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The Industry Overhauls Its Menu

The Industry, number 3 in the most recent Foobooz Best Bars list, has revamped its menu, adding approximately 10 new items to their lunch and dinner menu. Among […]

City Life

Lawyer Who Filed Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” Suit Could Be Disbarred

Recently, Media, Pennsylvania-based attorney Francis Malofiy scored a small victory against Led Zeppelin in his “Stairway to Heaven” plagiarism lawsuit when a Philadelphia federal judge […]

Restaurants

Top Chef Episode 2 Recap: Surf (And Turf’s) Up!

Okay, you can throw last week’s racing form out the window. My snap judgments didn’t exactly hold (rather similar to Aaron Grissom’s bourbon onion “jam,” […]

City

Pa. State Senator to Plead Guilty to Felony Charge

Pennsylvania State Senator LeAnna Washington will plead guilty next week to charges she used taxpayer money to fund political fundraisers. Washington is facing two felony […]

Philadelphia Wedding

4 Expert Tips for Creating a Custom Wedding Hashtag

Ever since social media basically took over the world, there’s been talk about the role that it should, or shouldn’t, play in the biggest day […]

Restaurants

Mitch Prensky Finds Storefront for His Biscuits

When did Supper chef Mitch Prensky know that his love of making biscuit sandwiches was worthy of its own bricks-and-mortar location? The first time he […]

City Life

Philly’s 10 Best Pro Athletes on Twitter

References to the Almighty God. Mentions of Jesus Christ. Bible verse citations. Heads up about heading into practice. Vague references to “grinding” and/or “putting in […]

Property

Daffy’s Reopens As Nordstrom Rack

Discount retailer Daffy’s was in business for 20 years at 1700 Chestnut when it closed in 2012. Before that, the space was occupied by the […]

City Life

Convicted Rapist Asks Us to Ask Patti LaBelle for Money

I get a lot of weird mail here at Philly Mag, including the occasional letter from the incarcerated and their families and pleading their cases […]

Restaurants

Today: City Tavern Reopens Following Fire…But That’s Not All

To celebrate the City Tavern‘s reopening today, after the restaurant was closed down due to a fire , guest General George Washington will be meeting diners at […]

City

Man Accused of Montco Murder Found In North Carolina

Montgomery County authorities announced Friday the arrest of Chad Marshall Wilcox — the man accused of killing 36-year-old Manuel Hakimian last month in Norristown. In […]

City Life

On Ottawa Shootings, TV News Got It Wrong. Again.

I was at home watching cable news when the shooting in Ottawa, Canada broke. What followed was the all-too-familiar routine of wall-to-wall coverage on all […]

Restaurants

We Don’t Need No (Paid) Reservations

We are interrupting daily programming with a brief public service announcement. An app called ReservationHop promises to be “Coming Soon” to our city. Philadelphians must […]

City

Chip Kelly Isn’t Leaving the Eagles for the University of Florida

Things are going pretty well for Eagles fans right now. The Birds are 5-1, neck-and-neck with Dallas at the top of the NFC East, and […]

City

Northeast Philly Man Shoots Fiancée’s Dad With Rifle Multiple Times

A Bustleton man fired multiple shots from a high-powered rifle at his fiance’s father in the Bustleton section of Northeast Philly on Thursday, police said. […]