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Ori Feibush Offers $25,000 Reward for Info on South Philly Vandals

Point Breeze developer Ori Feibushis offering $25,000 to anyone who can identify seven people he says vandalized his OCF Realty office in Graduate Hospital on […]

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Otis & Pickles Speakeasy: A Craft Beer and Cocktail Bar for South Philly

Charlie Collazo of the Institute is working on another bar project, this one in deep South Philadelphia at the corner of 3rd and Porter. Otis & […]

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Taproom on 19th Is Offering a Hospitality Industry Thanksgiving

Michael Strauss of Taproom on 19th is reaching out to hospitality industry professionals who might not be able to get home for Thanksgiving to come […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]