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Memphis-Style Barbecue Comes to Spring Garden

Several years ago, we reported that Chad Rosenthal, owner of the Ambler-based Memphis-style barbecue spot the Lucky Well, had announced he would be opening a […]

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Property

On the Market: Renovated Colonial Revival in Queen Village

As the main-floor photo above should make clear, this lovely Queen Village Colonial Revival house for sale isn’t the same house it was when it […]

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City Life

Prosecutors Investigating After Wildwood Cop Punches Man In Head Over and Over Again

A roundup of Philly news. This post may be updated at any time as new information becomes available. Video: Wildwood Cop Punches Man In Head […]

City Life

Meet the 2.5 Percent: Philly’s Black Business Owners in the Arts

“Meet the 2.5 Percent” is a bi-weekly series that features stories from entrepreneurs and business owners working to recover from COVID-19, as well as damage […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

This Morris Arboretum Proposal Began With a Stylish Photo Shoot

We might be in the midst of the pandemic, but sweet love stories keep rolling in to bring a smile to our faces and remind […]

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City Life

Current and Fired Cops Sue City for $18 Million Over Philly Police Facebook Post Scandal

A roundup of Philly news. This article may be updated at any time as new information becomes available. Cops (and Fired Cops) Sue City for […]

NextHealth PHL

NextUp: The Philly Company Improving Rapid Molecular Tests for COVID-19

“NextUp” is a weekly NextHealth PHL feature that highlights the local leaders, organizations and research shaping the Greater Philadelphia region’s life sciences ecosystem. Email qmuse@phillymag.com […]

City Life

Fox 29 Legal Analyst Says He Was Fired for Being “Too Pro-Black Lives Matter”

If you’re an attentive viewer of Fox 29 News, you may be wondering why you haven’t seen longtime attorney and on-air legal analyst Ken Rothweiler […]

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Sounds of Summer. Sort of.

Sure, this long stretch of enforced isolation has been hard. But you know what’s made it even harder? The dead silence in our backyard. For […]

City Life

Political Scientist Daniel Q. Gillion on What Makes Protest Movements Effective

How does a protest movement translate demands into political action? This is a relevant question for the millions of Americans who have spent the past […]

City Life

The Pandemic Canceled Michael Smerconish’s Tour, So He Recorded His One-Man Show in an Empty Bucks County Theater

Michael Smerconish, the Villanova-based political commentator with two eponymous programs — weekly on CNN and daily on SiriusXM — was all set to go on […]

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City Life

Philly Health Officials Shut Down Two Restaurants After Citing Them for COVID Violations

A roundup of Philly news. This article may be updated at any time as new information becomes available. Health Officials Shut Down Two Philly Restaurants […]

The crowd at the Philadelphia edition of Live Aid at JFK Stadium on July 13, 1985
City Life

Live Aid in Philly: An Oral History of that Crazy Day at JFK

It was July 13, 1985. Two months earlier, Philadelphia had made international news when it dropped a bomb on its own citizens. But on this […]

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Foobooz

Vernick’s Doing Pizza

Of course Vernick is getting into the pizza game. This is 2020 Philadelphia, baby! A pizza-loving, pandemic-ridden city filled with takeout and full-scale restaurant pivots. […]

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City Life

National Coin Crisis Comes to Your Neighborhood Wawa

A roundup of Philly news. National Coin Shortage Hits Wawa Of all of the consequences of COVID-19, I have to say that one I didn’t […]