Sassafras in Old City is now offering lunch. The menu feature sirloin, ostrich and bison burgers as well as a grilled cheese with apricot jam (pictured), […]
Restaurateur Avram Hornik opened Old City bar Lucy’s Hat Shop at Third and Market in 1998, which seems like a long time ago until you […]
Hoopskirt. It’s tough to find a condo building in town that has a name that’s more fun to repeat than this one. “Top-floor Hoopskirt” is […]
Last week’s report that Jose Garces had signed a lease to the original Bookbinders space at 2nd and Walnut created more questions than it answered. […]
Here’s one way to keep the public excited. CBS Philly reports on “the march toward creation of the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia” […]
And yes, we have a copy of that menu, so you can plan your assault on it in advance of hitting the brand new bar […]
Over at the Insider, they’re reporting that Jose Garces has recently signed a lease on the Old Original Bookbinder’s space at 2nd and Walnut. This […]
Yesterday (and about once a year, apparently), the New York Times profiled “up-and-coming” Fishtown. Seems they’re also taking interest in a decidedly not up-and-coming area: Old City. […]
Philly Mag Shops takes over the shopping scene this Sunday! Score top fall picks from over 30 of the region’s top boutiques and designers at […]
The Fodor’s 100 Hotel Awards is pretty much what it sounds like: a contest honoring the best 100 hotels around the world. And Philly’s own […]
At 11:36 this morning, an alarm went off at the Fourth and Arch streets firehouse that’s known commonly as the Ben Franklin Firehouse. As emergency […]
Either an ambulance or a firetruck exploded at the Engine 8, Ladder 2 historic firehouse at Fourth and Arch. Details are scarce right now, […]
United By Blue‘s new Old City flagship is as cool as you’d imagine it would be: Everything in the shop was salvaged (mostly from Samuel Machinery […]
This is just a charmer, no doubt about it, and so iconically Old City. Little Quarry Street isn’t even a street, really — just a […]
Today is the official opening day of High Street on Market, the new concept in the former Fork, Etc. space by the team behind Fork: […]
