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Center City Banh Mi and Rotisserie, Rotisseur Closes

Rotisseur, Center City’s rotisserie chicken spot on 21st Street near Chestnut has closed after five years in business. Owner Aaron Matzkin posted a note on […]

City Life

10 Things You Might Not Know About Philly’s June 1919 Anarchist Bombings

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling blocking President Obama‘s executive actions on immigration. A terrible hate crime against a club full of mostly Latino gays in Orlando. Foreigners blamed […]

Primaries
City Life

Report: Pennsylvania Primaries Fifth Most-Expensive in the Nation

Nonprofit Open Primaries released a recent study that claims to highlight how much the primaries cost taxpayers this year, and Pennsylvania primaries were the fifth most-expensive in […]

Atlantic City beach at night
City Life

Atlantic City Union Reaches Deal With Three Casinos

UPDATE, 4:45 p.m.: Per The Press of Atlantic City, workers at the Tropicana Casino have reached a tentative agreement with management. Only the Trump Taj […]

Restaurants

Buying Cool: Wm. Mulherin’s Sons Reviewed

Wm. Mulherin’s Sons is the best-smelling restaurant I’ve been to all year. It’s pretty, sure. Big, new, shiny, polished, fitted out with rich woods, artisan […]

Restaurants

Yes, You Can Get a Free Wawa Hoagie Today

It has begun. From noon to 1 p.m. at the Independence Mall on 6th and Market streets, you can get your hands on a (free!) hoagie […]

Property

In Nicetown, A Green Building Celebration

The future of green building, clad in yellow vinyl siding, took center stage on a street just a stone’s throw from Wayne Junction Regional Rail […]

City

Church to Hold “DNC Freedom School” for Protesters

In the summer of 1964, the Mississippi Freedom Schools were an alternative education program for black students that, among other things, taught non-violent resistance and […]

Restaurants

Sneak Peek at Nicholas Elmi’s Bar, ITV

ITV, the bar from Laurel’s Nicholas Elmi officially opens this Saturday, July 2nd at 1615 East Passyunk Avenue. Elmi has been planning the bar next […]

City Life

Why the Co-Owner of One of Philly’s Favorite Taquerias Was in Jail Yesterday

The simple story is this: Yesterday, for about an hour or so, the I-676 ramp at Vine street was blocked by a 13-year-old boy, a […]

Restaurants

Le Virtu And Brigantessa Are Bringing The Heat In July

This summer, both of Joe Cicala‘s Italian restaurants, Le Virtu and Brigantessa, will be celebrating “La Sagra del Peperoncino”–a week-long party dedicated to the love […]

teacher vacancies
City Life

Philadelphia School District: We’ve Filled 99 Percent of Teacher Vacancies

Philadelphia School District superintendent William R. Hite Jr. announced Wednesday that the school district is on track to have all teacher vacancies filled by the […]

SEPTA Fourth of July Service
City Life

SEPTA Adding Fourth of July Service

SEPTA will run extra service on the Fourth of July for the Wawa Welcome America celebration. For SEPTA Fourth of July Service, all Regional Rail, bus, […]

Citified

The No-Bullshit Guide to the 2016 Pennsylvania Budget Battle

It’s budget season once again in Harrisburg. Or more accurately, it’s still budget season. Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican leaders in the state House and Senate […]

City Life

SEPTA to Rename 5th Street Station

On Thursday, SEPTA will announce a new name for 5th Street Station on the Market-Frankford line, according to a press release from the transit agency. The […]