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Parliament Espresso & Coffee Bar Touches Down in Center City

Philly has become a coffee battleground over the past few years, with lots of small local and national (and local-gone-national) operations duking it out for […]

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City Life

Could Protected Bike Lanes in Center City Have Saved This Cyclist’s Life?

A trash truck struck and killed a bicyclist on Tuesday morning in Center City. Here’s what we know: Police say a privately owned sanitation truck hit […]

Restaurants

Mom-Mom’s Polish Food Cart Goes Brick and Mortar in Bridesburg

Mom-Mom’s, Ryan Elmore and Kaitlin Wines’s roving Polish food cart, is setting up a storefront at 2551 Orthodox Street in Bridesburg, the very Polish River Wards neighborhood. Over […]

Things to Do

Music: 7 Shows to See in the Next 7 Days

Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton @ Union Transfer | Wednesday, November 29 A charismatic vocalist with cutting lyrics to match, Emily Haines doesn’t seem […]

Restaurants

Hot Cocoa and Crepes Pop-Up at a.kitchen

Center City is never going to be Paris. We all know that. But the crew at a.kitchen and a.bar are doing their best to lend […]

Property

Tax Bill Provision Could Mean a Nasty Surprise When You Sell

Never mind the mortgage interest deduction. A proposed change in the rules that govern whether home sellers must pay capital gains taxes when they sell […]

City Life

Rich Main Liner Learns the Hard Way Not to Exploit Poor People

It’s Giving Tuesday, so everybody is writing stories about people who give and charities you can give to. But I thought that it’s an apt […]

Business

Todd Carmichael: Trump’s Tax Plan Will Destroy the Middle Class

La Colombe CEO Todd Carmichael is telling it as he sees it: the Republican tax bill that’s making its way through Congress would do nothing […]

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City Life

Have Philly Cabs Finally Figured Out How to Defeat Uber?

Maybe you can teach an old dog new tricks. For the first time since Uber and Lyft cars started popping up all over Philly, the […]

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City Life

Father, Grandmother Charged After 3-Year-Old Shoots Self

A three-year-old Philadelphia girl got hold of her father’s gun on Sunday and accidentally shot herself. Police say the child’s father, Terrance Williams, and grandmother, Barbara McGill, […]

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City Life

Police: Man Stabbed Victim Over Parking Dispute in Spring Garden

Police say a fight over parking in Spring Garden this weekend left one man in critical condition. According to officials, two men got into an argument […]

Philadelphia Wedding

How to Get a FREE Indochino Suit for Your Wedding Day

There’s no way around it — weddings are EXPENSIVE. Especially in Philadelphia. According to WeddingWire’s 2017 Newlywed Report, Philly had the sixth highest average wedding […]

Restaurants

Fishtown’s Lebanese Mega-Restaurant Is About to Open Its Market-Cafe

Suraya, Fishtown’s colossal Levant-inspired restaurant is just about there — but you might already know that. You can smell the meats on the grill and the manakish bubbling up in […]

Restaurants

The Main Line’s Dining Options Have Gotten a Lot More Diverse

Main Line residents will find more diverse dining options this year: Since summer, three new restaurants offering Asian and North African cuisine — which can be […]

Things to Do

The Painted Bride Is Selling Its Old City Building

Anybody want to buy an arts venue? The Painted Bride is selling its property at 230 Vine Street in Old City, where the arts organization […]