Evil Genius Beer Company Heads To Northern Liberties And Rittenhouse With Pop-Up Shops

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Evil Genius Beer Company Heads To Northern Liberties And Rittenhouse With Pop-Up Shops

Evil Genius Beer Company announces the grand opening of two new beer pop-up shops in Northern Liberties and Rittenhouse neighborhoods. Serious beer with seriously funny names are coming to new Evil Genius Kwik-E Beer Pop-up Shops at 702 N. 2nd Street and 1602 Spruce Street starting today at 5:00pm. The Fishtown-based brewery will pivot and expand with their first ever brick-and-mortar locations beyond The Lab at 1727 Front Street with these first new beer shop concepts just in time for the holidays. Evil Genius Kwik-E Beer Pop-up Shops will now represent a new direction that Evil Genius is exploring for future pop-up and retail opportunities. The concept was developed to bring Evil Genius into new places in an all new way, and to ensure that Evil Genius can continue to keep employees employed and working through the pandemic - especially as indoor dining has closed at The Lab and cold weather will affect the outdoor Evil Genius Beer Garden.

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Bridget Foy Returns To South Street With East Philly Cafe Pop-up Outdoor Restaurant

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Bridget Foy Returns To South Street With East Philly Cafe Pop-up Outdoor Restaurant

Bridget Foy will return to 2nd and South (200 South) for the first time since the devastating fire in 2017 that saw the family restaurant and neighborhood corner hub close down and get destroyed. Bridget Foy's - the new Bridget Foy's - was expected to open as a surprise to Philly this week. However, with indoor dining closing and the pandemic numbers increasing this didn't make sense and as sad as it as after working round the clock this year on top to bottom construction (everything was lost in the fire) they now have pushed the opening to February/March and indoor dining returns - plus outdoor comes back in nicer weather. Today's opening comes despite the snow, as they are eager to get back to work at 2nd and South - and what not better way to celebrate a festive outdoor restaurant then with heaters, hot drinks, covered tables and flakes in the air - plus $5 snow day specials.

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Twelve Festive and Socially Distanced Dining Experiences at Philadelphia Restaurants

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Twelve Festive and Socially Distanced Dining Experiences at Philadelphia Restaurants

Philadelphia restaurants are finding new ways to adjust to the closure of indoor dining, pivot between now and the end of the year, celebrate the holidays and create new Christmas traditions. Below please find 12+ dining experiences around Philadelphia that present festive and socially-distant opportunities to celebrate the season with you and your family/ immediate household. Big names like Garces, Bridget Foys, Glu, Wine Dive and more present a number of exciting events with special guests like Santa, Ice Princess, Cinderella, Beauty Princess and others can be found below.

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Pivot Coffee And Soupery Grand Opens In South Philly Next to Hawthornes

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Pivot Coffee And Soupery Grand Opens In South Philly Next to Hawthornes

Restaurateurs Chris Fetfatzes and Heather Annechiarico announce the grand opening of Pivot Coffee and Soupery at 738 S. 11th Street, this Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 7:00am sharp. The husband-wife duo behind popular concepts Hawthornes, Wine Dive, Tio Flores, Quick Sip, The Cambridge and soon-to-open Grace and Proper, present their first-ever full service coffee and espresso shop, soupery, bake shop and wine shop - all rolled into one. With indoor dining closed at the moment, and it being months before Hawthornes would see indoor dining back to full 100% capacity, the couple looked ahead and wanted to Pivot with their new coffee shop - which comes complete with a new pastry chef, an expanded streetery, Igloo bubble outdoor dining, and a full special menu for Christmas and the holidays.

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Garces Trading Company Returns With All Your Favorite Dishes

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Garces Trading Company Returns With All Your Favorite Dishes

Garces Trading Company will officially make a grand return and debut this week as a brand-new, advanced ghost kitchen, restaurant hub and online marketplace. Fans of Chef Jose Garces will be able to order, for the first time ever, their favorite dishes from iconic restaurant brands such as Amada, The Olde Bar and Village Whiskey - all in one order and from one location for pick-up, take-out and delivery. When indoor dining shut down city restaurants this past week, Garces has consolidated all restaurant kitchens into one giant ghost kitchen and hub that will now operate out of The Olde Bar in Old City District. Patrons will be able to order, with one click of a button, their Garces favorites like The Olde Bar's Crab Cake, Jeff's Fried Chicken, and Crab and Corn Chowder; Amada's Pulpo a la Gallega, Albondigas and Jamon Serrano; and Village Whiskey's Village Burger, Baby Back Ribs, Golden Hot Wings and the new Bing Crosby Burger of the Month.

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Philadelphia Zoo Introduces Baby Giraffe Named Bea Who Is Eight Feet Tall and 1,000 Lbs

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Philadelphia Zoo Introduces Baby Giraffe Named Bea Who Is Eight Feet Tall and 1,000 Lbs

Philadelphia Zoo is thrilled to welcome a new addition to its family, Bea, a 15-month-old female giraffe, that arrived on November 20th from Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee. Since her arrival, Bea has been getting adjusted to her new keepers and met her new herd mates 18-year-old, Stella and 11-year-old Abigail. All are settling in well, and keepers are giving Bea her own space overnight which offers some independence and quiet time.

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Northern Liberties Holiday Pop-up Shops Debuts with 15 Small Businesses

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Northern Liberties Holiday Pop-up Shops Debuts with 15 Small Businesses

Northern Liberties Business Improvement District kicks off the holiday season with the debut of Northern Liberties Holiday Pop-up, starting on Black Friday for two weekends, November 27th-29th and December 3rd-6th, from 1:00pm to 6:00pm. This brand-new socially-distanced holiday shopping event will feature 15+ small local businesses and makers from around the Philadelphia region popping up with gifts, decor, fashions, treats and more in eight retail locations along N. 2nd Street. From French Toast Bites, to Christmas trees and ornaments, bridal wear to baguettes, there will be something for everyone on Santa’s holiday shopping list. For extra pop-up magic, A Dash of Magic Events will pop-up both Saturdays for Enchanted in Northern Liberties: Snow Queen Brunch at the Igloos at Germantown Garden Grill with music, song, food, drink and holiday magic for kids of all ages.

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Philadelphia Restaurants Offer Christmas Dinner, Seven Fishes & Hanukkah Meals to Go

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Philadelphia Restaurants Offer Christmas Dinner, Seven Fishes & Hanukkah Meals to Go

After a record-breaking Thanksgiving (to-go), restaurants in Philadelphia and the suburbs are gearing up for a record Christmas Eve/ Day with Hanukkah, Seven Fish specials, meal kits, pre-orders, outdoor dining, baked goods and other things. Below, please find meals to go, kits and Christmas-food specials from 30+ of our restaurant and neighborhood clients.

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Philadelphia Zoo Lights Up Main Plaza With Blue Lights To Thank Healthcare Heroes

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Philadelphia Zoo Lights Up Main Plaza With Blue Lights To Thank Healthcare Heroes

Philadelphia Zoo has lit up three of the enormous 80-foot-tall trees at the Main Plaza with dazzling blue lights to thank the frontline. The new light display on the trees and front entrance buildings at 34th and Girard are illuminated with the goal of ringing in the holidays while also thanking healthcare workers and first responders during the global pandemic. By lighting up the front plaza in blue, the Zoo is extending its wishes for a peaceful holiday and its appreciation for the thousands of citizens throughout the greater Philadelphia region for their kindness, dedication, and courage during an exceptionally challenging year.

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Tinsel Christmas Pop-up Brings White Christmas To Center City Philadelphia

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Tinsel Christmas Pop-up Brings White Christmas To Center City Philadelphia

Craft Concepts Group isn’t letting the Grinch steal it’s Holiday spirit. Teddy Sourias and the elves at CCG announce the season grand opening of Tinsel Christmas Pop-up at 112 S. 12th Street. New for 2020, look for a new festive over-the-top streetery, a new twinkling light display, and a brand-new charity for the Canned Good Cocktails. Additionally, look for a new snow machine to bring a touch of a white Christmas to Midtown Village. Christmas cocktails will again be served out of ornaments, boots and snow globes, with food coming from the new sister restaurant next door, Sueno.

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