Philadelphia Magazine

Fishtown

Business

City Fitness Opening New Gym (and Juice Bar!) on Fishtown’s Frankford Avenue

Get this, you guys: City Fitness is setting up shop on Frankford Avenue in Fishtown, and they’re building a brand new gym that will have […]

Be Well Philly

City Fitness Opening New Gym (and Juice Bar!) on Fishtown’s Frankford Avenue

Get this, you guys: City Fitness is setting up shop on Frankford Avenue in Fishtown, and they’re building a brand new gym that will have […]

Restaurants

Bankruptcy Round Up: Tony’s Baltimore Grill and Johnny Manana’s

Tony’s Baltimore Grill in Atlantic City has filed for bankruptcy. Co-owner Christopher Tarsitano tells the Atlantic City Press that a $715,000 bill for withdrawing from a pension […]

Restaurants

Quirky Cheesesteaks at Interstate Drafthouse

There’s always room for a good old cheesesteak, but every once in a while its nice to try something new. On the last Thursday of every month, […]

Property

Open House: Tour Fishtown’s Trenton Stables and Drink Some Beer, Too

We’ve seen a couple of really fun, outside-the-box open house events over the past year or so, and there’s another one happening tonight in Fishtown […]

Restaurants

Philly Style Bagels’ Opening Day Menu

Anyone who knows Philly Style Bagels from their pop-ups at Pizzeria Beddia is already counting the days to the official opening of their permanent shop in […]

Restaurants

Taco Time: Heffe Reviewed

They were taking the Christmas lights down at Heffe on the day I showed up. Everyone was wearing gloves and hats; collars  turned up against […]

Restaurants

Field Guide: The Best Places to Eat and Drink in Fishtown and Kensington

Maybe you think you know Frankford Avenue. You’ve met friends for table tennis, jenga and liters of German beer at Stephen Starr’s Frankford Hall. You’ve […]

Business

Philly’s Most Competitive Neighborhood For Home Buyers is…

Trivia question: What’s Philadelphia’s most competitive neighborhood for home buyers? Point Breeze? East Kensington? Northern Liberties? Nope. It’s Fishtown — home of gastropubs, record shops, […]

Restaurants

What’s Over & What’s Next

 

Property

Plans for Delaware Station Call for Event Spaces, Two Restaurants and Guest Rooms

The eyes of Bart Blatstein are not solely fixed upon Atlantic City these days. You may recall that he owns a few high-profile sites in […]

Restaurants

Girard on Girard Moving to Breakfast and Brunch Only

Just in time for its first anniversary, Girard on Girard is shifting its concept to focus on daily breakfast and brunch only. The change goes […]

Things to Do

Street Artist WRDSMTH Drops New Typewriter Stencils in Fishtown and Kensington

L.A.-based street artist WRDSMTH was in Philadelphia yesterday, where he left behind a couple of his iconic typewriter stencils in Fishtown and Kensington. The works […]

Property

SugarHouse Makes $1 Million Dollar Donation to Neighborhood Nonprofit

The SugarHouse Casino has made good on a pledge it had committed to over the summer: an annual contribution of $1 million to the Penn Treaty Special Services District […]

Restaurants

Front Street Cafe Now Open All Day

After gradually expanding its operations from breakfast into lunch/brunch, then into dinner, Fishtown’s Front Street Cafe celebrated with an official opening party last night. The […]