South Philadelphia
The Most Important Philly Restaurants of the Decade
There are restaurants that come and go, filling voids and hopping trends, and there are restaurants that change the game completely. Generational spots that, when […]
They Love Supermarket Sweep, So This Guy Proposed with a Philly Version of the Game Show
As the year winds down, the number of proposals ratchets up. It’s pretty much science. (It’s also why December is Proposal Month here at Philadelphia […]
The City’s $200M Plan to Save South Philly’s FDR Park
This article is one piece of a bigger story on climate change in Philadelphia. You can read the full story here. Philly’s sole estuary park […]
South Philly Barbacoa Tacos Are Now Available Seven Days a Week
The best way to experience South Philly Barbacoa‘s extremely hyped tacos is to order them by weight, so they come with all the fixings – toppings, […]
This Philly Musician Knew Just The Place to Propose: Under the TLA Marquee
What do you do when a) you met the love of your life talking about music, b) you’re in a Philly band, and c) your […]
South Philly’s Ridiculously Out of Place Asterix Mural Is Being Demolished This Week
There are a lot of murals in Philadelphia. The city’s Mural Arts program has put up some 4,000 murals throughout the city during its 33-year […]
Bok Building BBQ Spot South Philly Smökhaus Has Closed
After less than a year in the ground floor of the Bok Building, barbecue spot South Philly Smökhaus has closed. The announcement comes four weeks after […]
South Philly Just Got Another Chef-Driven, Members-Only Restaurant
Messina Social Club, a revamp of a 110-year-old South Philly institution, softly opened over the holiday weekend. Chef-restaurateur Jason Cichonski and Ampere Capital Group are behind the revival […]
Can South Philly Hold On to What’s Always Made It Unique?
In the late summer of 1981, very much against my Catholic mother’s wishes, I had just moved into a rowhouse at 17th and Naudain — […]
South Philly Is Changing
It’s our most famous neighborhood — a place defined by its immigrants and its characters, by intermingling (sometimes clashing) cultures, and by near-constant change. Where […]
Quiz: How Well Do You Know South Philly?
How well do you know the South’s quirky neighborhood trivia and traditions? Let’s find out.
Racial Discrimination Is the Legacy South Philly Can’t Seem to Outgrow
I always had a visceral dislike for Frank Sinatra,” says Tayyib Smith, owner of Little Giant Creative and co-owner of Pipeline Philly, “and I realized […]
A Brief Timeline of South Philly Through the Ages
40,000 BCE– 10,000 BCE Paleolithic peoples enter North America. The Lenape settle territory along the Delaware Watershed. Buffalo roam. 1631 Dutch settlers establish a foothold […]
Eat This Now: Indonesian Street Fare at Pennsport’s Sophie Food Truck
Head to South Philly’s Mifflin Square Park on a hot summer evening and you’ll see some familiar sights: neighbors chatting on benches and walking their dogs, […]
South Philly Woman Offers $1,000 for Return of Passport Stolen From Sprouts Market
For most people who have a passport stolen, it’s an inconvenience but not the end of the world. But for South Philadelphia resident Rebecca O’Leary, […]