We’d like to tell you that Jim and Kristina Burke----the culinary couple behind the Bella Vista restaurant James----are moving their restaurant to a larger space in order to accommodate all their accolades and awards, but, sadly, this is not the case. When we spoke with Jim about his restaurant

Alonzo Biggard photographed S. Fourth Street, looking south from the corner of South Street (no, not confusing at all, Department of Records) in 1936. The most important thing we noticed and wanted to share (besides the fact that Borden's Malted Milk "with dipper of ice cream" sounds amazing) is that

A funny thing happened on our way out of the bar last week; our neighborhood stand-by for late-night grub was missing from its usual perch at Second and Poplar Streets in Northern Liberties. Thinking we may have misplaced it like a set of car keys after a bout of drinking,

Grunley Construction Company is heading a project to renovate the exterior of the U.S. Custom House in Penn’s Landing to make the building more energy efficient. The Customs House will get new exterior lighting with energy-efficient fixtures, a high-efficiency boiler and “green” roof. (Attempts to contact Grunley Construction to deduce

There is new affordable living that has come to the 1500 block of Poplar Street. Francisville East, a 44-unit rental housing development is home to 27 one-bedroom units (two and three bedroom units also exist) and was built over what was formerly a completely vacant, unkempt lot in the economically

The corner Greek New Acropolis Restaurant in Fishtown is for sale (and the three apartments above it), and while the greasy spoon is nothing to write home about, we think the spot would be perfect for a well-conceived retro diner, something that would have the cache to take advantage of the area's

The Philadelphia Water Department says the $45M Venice Island Recreation Center remake project is now accepting bids. The plans we found (involving engineer Jerry Snyder, the City of Philadelphia and its Capital Program Office) are for the construction of a new recreation center,  performing arts center and the installation of an

Pretty much the closest thing to food heaven are the carrot cake cupcakes at Tartes little pink hut of a bakery in the middle of a parking lot. Passing by it is easy, and if it weren't for the awards, pink scooter or seductive window treats most people probably would.

Penn Treaty Park's inaugural Fishing Derby will kick off Shadweek 2011 on April 16 at 8am. There will be prizes for the most fish caught as well as for the largest fish caught and children are welcome to participate (fishing rods will be provided). We know the history of Fishtown's

The 5,940 square feet at 1921-1929 Farimount Avenue have the fresh foundation for a mixed-use building. David and Victoria Kilcoyne own the lot and P. Santos Contracting has been hired for the project. We dug deeper (of course) and got the plans from YCH Architect, the local area firm we