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Restaurants

Queen & Rook, a Board Game Cafe, Will Open in Queen Village

When Edward Garcia visited his first board game cafe, he couldn’t believe how different the experience was from other restaurants. “We had such a great […]

City Life

A Street-by-Street Look at City Council’s Bike-Lane Bonanza

This post has been updated. With its narrow streets and menacing cars at every turn, Philly is hardly a cyclist’s paradise. But our lawmakers are at […]

Business

Philly Business Execs on How to Truly Unplug on Vacation

There are a lot of reasons to love the Shore (here are 21), but it’s hard to find boardwalk bliss when you’re still swimming deep […]

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Restaurants

Breakfast Egg Rolls, Champagne Popsicles, and Other Things to Eat in Philly Right Now

1. Soft beer at Fermentery Form One server recently described this as “sunshine in a bottle,” which isn’t an oversell. Infused with Valencia orange juice […]

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City Life

The So-Philly Tale of How the City Nearly Sold My House Without Telling Me

In July of 2017, when I was eight months pregnant with my second child, my husband and I learned, rather by chance, that the city […]

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City Life

How Philly Is Making the Arena Football League the Perfect Sport for Gambling

If you’re not a die-hard fan of the Arena Football League (chances are you’re not), your knowledge of the game likely starts and ends with […]

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City Life

Yes, We Really Have Been Getting More Tornado Watches and Warnings Lately

The dark storm clouds that rolled into the area on Thursday evening brought heavy, heavy rain to Philly. But the weather in the city wasn’t […]

Restaurants

Peep Inside Jose Garces’s New Hope Restaurant Overlooking the Delaware

Way back in 2016, the Garces Group announced that they’d be opening a restaurant in New Hope as part of the Riverfront Revitalization Strategic Plan’s renovation of the historic Bucks […]

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City Life

We Can’t Take Our Eyes Off the 2019 Philly Bear Chase

Welcome to the 2019 #PhillyBear chase. Here’s what’s happening: A black bear first came to East Falls on Wednesday (unless that was a different bear, but […]

City Life

Penn’s 25,000-Pound, 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Sphinx Has a New Home

The Penn Museum’s 25,000-pound granite Egyptian sphinx has seen many things over the course of 3,000 years — from the reigns of pharaohs to a […]

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City Life

You Can Celebrate the Rail Park’s First Birthday on Friday

Philly’s Rail Park turns one on Friday — and you can attend a party to celebrate. Friends of the Rail Park will host a birthday […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

What’s Inside the New Issue of Philadelphia Wedding Magazine

The Summer/Fall 2019 issue of Philadelphia Wedding magazine is fresh from the printer with an updated logo and a whole new look on the pages […]

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City Life

Supreme Court to Weigh In on Racial Discrimination Case Against Comcast

In Philly, there are about 260 channels available on Comcast’s largest, most expensive television package. Not included in that avalanche of TV content, however, are the stations from […]

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City Life

Giant Heirloom Apologizes After Criticism of No-Alcohol Signs During Odunde Festival

Philadelphia’s 44th annual Odunde Festival took place on Sunday, bringing many thousands of people to the city for what is billed as “the largest African […]

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City Life

West Philly’s Massive Sinkhole Is Expected to Ruin Traffic for Another 3 Weeks

Sorry, West Philly: the massive, empty swimming pool of a sinkhole that recently opened just outside Clark Park isn’t going anywhere soon. John Digiulio, a spokesperson […]