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Philly Restaurant Week Dates Set, New Participants Announced

This fall, the Center City District’s Restaurant Week will run from September 30th to October 5th and from October 7th to October 12th. It will […]

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Man Made Off With $1,000-$2,000 in Bank Robbery at 1818 Market Street

The Republic Bank on the ground floor of 1818 Market Street was robbed on Tuesday afternoon. A Philadelphia Police Department representative says that a suspect—described […]

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Funeral Services Set for “Butterball” Tamburro

A funeral mass for iconic Philadelphia DJ Joseph “Butterball” Tamburro has been scheduled for Thursday morning at Ss. Peter and Paul at 18th and the […]

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Police Investigate After Decomposing Body Found in Center City

Police are investigating a case after a decomposing body was found inside a Center City building. Detectives are investigating the scene on the 200 block […]

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Police Shoot Gunman Outside City Hall

Philadelphia Police officers opened fire on a man who allegedly pointed a gun at them outside City Hall this morning. Witnesses say that the man […]

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Mayor Nutter Won’t Let a 16-Year-Old A-Hole Ruin Philly’s Reputation

Philly’s July 4th celebration on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway featured a number of popular musical acts including the homegrown Legendary Roots Crew and a surprise […]

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National Constitution Center Honors Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali will receive the 2012 Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center as a part of a ceremony to honor the 225th anniversary of […]

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26 Occupy Protesters Arrested in Center City

Philadelphia Police arrested 26 Occupy protesters outside of the Convention Center on Sunday evening. Bike officers reportedly corralled 20 men and six women who were […]

Restaurants

Center City Sips Picks to Stay Cool

It’s Center City Sips this evening and today we’re thinking who will have the best air conditioning. Hotels rarely skimp on the a/c so we’re […]

City Life

Flagship Walgreens Gets Zoning Approval in Center City

The proposed “flagship Walgreens” has gotten city zoning approval to take the place of the Borders that was at Broad and Walnut Streets. It’s being […]

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World’s Only Person Cured of HIV Visits Philly

The only person in the world who has been cured of HIV will be at the Prevention and Outreach Summit at the Philadelphia Convention Center […]

Restaurants

Inside Le Bec-Fin: Counting Down To Opening Night

As we talked about late last week, Le Bec-Fin is getting ready for their official public opening tomorrow night, but that doesn’t mean the crew […]

Restaurants

Fish Returns for Center City Sips

So it turns out that Fish, after all the recent ups, downs, and confusion, is reopening sooner than previously thought. Before regular service re-launches (hopefully […]

City Life

Live Stream of the Line at Shake Shack’s Grand Opening

Some of us have already had the pleasure of tasting the deliciousness of Shake Shack *breathes on knuckles, rubs on shirt*. Luckily for the rest […]

Restaurants

The Real Deals of Center City Sips

  Center City Sips runs of every Wednesday night through the end of summer offering happy hour deals. In the past few years we’ve seen some crappy […]