! You should be elated to have the freedom to vote today — and then to head to the bars afterward. It’s not a […]

City Life

NYC Mayor Blasts Comcast Merger

We already knew New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was not going to let Comcast’s merger with Time Warner happen easily. But now he’s […]

City Life

Today Is Election Day

It’s Election Day! Philadelphians go to the polls today to cast votes for governor, Congress, and state legislative seats, as well as to answer three […]

Restaurants

Bobby Flay Customer Ordered $3,750 Wine, Says He Thought It Cost $37.50

It’s easy to drop a lot of money at the Borgata, and not just at the blackjack table. The Borgata’s restaurants, which feature celebrity chefs […]

Restaurants

Knife Fight at Tuk Tuk Real

They’re having a knife fight at Tuk Tuk Real. Chef Alex Boonphaya and his sous, Silvestre Rincon, will take on chef Nick Farina of Verdad […]

City Life

Dottie Sandusky Lashes Out Against Happy Valley Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ZT6F57aS4 Three years after Jerry Sandusky was arrested on child molestation charges that rocked Penn State to its foundations, there is one person who believes him […]