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13 Things You Might Not Know About Octavius Catto
Octavius V. Catto, the charismatic black educator, orator, civil rights activist and baseball player, was shot to death outside his home at 8th and Lombard […]
Buckminster’s Is Closing
Buckminster’s at 21st and Federal is calling it quits after just under seven months. The Point Breeze restaurant by Michael Pasquarello of 13th Street Kitchens […]
Fishtown Gets a Pop-Up Beer Garden
Wooder Ice has the scoop on the just opened pop-up beer garden adjacent to Heffe Tacos at Frankford and Marlborough. Heffe owner Peter McAndrews has […]
Exotic Dancer Accuses Eagles Player Nelson Agholor of Rape
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly. Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor has been accused of raping a dancer at Cheerleaders […]
10,000 Early Adopters Can Use SEPTA Key Cards on Monday
On Monday at 6 a.m., after months of delays and false starts, customers will be able to purchase SEPTA Key cards to use on buses, […]
Police: Woman Slashed in Face on Schuylkill River Trail
Police say a 24-year-old woman was attacked on the Schuylkill River Trail around 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon, according to multiple news reports. The woman was […]
Update: Royal Sushi and Izakaya Opening This Summer (Allegedly)
The long awaited and very, VERY (almost five years) delayed Royal Sushi and Izakaya may finally be opening soon. Jesse Ito told us that they […]
Park Towne Place: A Look Inside Philadelphia’s Newest Art Gallery
Park Towne Place, the 959-unit apartment complex on the Ben Franklin Parkway, sits right across the street from the Rodin Museum and just down the block from […]
A Midcentury Modern Apartment Complex Gets a 21st-Century Redo
I will confess it’s a little unsettling to report on a ribbon-cutting that includes the unveiling of a historic plaque on an apartment complex that was […]
Chef Matt Zagorski Rolls Out New Menu at Pennsylvania 6
A familiar name is now the executive chef at Pennsylvania 6. Mathew Zagorski, who was the main man at Hickory Lane and Rouge also worked […]
Report: Brandon Ingram to Work Out For Sixers on Monday
According to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports, the Sixers will hold a private workout and interview with Duke forward Brandon Ingram on Monday. The Sixers have […]
Phillies Select Mickey Moniak with First Overall Pick in Draft
Who’s the first pick in the draft and he was taken by Philly? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-N-I-A-K. Er, yes. The Phillies took La Costa Canyon High School […]
Will Philly’s Soda Tax Make Coca-Cola the Next Philip Morris?
In 1973, Arizona became the first state in America to restrict smoking in some public places. Four years later, Berkeley, Calif., became the first city in the […]
Council Demanding Answers on Use of Soda Tax Funds
Mayor Jim Kenney’s push to pass a soda tax in Philadelphia, which could culminate next week with a City Council vote on a 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax […]
Craftsman Row Has A New Dinner Menu
Craftsman Row Saloon has been going through some changes lately. Lot’s of changes, actually. First, there’s just the fact that it exists (in the former […]