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Restaurants

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 […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

This Horticulture Center Wedding Combined Indian and Chinese Traditions

  Summer temps are warming up here in Philly, and if you’re like us, you’re savoring every moment you can outdoors, savoring nature and even […]

Restaurants

Juno, an Open-Air Mexican Restaurant by the Morgan’s Pier Crew, Arrives in Spring Garden

It’s extraordinary to see any business open during a pandemic. The fact that Avram Hornik and his FCM Hospitality team (Morgan’s Pier, Harper’s Garden, Rosy’s […]

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Property

On the Market: Historic Shingle Style House in Wayne

Before there was Wayne, there was “Louella.” That was the name of the huge 293-acre estate and 80-room mansion banker J.H. Askin built for himself […]

NextHealth PHL

How Can the City Protect Residents From Extreme Heat Amid COVID? Philly Health Experts Have Ideas

Excessive heat exposure is a serious public health challenge. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more people die from heat each year than […]

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City Life

Authors Cancel Appearances at the Free Library in Solidarity With Black Workers There

A roundup of Philly news. This post may be updated at any time as new information becomes available. The Philadelphia Free Library Has a Big […]

Restaurants

Another Parks on Tap, But on the Schuylkill

Parks on Tap is doing things a little differently this year. Instead of the traveling carnival model of pre-COVID yesteryear, FCM Hospitality’s Avram Hornik decided […]

Restaurants

Northern Liberties Is Closing Its Streets for Outdoor Dining

On Saturday, July 11th, from noon until 8 p.m., a half-mile of Northern Liberties’ North 2nd Street will be closed to traffic to allow neighborhood […]

City Life

West Philly’s Rick Krajewski on Running for Office, Defunding the PPD and the National Leftist Uprising

West Philly’s Rick Krajewski has never been much for the status quo. Raised by a working-class single mother in the South Bronx, he’s used his […]

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City Life

Ghislaine Maxwell “Confidante” Laura Goldman Rears Head in Epstein Saga

If you’ve been closely following coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, you may have seen a familiar local name pop up over and over again: […]

a scene at the headquarters of gopuff, the company that now faces a lawsuit after a worker says she was sexually assaulted and then retaliated against
City Life

Woman Claims She Was Sexually Assaulted By a Co-Worker at GoPuff — and Then Retaliated Against

A roundup of Philly news. This article may be updated at any time as new information becomes available. GoPuff Lawsuit: Woman Claims She Was Sexually […]

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City Life

We Need to Support Black-Owned Businesses. Here Are 300+ Places in Philly to Start

In the window of Joy Fowler-Davis’s business, the UPS Store on Girard and 3rd, hangs a sign: the words “Black Owned Business” on the backdrop […]

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NextHealth PHL

Inovio Embroiled in Lawsuits Around Its Potential COVID-19 Vaccine

Plymouth Meeting-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals has emerged as one of the leading companies working on a vaccine for COVID-19. We’ve covered the company’s vaccine development journey, […]

people not social distancing at the jersey shore on July 4th during the coronavirus crisis
City Life

Welp, So Much for Social Distancing at the Jersey Shore Over 4th of July Weekend

A roundup of Philly news. This post may be updated at any time as new information becomes available. Apparently Lots of People at the Jersey […]