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All You Can Eat Steak Frites at Garces Trading Company

Garces Trading Company has brought back one of its most popular promotions, endless steak frites on Tuesday nights. For $35 per person, you get unlimited […]

City Life

Off-Duty Police Sergeant Dies in One-Vehicle Accident

An off-duty Philadelphia Police sergeant died after a single-vehicle wreck late Saturday night. Police say Rafael Ali, 32, was driving southbound on the 6000 block […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Gabrielle Union Celebrated Her Upcoming Anniversary By Revealing Never-Before-Seen Photos of Her Gorgeous Wedding Gown

We fell in love with Gabrielle Union’s custom Dennis Basso wedding gown when she first shared photos of her nuptials to basketball star Dwyane Wade last year, and […]

City Life

This Infographic Shows How Wildly Successful Philly’s Indego Bike Share Is

The news about Philly’s bike share system has been almost exclusively good since it launched in April (almost). Indego reached 8,000 rides in its first week, then 65,000 rides in its first […]

City Life

There’s Good Cheating and Bad Cheating — Here’s How to Tell the Difference

There’s been a lot of gleeful moralizing surrounding the Ashley Madison hack. I assume those who are gloating have never cheated on a lover, never […]

Restaurants

Aprons Soul Food Coming to 26th and Washington

The former Moe’s Hot Dogs is getting a new tenant. Aprons Soul Food, which for a time operated near Temple’s campus at 1621 Cecil B. […]

City Life

Man Robs Center City 7-Eleven Using Pepper Spray

A couple of weeks ago, we told you about a man who allegedly robbed cigarettes from a Wawa simply by shoving the cashier, and now […]

Restaurants

Spotted: Santucci’s Coming to North Broad

A tipster let us in on this juicy tidbit. There’s a Santucci’s (expansion of the South Philly brand) coming to North Broad Street. Signs in the […]

City Life

Biden Pondering Presidential Run

Vice President Joe Biden — the Scranton native and former longtime U.S. Senator from Delaware — is pondering a late entry into the 2016 presidential […]

Property

500 Walnut Secures Construction Loan, Sees Big-Time Sales

The classy and glassy high-rise behind Independence Hall has moved yet another step forward. 500 Walnut officially broke ground in March, and construction has been humming […]

City Life

Eight Great College Football Games to See (in Person) This Fall

Football is under siege — from parents, doctors, academics, a Kennedy, even from Buzz Bissinger, the guy who wrote the definitive book on football, Friday […]

City Life

Department of Secret Shore Awesomeness: The Brigantine Day Trip

I’ll admit that I never quite saw the allure of the day trip. For as much as I love the Jersey shore (as in, so, […]

Restaurants

The Revisit: Vernick Food + Drink

Every restaurant has an inaugural “regular,” and for Vernick, it was me. At least that’s what chef Greg Vernick divulged, with a chuckle, when I […]

City Life

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City Life

Kathleen Kane on Report of Seth Williams Probe: Don’t Look at Me

[Update: 2:30 p.m., Aug. 22.] In a statement released late Friday, the campaign committee of Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams denied that it was the […]