Openings & Closings: South Philly gets a new boxing gym and Rittenhouse loses its library-themed bar

Openings & Closings: South Philly gets a new boxing gym and Rittenhouse loses its library-themed bar

Alumni from Vernick Food & Drink opened Corte Oven & Bar, an Italian bistro, in the East Market mixed-use development Tuesday. The Library Bar, South Philly Boxing Gym and others shared news about their futures.

The swamp doesn’t get drained much in Philly

Donald Trump made the phrase “draining the swamp” famous, as he characterized getting rid of years-long, even decades-long personnel infesting the federal government. He has succeeded to an extent, with the federal government’s non-military work force at the lowest level in sixty years. But in foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia, the same merry-go-round of […]