Village Voice sent a scout to Philadelphia to grab grub in and around the city. Lesser known than Scrapple, but much more amenable to non-Pa/South Jersey palettes: Texas Weiners. On the way to the Reading Terminal Market, I stumbled on a distinguished hot dog diner a block away, specializing in what are known around these [...]
Philadelphia City Paper’s Blog “The Clog” runs down plans for casino legislation for the Philadelphia locations. None of it is Good. Its bad enough that we are selling Philadelphia to the casino and passing it off as development, but in addition we are doing it at bargain prices. The bill levies a tax of only 14% [...]
Beware cell phone-using drivers of Philadelphia: Police will be pulling you over and fining you Tuesday and every day after.The law banning the use of non-hands-free cell phones while driving in the city of Philadelphia went into effect in May and will finally be enforced, starting Dec. 1.“A distracted driver is a dangerous driver,” Police [...]