
You didn't hear it from us, but a "well-established Rittenhouse restaurant" is up for sale for $1.4M. The clues: about 4000 square feet, located on a corner of 20th near Locust Street, outdoor seating, two floors of dining with 100 seats and 12-seat bar. "Sale includes real estate, business assets,
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Dan Clark of Pub & Kitchen is planning to demolish (there was no opposition at the SOSNA meeting) the existing building at 609 South 20th Street to create a one-story cafe/restaurant tentatively named Bedford Cafe. More info coming soon.
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The 3000-square-foot Casino Dealer School and School of Bartending in Bensalem is opening a new location at 1800 N. Delaware Avenue on the 5th floor. There will be 2500-square-feet of rooms that will house blackjack, roulette, craps and poker tables; 700-square-feet of office space; and 800-square-feet of bartending school. John
Read MoreWalt Whitman Bridge Will Be Waterproof in 2014
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The Delaware River Port Authority has selected a joint venture of URS Corp. and Urban Engineers (the engineers behind Route 476, the Vinestreet Expressway and the redevelopment of 30th Street Station) to provide construction management services for the replacement of the deck of the Walt Whitman Bridge. The seven-lane, 11,981-foot-long bridge
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Lisa Wilson, the owner of 20-plus-year-old Jamaican Jerk Hut on South Street, has been tied up in litigation for two years with one of the area's newer condominiums, Symphony House. Those who trend the In Her Shoes location remember 2009 when the famous outdoor patio was shut down because of a
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You've probably seen the new Big Belly solar trashcans filtering into the streets of Center City next to The Onion boxes, and now South Philadelphia is trying to incorporate more of them into their ‘hood as well. South of South Neighborhood Association (SOSNA) is taking donations for the purchase of
Read MoreMan Throws Pizza Missile At A Moving Car On Walnut
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On the night that defense attorney Michael J. Reed took on William Fennie's case, he was seen weeping over his Villanova University law degree. Reed put his three years of law school to good use when he defended a West Chester man for throwing a slice of pizza at a
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The on-road activists with Liberty on Tour took a little stop in Philadelphia recently. Pete Eyre (who is no stranger to jail) and Ademo Freeman (who is actually currently caged) filmed this footage of Philly police violating parking laws and the activist duo ticketing those very police who enforce these
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Terrence Williams is one of Philly's few entrepreneurs with the unfortunate problem of expanding faster than his landlord allows. Williams' business of building custom colored bikes from recycled and refurbished bike parts has grown enough to push him to move out of his current space at 11th and Vine to his first
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University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine student, Maine Junior Miss 2002 and newly brunette Ashley Hebert is the next Bachelorette, which will air on May 23. Philly's previous D-list Bachelor celebrity Craig Robinson should count his days doing Dunk Tank promotions with Lauren Harris; there's new promoter bait in town. Hebert. So hot
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