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All You Can Eat Crab Legs at Warmdaddy’s

Finally, somewhere you can dive into all you can eat Alaskan Crab Legs on a Tuesday night. And that place is Warmdaddy’s on Columbus Blvd. […]

City Life

South Philly Smells Like Cat Pee, And It’s New Jersey’s Fault

Last week, the Passyunk Post wondered where the pervasive cat urine smell in South Philly was coming from. There had been numerous anecdotal reports of […]

City Life

SS United States Could Move to Brooklyn in Months

Lost your artsy friends to Brooklyn sometime recently? It could get worse: The SS United States may move to Brooklyn in a matter of months! […]

City Life

City Releases 911 Tapes in SW Philly Fire

City officials on Tuesday continued to battle allegations that fire crews were slow to respond to Saturday’s deadly blaze in Southwest Philly, releasing 911 tapes […]

Restaurants

Golden Tickets at Geno’s Steaks

Don’t be so quick to crumble up those cheesesteak wrappers because for the month of July, Geno’s Steaks is hiding golden tickets in five of them. […]

City Life

Pennsport Teens Buying Alcohol from Cornhole-Playing Men Under I-95

And now for another edition of Drunk, Out of Control Philadelphia Teenagers! Last month at a Radio 104.5 block party show at the Piazza, some […]

Restaurants

Elijah Milligan Rolls Out First Menu at Tap Room on 19th

Elijah Milligan (formerly of Laurel, Stateside, Le Bec Fin) has been on the job at Tap Room on 19th for about two weeks now and […]

Restaurants

Tale of the Tape: Cheesesteak at John’s Roast Pork

John’s Roast Pork winds up on the top of more cheesesteak lists than any other cheesesteak joint and that’s despite the fact that the cheesesteak might just […]

Things to Do

PHOTOS: Craft Beer Day and the Italian National Day Festival on East Passyunk Avenue

On Sunday South Philly played host to a two-fer street party on East Passyunk Avenue. First, eight bars in the neighborhood helped kick off Philly Beer Week with Craft […]

City

Authorities: South Philly Man Stored Deer Blood, Carcasses to Stage Crashes

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced yesterday the results of a 16-month grand jury investigation: 41 people charged in a massive insurance fraud scam. The […]

Restaurants

New Chef for Tap Room on 19th

Tap Room on 19th in the Girard Estate neighborhood has received positive note since Michael Strauss and his team took over. Part of that praise included the […]

Restaurants

Lamb Sloppy Joe at Taproom on 19th

We spotted this Instagram photo from Ron Templeman. It’s a lamb sloppy Joe that you can find on the menu at Tap room on 19th […]

Restaurants

Italiano’s To Return

The Passyunk Post is reporting that South Philadelphia water ice institution, Italiano’s is going to return after a year hiatus. The house that sells water […]

City

There Is a Dead Whale Floating in the Delaware River

NBC 10’s Dan Stamm reports there is a dead whale floating in the Delaware River, and it’s been there for at least a few days. […]

Restaurants

Cherry Bomb Bus Getting Out the Vote

Jennifer Zavala is bringing her Cherry Bomb Bus to South Philadelphia’s Tap Room on 19th tonight to cook up some of her favorite dishes from her food […]