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Features in FishtownLet Them Drink Wine: Long-Awaited Casual Wine Café Opens on Frankford Ave.
Fishtown’s restaurant scene continues to surge as one of the neighborhood’s newest additions opened its doors to the public on Thursday, March 10th. Fishtown Social, a casual and cozy wine…
Lindsey Miller | 03/16/2016 -
Features in Northern LibertiesJaxon: New BYOB Coming to Northern Liberties
701 N. 3rd Street will be home to Jaxon next week, a new BYOB restaurant located in Northern Liberties. The eatery will call the corner of North 3rd Street and…
Whitney Johnson | 03/10/2016 -
Features in Port RichmondAnything and Everything: Where Unique Antiques Call Home
You can find many a gem wandering the streets of Port Richmond, but few quite as rewarding as Anything and Everything, a 12,000 square foot warehouse that we discovered when…
Justin Helm | 03/09/2016 -
Features in FrancisvilleSt. Joseph’s Hospital Closing, Close to 700 Jobs to be Eliminated
According to CBS Philly, a consolidation move by North Philadelphia Health System (NPHS) will leave about 700 people jobless. NPHS announced the closure of St. Joseph’s Hospital months ago and…
Jordyn Cordner | 02/29/2016 -
Community in FishtownNew Grants To Pay for Public Safety, Business Engagement and Business Area Promotion Initiatives on East Girard
Change is coming to East Girard. On February 17th, the Fishtown Area Business Association (FABA), through a grant from the Penn Treaty Special Services District (PTSSD), received funding for several…
John Henry Scott | 02/25/2016 -
Features in FishtownFor Tobacco Use Only: Local Glass Art Gallery Gets Zoning Variance Approved by Community
Brad Bernstein, owner of Head Games Philly (HGP; 5-7 W. Girard Ave.), was recently gathering signatures for a petition to be presented at an upcoming FNA Zoning Board hearing. Licenses…
Ptah Gabrie | 02/10/2016 -
Features in BrewerytownCats and Coffee
A New Café Looks to Find Forever Homes for Philly's Strays Kathy Jordan is always thinking of ways to help Brewerytowns’ stray cats. Outside the storefront that will be Le…
Beth Boyle | 02/04/2016 -
Features in BrewerytownCrime & Punishment: Beer for Everyone
Brewerytown earned its namesake in the mid to late 1800’s when it was home to a number of breweries. Prohibition chased many of the original breweries out of the neighborhood…
Sean Kearney | 02/04/2016 -
Community in BrewerytownSarah’s Place: In Defiance of the Finer Things
Neighborhood bars are dropping like sloshed barflies at last call, at least according to recent statistics. A Nielsen Consumer Report from October 2015 states that an average of one in…
Joe Palinsky | 02/01/2016 -
Food in FairmountFairmount’s Bar Hygge Set to Open Soon
Keep your eyes peeled for the newest local tavern. According to Philadelphia Eater, Bar Hygge is set to open its doors as early as next week. Husband and wife Tom…
Thomas Beck | 01/29/2016 -
Features in Cecil B. MooreNorth Barbell: Masters of Movement
Walking along the 1000 block of West Dauphin street, a few blocks north of Temple’s campus, there is a nondescript set of three row homes lined with red bricks. The…
Thomas Weir | 01/28/2016 -
Food in Northern LibertiesWahlburgers Food Truck Now Offers Delivery, No Word on Whether It’s Actually a Transformer
According to a post on Philly Grub, January 21 marked the first day that Wahlburgers Food Truck, a.k.a WahlWheels, offered delivery service through grubHub. Delivery will be available during the food…
Grace Shallow | 01/22/2016