Philadelphia Magazine

Politics

Restaurants

Montco Senator Wants to Loosen PA Beer Laws

Pennsylvania Senator John Rafferty staged a rally in Harrisburg yesterday to drum up support for opening up the beer selling market to supermarkets and convenience […]

Restaurants

Food for Thought: We’re So Euro

When it comes to tasty imports, New York’s got nothing on Philly. Why we’ve become the test market for European chains BY JOY MANNING When […]

Restaurants

Beer As Peace Maker

Beer and politics go front and center tonight as Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., Cambridge Police officer Sgt. James Crowley and President Obama sit […]

Restaurants

City Council Passes Labeling Measure

City Council passed a bill that come 2010 will require restaurant chains to list nutritional information. Independent operators are exempt, an industry group was critical […]

Restaurants

Updated Election Day Deals

We’ve updated our Election Day Get Togethers post 7 or 8 times already so make sure you take a look for the latest places to […]

Restaurants

Election Day Get Togethers

We have to admit, we aren’t very excited about election parties. Maybe it’s our Inner Quaker who believes that politics are a personal matter, or […]

Restaurants

Pope + Palin + Pub = Conspiracy Theory

Image via Metro Philadelphia Quite a storm developed when we posted that Sarah Palin was headed to the Irish Pub for the Presidential debate tonight. […]

Restaurants

This Week’s Sign Of The Apocalypse

Sarah Palin will be watching the presidential debate (if it happens) from the Irish Pub. Fox 29 leaves out which Irish pub on Walnut Street. […]

Restaurants

This Week’s Sign Of The Apocalypse

Sarah Palin will be watching the presidential debate (if it happens) from the Irish Pub. Fox 29 leaves out which Irish pub on Walnut Street. […]

Restaurants

Jumbo Opposition

Nothing like a nightspot to bring together community groups. Developer Avram Hornik looks to have a battle on his hands regarding reopening the Jumbo Theatre […]

Restaurants

PA Smoking Ban Becoming Reality

The Pennsylvania State Senate has approved a bill to ban smoking in public spaces across Pennsylvania. The bill will not weaken Philadelphia’s ban and it […]

Restaurants

Morning News with More Reasons to Love/Hate Starr

Don’t ever feel bad for Stephen Starr, he has two of the highest-grossing independent restaurants in America: Buddakan and Morimoto (the New York branches, of […]

Restaurants

It Just Made Too Much Sense

The notion that in Pennsylvania you might be able to get a six pack from a beer distributor or gasp, 3 six packs from a […]

Restaurants

Don’t Forget To Vote

And where does Michael Nutter dine on the night before the election? You might guess he’s rubbing elbows with big wigs at a Broad Street […]

Restaurants

Save The Date!

It looks like the Rick’s Steaks v. Reading Terminal Fireworks will drag on to summer time. The Court of Common Pleas has set the trial […]