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City Council member Kendra Brooks
City Life

City Council’s Kendra Brooks on the Big Change She’d Like to See at City Hall

My full name is … Kendra Nicole Brooks. I was named after Angela Davis’s friend Kendra, who was mentioned in the New York Times in […]

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City Life

Sorry Millennial Travelers! Visit Philly’s New Target for 2020 is Boomers

Millennials? Relax. Gen Z? Sit this one out. While you’re yukking it up on Twitter with your pithy little hashtags, 2020 is shaping up to be, […]

Restaurants

Philly’s Getting Another Hot Dog Restaurant

The Original Hot Dog Factory, a Georgia-born, reality TV-famous chain, is coming to Philadelphia next month. The original, which opened in 2010 in Smyrna, Georgia, […]

Be Well Philly

A Real Housewives of New York-Founded “Vaginal Rejuvenation Spa” Is Opening in Philly

If you’re looking for an orgasm shot, a kegel-chair treatment, a V-steam, or a 24K gold wax and vagina facial — you’ve come to the […]

Restaurants

The G.O.A.T. Opens the Goat, Rittenhouse’s New Bar

Hot on the heels of the opening of his new bar in Fairmount (the Fairview), Fergie Carey is ready to unveil The Goat in Rittenhouse. […]

City Life

SEPTA Says the Historic Route 15 Trolleys Will Return Late Next Year

One thing’s for sure: The historic trolleys that currently serve SEPTA’s trolley Route 15, which runs between West Philadelphia and Port Richmond, are going to […]

NextHealth PHL

The Emergency Room Is the New Place to Register to Vote

In a battleground state like Pennsylvania, a million votes can easily swing an election toward an unexpected outcome. In Pennsylvania, more than 9.7 million people […]

Business

Here’s How Women Will Change the Workplace in 2020

2019 was a big year: We saw women take center stage, riding the wave of both the #MeToo movement and the Time’s Up campaign. And […]

Restaurants

Pizza Gutt Is Taking His Talents to East Passyunk

Daniel Gutter, the owner and head pizza guy at Circles + Squares (and the brain behind Philly’s most beloved pizza-related Instagram account, Pizza Gutt), has announced […]

Restaurants

Ask Foobooz Anything

Do you have a specific question about restaurants in Philadelphia that you’re dying to have answered? Need a restaurant recommendation for a specific event? You’re […]

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Business

SoftBank Quietly Invested $750 Million in Delivery Startup GoPuff Last Summer

Once upon a time, Philly startup goPuff was a little company that raised $8 million to deliver hot Cheetos and rolling papers to stoned (or […]

Restaurants

Midtown Village’s New Cantina-Style Restaurant Sounds … Wild

On Friday, Alex and Stavros Vasiliadis will open their new cantina-style concept, Bodega Bar and Kitchen in Midtown Village. Formerly of Pandora’s Kitchen, Monkey Bar and […]

City Life

Losing the Ritz at the Bourse Takes Philly’s Film Scene From Bad to Worse

The Ritz at the Bourse is my favorite movie theater in Philadelphia. I find myself defending this preference often; friends who are also avid moviegoers […]

Restaurants

Philly Restaurants Revolt Over Unauthorized Food Delivery “Partnerships”

Philly’s Love & Honey Fried Chicken shared an image of a complaint against Grubhub on Instagram over the weekend, threatening legal action if the restaurant’s […]

Be Well Philly

Philadelphia Sports Leagues Is Rebranding as Heyday Athletic

  Yep, that’s right. If you’ve been bothering your best friends to finally join that ultimate frisbee, touch football, kickball, or soccer team with you, […]