Fishtown Weekly (Inactive)

🍔 Food & Restaurants

Dreamworld Bakes and Downtime Bakery Collaborate for a Pop-Up in Fishtown's Riverwards Produce

Dreamworld Bakes, a micro-bakery run by Ashley Huston, creates visually stunning cakes that taste as good as they look. Recently, Huston teamed up with Mt. Airy's Downtime Bakery for a pop-up at Riverwards Produce in Fishtown.

Discover Omakase in Fishtown Philly: A Culinary Experience of a Lifetime

Omakase, a Japanese culinary experience where the chef curates the menu entirely, is the latest food trend in the US, with options available in NYC, Atlanta, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Aspen, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami, Waikiki Beach and Los Angeles, including Hiroki in Fishtown Philly. Budget around $100 to $300 per person for the intimate and life-changing experience.

Gilda: A Portuguese-Inspired Cafe and Market Opens in Fishtown, Philly

Husband team Chef Brian Oliveira and Chef Brian Mattera have opened Gilda, a Portuguese-inspired cafe and market in Fishtown, Philly, offering freshly made house-made pastries, breakfast, lunch, and custom blend coffee, alongside a retail variety of specialty food products, both imported and local goods, plus prepared foods, inspired by Oliveira's experience as the American-born son of a Portuguese immigrant. The cafe is named after Mattera’s grandmother, Gilda Mattera, who went by the Italian and Portuguese pronunciation of the name, and the venue holds sentimental value for the couple as it is the same space as Girard, where they first met and began cooking together in 2017.

Discover the Best Irish Pubs in Philadelphia, Including Hidden Gems in Fishtown

Philadelphia, with the second-highest percentage of Irish Americans, boasts 19 of the best Irish pubs in the US including McGillin's Olde Ale House, The Black Taxi, Murph's Bar, Paddy Whack's, Tir na nÓg, Con Murphy's, and local pubs in Irish Catholic neighborhoods like Fishtown. These pubs offer exciting live music, Irish dancing, and other special events every year leading up to St. Patrick's Day on March 17.

🏠 Real Estate

Rising Real Estate: The Key to Acquiring a Home in Philly's Exclusive Fishtown

Philly's real estate community inspires existential dread, making it harder to acquire a home without generational wealth. Rising Real Estate is the most worth following on Instagram, while PhillyMag's Property feels like a straight-up infomercial, and Naked Philly is uncredited and showcases sad divorced-guy apartments in Fishtown.

Fishtown Faces Growing Hurricane Risk Due to Rising Temperatures, According to First Street Foundation's Assessment

First Street Foundation's new risk assessment predicts that due to rising air and ocean temperatures, more tropical storms will turn into major hurricanes in the Northeast, causing damage to properties in regions that have previously not experienced hurricane-force winds before. Fishtown, a neighborhood in the Philly area, currently faces a 1% chance of being affected by tropical storm winds, but this probability will grow to 34% in 30 years.

New Residential Building Completed in Fishtown Amid Development Boom

Construction is complete at a three-story, three-unit residential building at 1511 North Hancock Street in Fishtown, Philadelphia. The area is seeing a steady influx of new residential construction, driven by the development boom in the surrounding areas such as central Fishtown to the east, Northern Liberties to the south, and the Temple University area to the west.

🗳️ Politics

Fishtown Linked to Abscam Sting in Sentencing of Former City Councilmember Bobby Henon

Former Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon was sentenced to 3.5 years in federal prison for accepting bribes from labor leader John J. Dougherty. Henon's sentence is less than others who have been convicted of similar crimes, including former Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski who received a 15-year sentence, and former Congressman Michael "Ozzie" Myers who was caught in the FBI's Abscam sting and served three years in prison. Another Abscam sting convict, Ray Lederer, resigned from Congress and served 10 months in prison, and died in his Fishtown childhood home in 2008.

🏀 Sports

Matisse Thybulle Honored with Unofficial "Matisse Street" in Center City, Amid Vandalism of Fishtown Mural

A block of Market Street in Center City has been unofficially renamed "Matisse Street" in honor of former 76ers player Matisse Thybulle, who was recently traded to the Portland Trailblazers. The gesture has caught Thybulle's attention, following his earlier acknowledgement of the Fishtown mural of himself that was vandalized shortly after he was traded.

• March 10, 2023: The Trailblazers will play the Sixers at the Wells Fargo Center.

Fishtown's $75,000 Stakes Race: Five Dreams Favored to Win on Home Turf

The $75,000 Fishtown Stakes for 4-year-olds and up dashing six furlongs on the main track will take place at Parx Racing with No. 8 Five Dreams as the best bet to win. The consistent gelding likes this course and distance, and his winning pilot Ruben Silvera should have early-pressing options from an outer post.

🌲 Random

• Breaking the Ice: Scanlon Figure Skating Program Makes Skating Accessible in Fishtown and Beyond
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🍺 Nightlife

Uncovering Hidden Gems in Fishtown's Bar and Restaurant Scene: A Guide to Philly's Best-Kept Secrets

Philadelphia is home to hidden gems of bars and restaurants, including a private hoagie-and-pizza omakase service in Fishtown's Pizzeria Beddia and a subterranean bowling alley at Harp & Crown gastropub. Other unique spots include After Hours at Di Bruno Bros., Backroom at Blind Barber, The Cage Cocktail Bar, Char & Stave, Fermentery Form, The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co., Garden Restaurant at the Barnes Foundation, Good, Bad & Ugly, and Graffiti Bar.

🚔 Public Safety

Man Causes Widespread Internet Outage in Fishtown and Kensington Ahead of Super Bowl LVII

Philadelphia police are searching for a man who vandalized several of Comcast's fiber-optic data lines in Fishtown and Kensington hours before Super Bowl LVII, causing a widespread service outage. Surveillance video shows the suspect parking a white, 4-door Ford pickup truck on Tulip Street and leaving with an unknown object after cutting the Xfinity lines, resulting in $10,000 worth of damage.

🤔 Opinion

Bart Blatstein Defends Darrell Clarke's Legacy in Philadelphia, Including Fishtown

Bart Blatstein, founder and CEO of Tower Investments, has written a guest commentary defending his friend Darrell Clarke, who recently stepped down as Philadelphia's City Council President. Blatstein refutes claims made in a recent Citizen story about Clarke's decision not to run for the position of mayor and speaks to Clarke's leadership qualities and positive impact on Philadelphia's diverse communities, including Fishtown.