In Market East

As has been reported by everyone in town to this point, Bindi, the not-even-four-year-old BYOB whose Indian fare had been a favorite of ours, closed a couple of months back. The space, still controlled by Valerie Safran and Marcie Turney, co-emperors of 13th St., is currently being transformed into Jamonera,

Way back in March, we wrote about a planned 530-car parking garage at 1324-42 Arch St., right across the street from the newly expanded convention center. The developers, Realen Properties, were facing some understandable opposition from next-door neighbor Arch Street United Methodist Church, but Realen was apparently able to address

In July, we celebrated the five-year anniversary of the announcement of a plan to construct a W hotel, plus condos, at the southwest corner of 12th and Arch Sts., across from the Convention Center and the Reading Terminal Market. If you've walked by that corner at any point in the

Mitchell & Ness, local manufacturers of awesome vintage jerseys, was located at 1318 Chesnut St. for years before moving to their current location at 1201 Chestnut St. The former location looks kind of rough at the moment, with plywood covering the storefront. According to sources at Samson Asset Management, the

According to the zoning application, 214-216 N. 10th St. will soon be home to a new retail establishment. The application is for the sale of prepackaged food and preparation of hot food for takeout, so perhaps a small market or simple takeout place is on the way. We're in Chinatown,

Girard Square, currently a massive eyesore, could become Philly's newest and blingiest commercial district by the end of 2012.  This huge 4.4 acre lot of land, encompassing an entire city block (Market to Chestnut, 11th to 12th) is currently made up of 4 buildings of offices, parking, and a mish

Oh thank heaven.

A new 7-Eleven popped up on the southwest corner of Broad and Race last week on 7/11, which was also, conveniently, Free Slurpee Day.  This new 7-Eleven location is one of many to come in the greater Philadelphia area, thanks to a mega expansion strategy the company is

Here is an update on Hop Sing Laundromat, the Bonanza-reference-named cocktail bar whose owner Lêe goes only by his first name. A web of secrets continues to shroud what’s going on at 1029 Race St., but we are slowly unwinding the riddle.

In April, we brought you some early info. A

Opa, located at 123 S. Broad St., will be hosting “Glendi” every Thursday night this summer. You may ask, "What is Glendi?" Well, first and foremost, it’s a Greek word meaning “party.” Aside from that, Garden Wellington-Logan of Noel Zayas Events (the producers of Glendi), tells us that Opa will

Just one block from the Philadelphia Convention Center is Shanghai Bazaar at 1016-18 Race Street. Coldwell Banker is listing the two-story double-wide retail property for $3.8M, which includes more than 7,100 square feet of retail space on the first floor. Everyone loves the kitch, so we're kinda' sad to see