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Martin O’Malley Is Coming to the Controversial Point Breeze Beer Garden

The Point Breeze pop-up beer garden has had a lot of ups and downs this summer. Philadelphia’s Licenses & Inspections department shut it down in […]

Restaurants

Coeur Promises Everyday Appeal

Coeur, the new restaurant from Leigh Maida, Brendan Hartranft and Brendan Kelly have announced that the grand opening of their Bella Vista restaurant will be September […]

City Life

Cat Cafes Are a Really Stupid Idea

News that a second cat café is opening in Philly has made me goggle anew at human stupidity. For most of my life, I’ve had […]

City Life

Big State Oil Train Report Calls for Positive Train Control, 26 Other Safety Measures

A new report is offering 27 recommendations on how the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the companies that use trains to transport volatile crude oil across the […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow Crashed a Wedding in Dublin Over the Weekend

This lovely Monday morning, we bring you the latest crashing of a wedding by a celeb—and it’s a good one! Because it’s actually celebs. Funnywoman […]

City Life

Joel Embiid to Have Season-Ending Surgery Tuesday

Joel Embiid was a (damaged) star prospect when he was drafted third overall by the Sixers in 2014. Now, he’ll have to wait at least […]

Things to Do

There’s a Free Stevie Wonder Concert at Dilworth Park Today

Stevie Wonder will play a surprise pop-up concert at Dilworth Park today, sources confirmed to Philadelphia magazine. Live Nation hinted at the free concert yesterday. […]

Property

Commission Approves Plan for Commercial Building Next to the Boyd Theatre

The Historical Commission gave its collective thumbs up to the plans for a new commercial encompassing 1900-06 Chestnut Street, adjacent to the former Boyd Theatre. Although […]

Restaurants

Let Fette Sau Cater Your Fantasy Football Draft

Football season is just around the corner, and more importantly to many, it is fantasy football draft season. And Fette Sau is offering a special […]

City Life

Report: Former Penn State Basketball Player Detained on Suspicion of Terrorism

A former Penn State basketball player was reportedly detained on suspicion of terrorism as he tried to join his new team in France, his European […]

Donald Trump ascends the stairs with his fist raised after the opening of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. on April 5, 1990.
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The Truth About the Rise and Fall of Donald Trump’s Atlantic City Empire

It’s an April Sunday in Atlantic City in 1989. Though it’s early spring, the boardwalk is packed outside Trump Plaza and the convention hall next […]

City Life

In Philadelphia Sports, It’s 1972 All Over Again

Housing values are soaring in Point Breeze, Grays Ferry and Kensington, of all places. The restaurant boom continues along East Passyunk Avenue. Millennials are piling […]

Restaurants

Hipsters and Grandpas: Triangle Tavern Reviewed

There’s only so much you can tell about a restaurant from its staff’s sartorial choices. But Triangle Tavern’s bar — whose bulbous edge gleams darkly with […]

City Life

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Restaurants

The Dirt: What To Get At The Farmers Market This Weekend

Let’s just admit it: nobody has any idea what’s going on with the Pope’s visit, especially where food is concerned. Are restaurants going to be […]