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🍔 New restaurants to watch for in 2024
January 17, 2024
Good chilly morning! How about that snow yesterday? Looks like there may be more coming on Friday… might be time for me to finally take the tags off the new snow boots I bought two years ago. ☃️
What's CITY Talking About?
🏈 Kelce Calls It Quits
Following the Eagles’ postseason loss, beloved center and Philly icon Jason Kelce has reportedly told the team he’s retiring after his 13-season NFL career. [Associated Press]
- Fans of the team are sad, and so, apparently, are Swifties. [Inquirer 🔒]
⛪ Preservation Grant for Mother Bethel AME
The African Methodist Episcopal church in Society Hill — one of the oldest Black congregations in the US and the oldest parcel in the nation that’s been continuously owned by African Americans — will rehabilitate its 19th-century stained glass windows using a $90,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. [Billy Penn]
✈️ PHL Airport Ranks Well on Punctuality
An aviation analytics company ranked Philadelphia International as the No. 8 most punctual airport in the country, with an on-time departure percentage of 82.75%. [PhillyVoice]
- Previous airport rankings using other metrics haven’t been as favorable. What are PHL’s pros and cons? [City Cast Philly 🎧]
🏆 Quinta Brunson Makes Philly Proud
The West Philly-born performer and showrunner earned the Emmy for best actress in a comedy series, for her work on the Philly-set mockumentary Abbott Elementary. Brunson is the first Black actress to win in that category since 1981. [CNN]
What To Do
Wednesday, Jan. 17
- ⚕️ Public Health Preparedness Info Table | 2 to 4 p.m. | Free | Nicetown-Tioga Library
- 🚗 Philadelphia Auto Show | 12 to 9 p.m. | $12 – $20 | Pennsylvania Convention Center
- 🐶 Read to a Therapy Dog | 3:30 p.m. | Free | Parkway Central Library Children’s Department
Thursday, Jan. 18
- 🎶 Amplified: Art, Music, Power | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. | $6+ | National Liberty Museum
- 🚗 Philadelphia Auto Show | 12 to 9 p.m. | $12 – $20 | Pennsylvania Convention Center
- 🫀Poe-sers: Celebrating Edgar Allan Poe | 5:30 p.m. | Free | Parkway Central Library
- 😍 Pitch-A-Friend | 8 p.m. | $5 | Olde Kensington
Friday, Jan. 19
- 🎂 Ben Franklin Birthday honoring Frank Gehry | 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Free | Old City
- 🎶 Amplified: Art, Music, Power | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. | $12 | National Liberty Museum
- 🖼️ Friday Nights at the Philadelphia Museum of Art | 5 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. | Pay What You Wish | Fairmount
- 🐍 Snakes on a Plane - A Live Reading | 7 to 9 p.m. | $15 | Fishtown
Today on City Cast
The Best Restaurants Opening in 2024
After a year of big wins for Philly’s food and drink scene — think four James Beard Awards — 2024 promises over 75 new restaurant openings. City Cast Philly podcast host Trenae Nuri chats with Maddy Sweitzer-Lammé, creator of Tiny Table Tours, about what’s on the menu in Philly this year.
Pancakes pay the bills.
Did that newsletter make anyone else hungry? Thanks for reading!
— Asha Prihar
Thanks to City Cast’s Wil Fulton for editing.
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