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Michael Solomonov Is Cooking Cheesesteaks At Pat’s

You may not agree that Pat’s King of Steaks has the best cheesesteak in Philadelphia, but you do have to concede that chef Michael Solomonov’s […]

City Life

Jahlil Okafor Scrimmages, Hopes To Be Ready For Regular Season Opener

Center Jahlil Okafor participated in 5-on-5 scrimmages today for the Sixers, the first full scrimmage he’s taken part in since September 30th, when he experienced soreness in […]

12 Angry Men parody - 11 men with the Phanatic photoshopped in
City

The Phillie Phanatic Had Jury Duty Today

Is the Constitutional right to a fair trial abrogated when one of the jurors is the Phillie Phanatic? That’s the question I have after the […]

City Life

Bill to Legalize UberX and Lyft Nears a Final Vote

A bill to legalize UberX and Lyft in Pennsylvania permanently is reaching the final stages in the state legislature this week. The bill can’t come […]

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City Life

Eagles Troll the NFL’s New Social Media Policy

EXCLUSIVE highlight of Malcolm's pick. #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/AiP7FYe3Nf — Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) October 16, 2016 Last week, news broke of the NFL’s new rules for social […]

Restaurants

Whiskey Fest Set for Thursday, October 27th

Philadelphia magazine’s Whiskey Fest is of course about whiskey but that isn’t all. As you may have noticed, the exact branding is Whiskey and Fine Spirits Fest, […]

City Life

SEPTA Union Votes to Authorize Strike

The Regional Rail fiasco may have just ended, but SEPTA’s woes are far from over. The roughly 5,000-member Transport Workers Union Local 234, which represents […]

Property

Hard Hat Tour: Van Pelt Mews

It seems that architect Cecil Baker has the golden touch these days. Not only is he the emergency surgeon of choice for ailing projects, having […]

City Life

Injuries to Simmons, Bayless Shouldn’t Cause Sixers to Panic

Earlier this week guard J.R. Smith signed a 4 year, $57 million contract to return to the NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers. At 31 years old […]

City Life

Three Philly Elections That Were Even Worse Than This One

This week Donald Trump told the world to be very, very wary of Philadelphians in this election. He said we were going to steal the […]

City Life

Likes and Dislikes: Embiid’s Defensive Awareness Developed Beyond His Years

Each week we’ll focus on a couple of aspects that we both like and dislike over the past week of 76ers basketball. You can read […]

Restaurants

Limited Edition Reuben Pizza At Pizzeria Vetri

Pizzeria Vetri‘s “Pizza Jawn” series is a quarterly event where the Vetri team buddies up with a chef outside the family to collaborate on a […]

Dan McQuade, in various Halloween costumes
City Life

Why Philly Is a Great Place for Trick-or-Treating

Halloween is the best holiday. Kids dress up in cute costumes and go around door-to-door telling people to give them candy or else. Then adults […]

Restaurants

What You’ll Be Eating and Drinking at the New Whole Foods

The enormous new flagship Whole Foods is now open at 22nd and Pennsylvania Avenue and it is impressive. It’s by far the biggest supermarket in […]

City Life

Former Phillies Star Curt Schilling Painfully Defends Donald Trump

How nice would it be to hit the rewind button on the world? Oh, sure, we’d have to give up our iPads and Netflix, but […]