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Le Virtu, Brigantessa Raising Money for Italian Earthquake Relief

With the devastating earthquake that struck central Italy earlier this week, more than 600 restaurants have begun donating €2 euro towards earthquake relief for every plate […]

Clinton and Obama
City Life

Obama to Campaign for Clinton in Philadelphia

President Barack Obama will return to Philadelphia on September 13th to campaign for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, according to the Clinton campaign. Obama is expected […]

City

Why We Loved Carlos Ruiz So Much

The ball bounced in front of the plate, and it looked like Roy Halladay’s no-hitter was over. It was the first game of the 2010 […]

Citified

Kenney’s Alliance With Johnny Doc Looks Worse By the Day

I had a nice little chuckle the other day when I was reading the latest installment in a growing series of Inquirer stories about FBI investigations involving local […]

City Life

Hundreds of State Workers Might Soon Be Outed as Porngate Participants

The latest chapter in the Porngate saga arrived Wednesday when an email was sent to hundreds of state workers that said they would soon be outed as having exchanged pornographic […]

City Life

Joe Biden to Visit Amtrak’s Wilmington Station Today

Vice President Joe Biden will speak at the Wilmington, Delaware train station that bears his name today at 3 p.m. to announce new funding for […]

Restaurants

Watch: The Story of South Philly Barbacoa’s Cristina Martinez

As part of Bon Appetit’s Best New Restaurants coverage, the magazine produced a video on Cristina Martinez, the undocumented Mexican chef who runs the #6 restaurant on […]

City Life

Sixers Trade Kendall Marshall for Tibor Pleiss, Draft Picks

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, the Philadelphia 76ers have traded point guard Kendall Marshall to the Utah Jazz for Tibor Pleiss, two future […]

Restaurants

Paesano’s Opens at Temple, NoLibs Moves; Menu Expands

Paesano’s Old Style Sandwiches officially says goodbye to its original location at 152 West Girard Avenue as it opens this morning at 148 West Girard […]

Pat Toomey; Bob Casey
City

Someone Made Incredible, Weird, Awful Songs About Pat Toomey and Bob Casey

Yesterday I came across a song by a group called Papa Razzi and the Photogs that had a curious title. “Song About Pat Toomey, Believer […]

City Life

Seamus McCaffery Makes the Rounds With GOP AG Candidate

Seamus McCaffery, the former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice who resigned after getting caught swapping pornographic emails, is still moving and shaking in Philadelphia’s political scene. He […]

Manayunk hit and run
City

Cops: Drunk Driver Hits Police Sergeant on Main Street in Manayunk

A drunk driver on Manayunk’s Main Street struck a police sergeant who was making a traffic stop this morning, cops say. Photos on the scene […]

Restaurants

Standard Tap/Johnny Brenda’s Owners Opening in Kensington

William Reed and Paul Kimport, who were early movers in Northern Liberties and Fishtown with Standard Tap and Johnny Brenda’s are now gazing towards Kensington. According […]

Citified

20 Days of Silence: Bobby Henon Still Won’t Talk About the FBI Raids

Twenty days ago, the offices of Council Majority Leader Bobby Henon — as well as the home of his powerful ally John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty — were raided by […]

Citified

The Best Zingers From Former City Rep.’s Lawsuit Against Controller Alan Butkovitz

Former City Representative Desiree Peterkin Bell sued City Controller Alan Butkovitz yesterday, claiming he defamed her earlier this month by saying she used a city-established nonprofit “as […]