Local Business
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Local Business in Northern LibertiesUpdate on New Yards Brewing Company Brewery and Tasting Room
Yards Brewing Co. plans to build a brewery and tasting room in a portion of the former Destination Maternity building on Spring Garden Street. The Spring Garden location will…
Ruthann Alexander | 09/14/2016 -
Features in KensingtonA Taste of South Kensington: How a Community of Immigrants Has Become Defined by Its Food
Countless tales about the American Dream have started and ended within the industrial and post-industrial buildings of South Kensington. During the 19th century, European immigrants filed into the neighborhood’s…
Ptah Gabrie | 08/31/2016 -
Features in FishtownFishbox 2.0: Fishtown Start-Up Delivers a Solution to a Familiar Problem
Last year we introduced you to Napoleon Suarez, a Fishtown entrepreneur with a plan to solve a familiar problem for 9-to-5 workers in the Riverwards: the frustrating experience of…
Michael Hanisco | 08/25/2016 -
Features in FishtownListen to My Mantra: New Fishtown Studio Fueled by Mantra Meditation and Travelling Monks
Mantra Lounge wants to help you free your mind. The new mediation studio nestled along Girard Avenue is dedicated to live music mantra, which — through a session of collective…
Amy Strauss | 08/25/2016 -
Features in Fishtown30 Years at Les and Doreen’s: One of the Truest “Neighborhood Bars” Celebrates Its Pearl Anniversary
In my honest opinion, the moment Fishtown jumped the shark in terms of gentrification occurred when the Fishtown Tavern, formerly a beer and shot bar with a trough under…
Ptah Gabrie | 08/17/2016 -
Local BusinessSmall Biz a Focus at One DNC Meeting, Underserved Philly Communities Could Benefit — Well, Maybe …
During the DNC, Democrats met to discuss becoming the party for small business. Their goal is to form local committees and caucuses across the nation. They’ve already started in Oregon,…
Bob Stewart | 08/16/2016 -
A&EDistillers Row: Are the Riverwards Becoming a Booze Destination? These Six Local Distilleries Think So
Kentucky has her bourbon trail, Napa Valley has her wine and, soon, the narrow streets of the Riverwards will have their very own boozy claim to fame: Distiller’s Row.…
Shane English | 08/12/2016 -
Features in FairmountEye on Business: Brown Street Coffee and Bànhery in Fairmount
Vietnamese cuisine has come into fashion in Philadelphia over the last few years. Pho and banh mi restaurants have been popping up in neighborhoods across the city and the…
Sean Kearney | 08/10/2016 -
Features in Northern LibertiesRekindling The Fire: 16-Year-Old NoLibs Music Venue Set For Comeback Show This Saturday
Derek Dorsey is looking to make a big statement. Just a week shy of The Fire’s relaunch party on Aug. 13, I touched base with its longtime talent buyer and…
Amy Strauss | 08/10/2016 -
DNC 2016North Philly Neighborhoods Mentioned in DNC Labor Council Meetings
About 40 percent of kids in Philly go to bed hungry, Rev. Gregory Holston, Pastor at St. Matthew United Methodist church, explained to the Democratic Delegates gathered at the PA…
Bob Stewart | 07/28/2016 -
A&E in KensingtonThe Way of Peace, The Way of Love, The Way of Non-Violence: John Lewis Pre-Releases Graphic Novel at Amalgam
On Wednesday, June 27 a large and diverse crowd gathered inside of Amalgam Comics (2578 Frankford Avenue) for a special pre-release and signing of congressman and civil rights leader John…
Jordyn Cordner | 07/28/2016 -
Features in PoplarB’ella Ballerina: Where Every Ballerina is Beautiful, Inside and Out
When I arrive early at a small studio space at 1124 Buttonwood Street, I’m greeted by owner Roneisha Smith-Davis, a lifelong dancer-turned-studio-director. She’s very busy when I enter, answering…
Jordyn Cordner | 07/28/2016