South Street West
Founding Fathers Sports Bar Opens Today
Founding Fathers Sports Bar and Grill opens today. The bar is located at 1612 South Street and features a clean design and a lot of very […]
PHS Pop-Up Garden Brings in 50,000 Visitors
This Old City looks at the economic impact of this season’s pop-up garden by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. More than 52,000 people visited the beer […]
REX 1516’s Burger Series for October
REX 1516’s Citywide Special Burger Series has been a big success and the South Street restaurant has just announced its upcoming participants. Today, FOX 29’s […]
Tonight: Foobooz Burger at Rex 1516
Tonight, Tuesday, September 2nd, Rex 1516’s Justin Swain is taking my idea for a Welsh Rarebit burger and turning it into a reality. The Welsh Medium […]
Rex 1516 Continues Guest Burger Series
Rex 1516 is continuing its guest burger chef series through August. This month, chefs Jeremy Nolen, Kevin Sbraga and George Sabatino will be participating. Sabatino, […]
Where We’re Eating: Entrée
One recent evening, after picking up a four-pack of Allagash at Cambridge — the go-to place in this ’hood for quality takeout beer — I […]
Guest Burger Chef Series at REX 1516
Starting today, Tuesday, July 1st, and continuing throughout the summer, REX 1516 will be hosting a Guest Chef Burger Series. Each week, the restaurant will […]
New Menus Roll Out at Rex 1516
South Street’s REX 1516 is rolling out new dinner and dessert menus this weekend. Justin Swain’s new menu is inspired by Southern and Philadelphia backyard […]
Promising Design Coming to Cafe at 15th and South
Little Spoon Cafe is coming to 15th and South Streets. Naked Philly has many of the details on the coffee shop and cafe by area residents, […]
The Revisit: Rex 1516
Restaurant chefs sure ain’t what they used to be. Once they were stalwarts who manned the stoves in obscurity, if not outright anonymity, cooking for […]
Celebrate Spring with a South Street West Bar Stroll
On Saturday, April 26th South Street West bars are celebrating that spring has sprung with a special bar stroll. The event is a day-long happy […]
Morning Headlines: Renderings of Proposed South Street Homes Released by JKR Partners
A five-story building with 32 residential units and some retail is proposed for a lot previously used by the Jamaican Jerk Hut on the 1400 […]
Bell’s Beers Take Over the Cambridge
Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26th, Chris and Heather Fetfatzes, who saw their Hawthornes Cafe closed by fire on Monday, will be hosting a huge Bell’s Brewery takeover […]
Liquor License Spotted on South Street West
There is a new liquor license application up in the window at 1612 South Street, a mix-use project that’s nearing completion on the growing South […]
One Burger, One Shot and One Beer at Rex 1516
Every Tuesday, Rex 1516′s chef Justin Swain will reveal the restaurant’s weekly burger special. The burger, which is available on Tuesday and Wednesday evening at the South Street […]