South Philadelphia
A South Philly Woman Voted in a Dinosaur Costume
Shaunna Van Elsis stopped this afternoon when she saw her Halloween costume still sitting on the floor of her room. She’d worn a giant inflatable […]
Video: In 2016, This Shit Still Happens to Gay People in Philly
If you haven’t been to South Philadelphia since the 1990s, a lot has changed. Yes, there are all sorts of trendy bars serving fancy beers, […]
WATCH: Residents Chase, Catch Runaway Pig on Washington Avenue
It was an ordinary Labor Day for Colin Weir — to begin with, at least. He was browsing a Facebook group for his neighborhood, Southwest […]
SausageFest Returns to South Philly
The South Philly SausageFest returns for a second year on Saturday, September 10th along West Passyunk Avenue between Broad and 15th Streets. The event, which […]
Watch: The Story of South Philly Barbacoa’s Cristina Martinez
As part of Bon Appetit’s Best New Restaurants coverage, the magazine produced a video on Cristina Martinez, the undocumented Mexican chef who runs the #6 restaurant on […]
South Philly Barbacoa Named to Bon Appetit Top Ten
Bon Appetit has announced its annual Hot 10 list of the best new restaurants in America and Philadelphia’s South Philly Barbacoa placed 6th on the list. Deputy editor Andrew […]
Philly Style Bagels Gets Best New Sandwich Nod
Bon Appetit is back praising Philadelphia. A week after naming South Philly Barbacoa and Wm. Mulherin’s Sons among the 50 best new restaurants in the country, […]
Two Philadelphia Restaurants Land on Bon Appetit’s Best New Restaurants List
Today Bon Appetit rolled out its 50 Best New Restaurants for 2016 and two Philadelphia restaurants make the cut. One might have been expected, the other is […]
Dept. of Minor Miracles: Nobody Is Parked on the Broad Street Median Today
This morning, South Philly residents awoke to see something most of them had never seen in their lifetimes: South Broad Street completely free of parked cars in […]
PPA: We’ll Tow Your Car If You Park In the Middle of Broad Street During DNC
People have been parking their cars in the middle of Broad Street for as long as anyone can remember, even though it’s against the law. […]
An Electric Light Mural Just Arrived in South Philly
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHEGCFSj2MK/ A light installation titled “Electric Street” just arrived in South Philly, and it looks exactly how it sounds. The mural is the brainchild of […]
Cops: Kids Pelted Homeless Man with Rocks
Philadelphia police are looking for a pair of heartless kids who tormented a homeless guy who was trying to seek shelter from the rain last month. The […]
Bok Adds Six New Tenants, Immersive Art Exhibit
The former Bok Technical High School — now just known as “Bok” and owned by Scout Ltd., added six new tenants and an immersive temporary […]
Man Robbed of $5,000 in Winnings Outside South Philly Turf Club
It’s as classic a crime as they come: Man wins big on a horse race and promptly has his winnings stolen from him as he’s […]
That House Out There: How’d This Place Wind Up on This Block?
The 4600 block of Kingsessing Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia—the listing refers to this area as “Cedarhill,” a name we’ve never encountered before—is a tidy block […]