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BOOTLEGGERS,

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Lillian Reis was so sexy she once was arrested for lewdness for doing the twist fully clothed.

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Philadelphia,

Early organized crime in Philly featured a bevy of characters

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n my last column, I interviewed Kathryn Canavan, the author of “True Crime Philadelphia: From America’s First Bank Robbery to the Real-Life Killers Who Inspired Boardwalk Empire.”

Following up, I asked her about Prohibition and the early days of organized crime.

“Much has been made of the fact that alcohol was sold even in the city’s candy stores during Prohibition. A national magazine said Philadelphia was as wet as the Atlantic Ocean,” Canavan said.

The Lanzetta brothers were notorious gangsters during this period. The fictional D’Alessio brothers in the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire” were based on the Lanzettas. I asked her how she would describe them.

“The newspapers of the day called them the most feared family of gangsters in city history. Reporters loved to say that three of them were named after Popes, but the similarities stopped there. Police said they were murderers, bootleggers, number writers and white slavers, and they were arrested more than 100 times, but none of the brothers was ever convicted of a crime that carried more than a 10-year sentence. Teo, the baby, was arrested five times in one week, two of them on the same day,” Canavan said. “Three of them

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were gunned down – Leo in front of his bar in broke after Prohibition was repealed.

Al Capone was arrested in Philadelphia in 1925; Pius just as he was putting a straw in his soda pop on New Year’s Eve 1936; and Willie 1929 for carrying a gun. I mentioned to Canavan that I visited Eastern Penitentiary a while was killed in an apartment and his body was back and saw Capone’s relatively dumped in the front yard of a Main plush cell.

Line estate in the summer of 1939.

“Capone was assigned a cell on By 1940, the remaining Lanzettas the small airy cellblock prisoners had disappeared from Philadeldubbed “Park Avenue.” He got a phia. Lucien joined the U.S. Army plum job as a file clerk,” Canavan six months before Pearl Harbor. said. “He was allowed to meet with Teo was imprisoned on drug Frank Nitti and Jake Guzik in the charges for most of the war years. warden’s office.”

Ignatius got a job at Ford Motor I noted that many believe CaCompany in Dearborn, Mich., pone’s arrest and year-long prison where he rose to foreman.” sentence was a set-up to avoid the I asked about Boo Boo Hoff, a fallout of the St. Valentine’s Day major criminal during Prohibition. massacre.

“Boo Boo Hoff was one of a “It did lock Capone safely away string of entrepreneurial young 750 miles east of Chicago, but immigrants with mostly gradesomeone with Capone’s millions school educations who became could have vanished with his wife some of the most successful bootPAULDAVISONCRIME.COM and son and visited long-lost relleggers in the country. Hoff was atives in Italy until things cooled five foot two and he favored big bow off,” Canavan said. “That seems ties, straw boater hats and conservative suits, but he carried a Colt revolver in preferable to trading his 11 1/2 carat diamond each hip pocket,” Canavan said. “He was a ring and his custom-made suit with a space for a shoulder holster for prison denims.” millionaire before he was 24. His bootlegging I asked about Lillian Reis, a renown Philly empire grew so large that he had 175 phones beauty, and Ralph Staino, her mob associate in his downtown office in the 1930s.” boyfriend.

Hoff was never imprisoned, but he went

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“Ralph Staino described Lillian Reis as ‘the most gorgeous thing that was ever in Philadelphia.’ Staino was the bouncer at the Celebrity Room, the nightclub Reis owned. He became her lover for 54 years,” Canavan said. “Reis was so sexy she once was arrested for lewdness for doing the twist fully clothed.”

Canavan explained that, in 1959, Capt. Clarence “Fergy” Ferguson, Philadelphia’s most famous cop at the time, charged Reis with masterminding the biggest burglary in Pennsylvania history. The take from the burglary of a Pottsville mansion netted what would be $500,000 today.

“Reis was so beautiful that conversation in the courtroom would drop to a low hush whenever she entered and newspapers would report on her outfit every day of the trial – “a tight white skirt with a tighter white sweater” or “a sheath that looked as if it had been sprayed on,” Canavan said.

“Fergy’s case fizzled when one witness against Reis was shot and stabbed while waiting for a bus, one was blown up in his car and a third was fished out of the Atlantic with a gunshot through his head and a heavy chain padlocked around his torso. The Daily News dubbed it ‘a seagoing murder.’”

Paul Davis’ Crime Beat column appears here each week. He can be reached via pauldavisoncrime.com.

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So how did this anti-corruption measure hiladelphia passed a reform-minded, good-government survive when so many others have fallen? It charter in 1951 and has been almost didn’t! City Council passed an amendment to remove this protection in 2014, overrepealing it piece by piece ever since. Last week, we lost another riding Mayor Michael Nutter’s veto to do so. part — an important one — when The people narrowly rejected it at the election voters approved a change that ef- of May of that year, voting it down by 54.31% to 45.69%. It was not the first time the Counfectively guts the merit selection cil tried this — a similar effort failed in 2007 process meant to keep politics out of the city’s by a similar margin. They will probably try it hiring decisions. again before too long.

That’s bad, and it’s made worse by the fact But we should not be content to keep what that the city’s former guardians of integrity in government (the Committee of Seventy little remains to us in the law of anti-corruption: we should demand that the state constiand the mainstream press) encouraged the tution contain a similar provision. amendment, choosing corruption Consider the current Attorney in the name of “equity.”

General of Pennsylvania, Josh That’s done, and another bulShapiro, who recently announced wark against kleptocracy has crumthat he would be spending the next bled. But there is still some good to year running for governor instead be found in the city charter, includof doing his job. Other than an aring one section that the Commonticle by frequent PW-contributor wealth and other local governments Ben Mannes in City and State, no should emulate: the resign-to-run one has even raised an eyebrow at clause. The wording is simple: §10the obvious conflict of interest this 107(5) of the City Charter declares: creates. In 2010, the Inquirer ob“No officer or employee of the City, jected when Attorney General Tom except elected officers running for Corbett did the exact same thing, re-election, shall be a candidate for but he was a Republican and Shapnomination or election to any pubiro is a Democrat, so different rules lic office unless he shall have first @KYLESAMMIN apply. But it is part of a pattern for resigned from his then office or emShapiro. ployment.”

He was serving as Montgomery County Put more simply: if you work for the city, you have to actually work for the city. If you Commissioner when he ran for Attorney want to run for another office, you must quit General, and he was serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives when he ran first. for County Commissioner. And it’s not just The reasons for this are obvious. Firstly, officials who are out campaigning for another the Democrats: current Montgomery County job are clearly not giving the city their entire Commissioner Joe Gale, a Republican, has seemingly run for every office in the state effort — that is, they’re not doing an honest day’s work. When the charter was written, while purporting to be still doing his actual that was something we expected of city em- job in Norristown.

Neither of these men is giving his constitployees. The law is meant to keep it that way.

But there are other reasons, as well. Offi- uents honest services. Philadelphians have cials running for other jobs might be tempt- demanded, through our city charter, that ed to use the powers of their current office to our city officials actually do the job they are elected to do or else hit the bricks. All Pennhelp them, even co-opting civil service staff sylvanians deserve the same from our state to perform political tasks. They might use their positions to, shall we say, “encourage” officials. We deserve state officials who don’t always have their eye on the next job, or at campaign contributions. Again, this used to least have the decency to do the one they are be something we thought shouldn’t happen, though the average Philadelphian could be elected to for a while first. The City is pretty forgiven for laughing at the idea that City busy repealing anti-corruption measures; the Council members might keep their political state should pick up the slack and keep career politicians honest. ambitions separate from their current jobs.

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Christmas Village in Philadelphia will again transform LOVE Park and City Hall into a traditional, open-air German Christmas Market. Christmas Village returns for its 14th season, running from Thanksgiving Day through Christmas Eve, with a preview weekend Nov. 20-21.

Enjoy holiday sights and sounds with tens of thousands of twinkling lights, festive decorations, live music, and multiple activities. Attractions this year include a double-tier Christmas Village carousel and Ferris wheel presented by T-Mobile.

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Steven Singer Jewelers has teamed up with Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society to support their work in finding Philadelphia homeless pets their forever homes. The man everyone loves to hate is doing good again this holiday season by pledging to donate 20 percent of all sales of the exclusive Helping Paw necklace to PAWS. Singer donated $10,000 recently from early sales with a pledge to keep raising money for PAWS until Dec. 31. Singer is an animal lover and adopted Buddy, his own four-legged friend, from a rescue shelter. The Helping Paw necklace is currently on sale online and at the store. Shipping for Helping Paw is free and fast. For more information, visit ihatestevensinger.com.

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Assembly Rooftop Lounge is transforming into Alpine Heights at Assembly, a modern ski lodge-inspired popup boasting hot cocktails, festive winter ales, comfort food, themed décor, cozy blankets and blazing fire pits, paired with one of the city’s best views – from Nov. 17, to Feb. 26. Assembly Rooftop Lounge is going north for the holidays and beyond, offering guests a winter lodge experience and unparalleled views. Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 4-11 pm, guests can cozy up to one of four beautiful fire pits or under one of Assembly’s many heaters and toast the winter season with a boozy hot chocolate or mulled hot apple cider, or some sweet or savory fondue for a fun après-work or dinner respite. Visit assemblyrooftop.com for details.

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ubber is a writing-producing duo made up of singer-lyricist Andrew Loper and producer/multi-instrumentalist John Della Franco formed during their time studying at Temple University in 2018.

The duo creates an intricately balanced soundscape combining their R&B, funk, hip-hop, jazz and soul influences like Frank Ocean, Thundercat, Patrice Rushen, and Amy Winehouse, while maintaining that dynamic feeling of pop music, anthemic and univer-

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sal. The duo shines the brightest in a live set- nized by a mutual friend. After one or two ting where their combination of bass-driven sessions, we had written two songs we were really proud of, and from there it was grooves and vocal acrobatics has really clear that we had a good songgrabbed and held the attention of audiences up and down the East Coast.

BY: EUGENE writing flow. After we were signed to Rubber recently shared their new ZENYATTA the Temple University record label off of our first performance in a camsingle, “Synth Pop Idol.” pus coffee shop, we traveled to NashPW recently caught up with the duo ville to do some recording. We got ofto talk about their music and career. fered a show while in town and had to make How did you two get together at Temple to make music? Was it a great fit from the a last-minute call on a name. We had just start? How did you come up with the name watched the movie “Rubber” and just kind of winged it, and it stuck!

Rubber?

Can you talk a little about your creative/ We just started out at a jam session orga-

writing process? What inspires you to write/record a song?

We are both very emotional beings, and it’s our real life experiences that inform our music. Normally, John will create an instrumental and then Andrew will find lyrics in his never-ending series of phone notes that fits the vibe and then the song gets built out from there.

You recently released a new single, “Synth Pop Idol.” Talk a little about how the song came together. What’s been the response from your fans?

It was first conceived almost two years

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ago. It has taken on many different iterations since but has always held true to its roots as a tongue-in-cheek ode to imperfection. The fans have definitely dug it. I think the music video was definitely a funny one and showed a lot of personality.

Now that the pandemic restrictions are easing, are you back before live audiences?

How does it feel to be back on stage?

Yes! We actually have our first show in LA on Nov. 10, which is super exciting. Playing live has always been our home base so it feels amazing to

get back to it.

What’s ahead for you? Any local shows?

More new music?

No local shows for a while. Gonna be laying low and working on an album. Going out to LA for a while in November to do some writing and recording and will hopefully come back with some bangers!

What are the best ways for your fans to stay current with what you’re doing?

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Urban Farmer For $95 per person, guests dining at Urban Farmer for Thanksgiving Dinner can enjoy a sophisticated three-course culinary experience including Roasted Cauliflower and Roasted Garlic Soup, Short Rib Gnocchi, Pennsylvania Roasted Turkey, 1855 Farms Prime Rib, Kabocha Squash Risotto, and Classic Pumpkin Pie or Bourbon Pecan Tart for dessert. An array of delightful sides consists of cornbread turkey stuffing, roasted carrot and parsnip, and housemade cranberry sauce. For those looking to partake in a holiday spent at home, Urban Farmer’s Thanksgiving Dinner To-Go ($190) feeds 4 – 6 people and is available for pick-up on Nov. 25 from noon – 3pm. 1850 Benjamin Franklin Parkway | 215.963.2788 | urbanfarmersteakhouse.com Bloomsday Bloomsday will have a selection of pastries that can be pre-ordered through email at patrick@bloomsdaycafe.com. Once a query is re-

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ceived, an order form will be sent with the full menu where pastries and quantity can be selected. Following this, customers will receive an invoice and schedule a time to secure payment over the phone. The pre-order window ends Nov. 21 at noon. Pastry pickup is from 10am-3pm on Nov. 24. bloomsdaycafe.com Di Bruno Bros.

Di Bruno Bros. will be offering Thanksgiving dinner packages, “sides” packages, crabcake platters, baked brie, and other platters for pick-up in the Italian Market, Ardmore Farmers Market, Wayne, and Rittenhouse.

Preorders must be placed by Nov. 19 by 3pm.

Pick up times will be on Nov. 24 from 11am3pm and Nov. 25 from 9am-noon. Turkeys will be available to pre-order for pick up at Rittenhouse. The Rittenhouse, Ardmore, Franklin, and Wayne locations will also be featuring a special Thanksgiving Turkey Sandwich with cranberry sauce and butternut squash stuffing on a pretzel roll ($10.99). dibruno.com

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Porco’s Porchetta & Small Oven Pastry Shop To celebrate Thanksgiving, Porco’s will be offering their Turketta sandwich, aka “Porco’s Gobbler” through Dec. 4. This sandwich is a skin-on turkey breast filleted and rubbed with pork lard then doused in a herb mixture and slow roasted. It is finished with a brioche roll and a house cranberry mostarda along with a slice of savory pudding (aka Porco’s version of stuffing) and topped with homemade Turkey gravy along with a slice of heirloom tomato, and lettuce. smallovenpastryshop. com Revolution Taco Revolution Taco will be offering a soft corn tortilla stuffed with fried turkey breast, mole gravy, and tamarind cranberry compote for the month of November. Diners can choose a platter of 2 ($9.89) or 3 ($14.59). therevolutiontaco.com Image | Courtesy of Bloomsday

Lil Pop Shop For Thanksgiving, Lil Pop Shop will be offering a selection of pies available for preorder. Preorders will close Nov. 19 at 5pm and can be picked up at the West Philadelphia Lil Pop Shop location or Rally Coffee. Lil Pop Shop’s Thanksgiving pie menu includes Pumpkin with Sugar Leaves ($30), perfectly spiced silky smooth pumpkin custard in an all-butter pie crust garnished with sugar pie crust cookie leaves. lilpopshop.com Oyster House For Thanksgiving, Oyster House will be selling oyster stuffing, pies and trays of shrimp cocktail for pick up from 1pm-5pm on Nov. 24 from 1pm-5pm. To place a preorder, call Oyster House at (215) 567-7683. Orders must be placed by Nov. 20 at 5pm. Menu offerings for preorder include a Shrimp Cocktail Platter ($78) that has two dozen jumbo Gulf shrimp, served with cocktail sauce & lemons, and Cornbread Oyster Stuffing ($36) that serves 4-6 people. oysterhousephilly.com Pie Bird Farm For Thanksgiving, Pie Bird is offering a special holiday selection of their sweet and savory pies, which are currently available for preorder through their website for farm pick up on Nov. 23 from 10am-6pm and Nov. 24 from 10am-2pm. The menu includes Double Crust Apple (starting at $15), Apple & Cranberry Lattice (starting at $15), and Heirloom Squash & Pumpkin (starting at $15). piebirdfarm.com

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Bank & Bourbon Bank & Bourbon’s historic Thanksgiving Day experience is back. Executive Chef Thomas Harkins and Chef Joe Thomas Jr. have prepared a festive meal featuring flavorful seasonal salads and soups; signature charcuterie and cheese displays from local farms; a robust carving station featuring savory turkey, prime rib and salmon and mouth-watering sweet treats from its kitchen full of pies and cookies galore. bankandbourbon.com

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Steak 48 This Thanksgiving, Steak 48 will offer special seasonal menu items in addition to their full menu of a la carte offerings. Guests can enjoy turkey offered as a main entrée, as well as seasonal sides, including truffle mashed potatoes, stuffing and praline sweet potato alongside the restaurant’s signature offerings of prime steaks, fresh raw bar and seafood options, creative appetizers, hearty sides and indulgent desserts. steak48.com Dolce Italian The restaurant features a pre-fixed menu featuring choices of first, second, main and dessert. Thanksgiving classics, including Roasted Butternut Squash Soup, Roasted Turkey & Gravy, and Turkey and Pumpkin Cheesecake, will be offered alongside Italian specialties like Sweet Potato Gnocchi, Stuffing with Spicy Italian Sausage and Warm Apple Crostata with Vanilla Gelato. dolceitalianrestaurant.com

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The Wayward The Wayward’s French-inspired seasonal menu items will be offered a la cart alongside a select few Thanksgiving dishes available only on Thanksgiving day. Seasonal menu items include Smoked Honeynut Squash (raclette, pumpkin seed), Pan Seared Scallop (served with butternut squash, maitake, lardo, preserved lemon), Half Roasted Chicken (pan roasted vegetables, saffron aioli, vin verte). thewayward.com Revolution Chophouse Thanksgiving dinner features roasted turkey, herbed stuffing, whipped potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, sage turkey jus. Also check out “The Gobble” sandwich to-go (roasted turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce with warm gravy served on a Liscio’s roll). vfcasino.com Bridget Foy’s Bridget and the Foys will resume their special holiday dinners again in-person starting with Bridget Foy’s Thanksgiving Dinner. Bridget Foy’s will be open from 1pm to 7pm with dine-in service inside in the dining room, bar and bar lounge, and outside under the heated covered patio. Dinner includes roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, Brussels sprouts, cranberry compote and gravy. Also, Bridget Foy’s will offer take-out and pre-order for packages and pies. 200 South Street. bridgetfoys.com

Fork Fork will be open and taking reservations 1pm - 8pm on Thanksgiving Day, serving a four-course prix-fixe menu for $95/person.

The entree will be served to share per two people. Visit the website for the full menu. Reservations are available via OpenTable. 306 Market Street. forkrestaurant.com Garces Trading Company Garces serves up a Thanksgiving feast with turkey and all the trimmings. Let Garces do the cooking so you can spend more time with your family. Thanksgiving dinner is prepared with ease with Garces’ heat-and-serve meal.

Reheat instructions will be provided. Minimum of 2 servings. garcestradingcompany. com El Camino Real Forget the dirty dishes, grocery shopping and cooking. Make the Thanksgiving holiday simple this year. Order your homemade turkey dinner from El Camino Real with easy pick up in Northern Liberties. All orders must be in by Nov. 23. 1040 N. 2nd St. elcaminophilly.com Chez Colet Sweet moments are returning! Executive Chef Edward Hancock is bringing local goodness and a taste of French Art de Vivre to “Action de grâce,” and it’s going to be one to remember! (Action de grâce is translated into Thanksgiving in French.) Chez Colet at Sofitel Philadelphia at Rittenhouse Square presents the single most lavish Thanksgiving meal and buffet in the city. 120 S. 17th St. sofitel-philadelphia.com Positano Coast Positano Coast is featuring trays to go. Each tray serves 10 guests. 48 hours notice requested. Visit the website for details. 212 Walnut Street, 2nd Floor. positanocoast.net Sophie’s BBQ Sophie’s BBQ in downtown Ardmore is offering Thanksgiving turkeys this year with whole birds at $150 and half birds for $80 each.

Each order includes cornbread, cranberry stuffing and brisket gravy. Catering menu pricing and orders also available for extra sides with any bird purchase. 64 Rittenhouse Pl. sophiesbbq.com Art in the Age Old City’s one-of-a-kind tasting room, home bar supply and bottle shop is teaming up with Philadelphia-based Little Susie’s Coffee & Pie to provide a sweet and spirited Thanksgiving for all with a decadent cordial and pie combo.

To get started, folks can choose a sweet or savory Hand Pie Pack, followed by selecting preferred Art in the Age cordial pairing – including Blueberry, Sierra Fig, Spiced Maple, and Apple Crisp. Pre-order is available online and pick-up is on Nov. 24 at Art in the Age. Additionally, on Thanksgiving Eve, Art in the Age will host a Thanksgiving Farmer’s Market from 3 - 6pm. 116 N. 3rd Street | 215.922.2600 | artintheage.com

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Forsythia Chef Christopher Kearse’s contemporary bar and restaurant in Old City boasts an elevated, carefully curated dinner menu available for takeaway. For $100 per person, a robust lineup of Thanksgiving fare includes Cherry-Smoked Turkey Leg, Turkey Thigh Confit, Cornbread and Turkey Neck Stuffing, Brussels Sprouts, Lacinato Kale and Fregola Sarda Salad, Lobster and Pumpkin Bisque, House Baked Focaccia, and Spiced Cider Crumb Cake, in addition to complimentary wine Pairings. Online ordering can be made by visiting Forsythia’s website, and pick-up will be on Nov. 24. The deadline for purchasing the takeaway meal is Nov. 21. 233 Chestnut Street | 215.644.9395 | forsythiaphilly.com Red Owl Tavern The modern American tavern on Independence Mall offers locals and tourists an evening of giving thanks among a bevy of mouthwatering, seasonal fare courtesy of Executive Chef Jonathan Dearden and team. This year, dine at Red Owl Tavern and enjoy a prix fixe meal for $65 per person with offerings including Crispy Brussel Sprouts, Local Cheese of the Day, Roasted Amish Chicken, Scallops, and Elverson Farms Turkey. Pair with a savory side such as garlic-smashed potatoes, delicata squash, and sautéed mixed veggies for the ultimate Thanksgiving feast. 433 Chestnut St | 215.923.2267 | redowltavern.com Square 1682 The modern American kitchen located at the intersection of 17th and Sansom streets is offering guests an all-day feast fit for a foodie this Thanksgiving, available for dine-in from 10am – 7pm. Guests can choose a la carte or $65 three-course prix fixe meal with satiating, seasonal dishes from Executive Chef Mackenson Horebe, including Roasted Butternut Squash Soup, Crab Dip, Herb Crusted Salmon, Slow-roasted Turkey Breast, Cauliflower Curry, and Apple Pie. Each entrée is served with a heaping portion of whipped sweet potato, classic brioche stuffing, and French green beans. 121 South 17th Street | 215.563.5008 | square1682.com The Twisted Tail The popular Southern-inspired restaurant and bar on Headhouse Square is serving up a family-style Thanksgiving dinner to be enjoyed on-site or in the comforts of home on Nov. 25 from noon - 10pm. For $55 per person, guests can select a preferred protein including Roasted Lancaster Turkey, Braised Short Rib, and Pineapple Glazed Ham, as well as decadent side dishes such as Honey Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes, and Cornbread Stuffing. To cap off the feast, enjoy freshly-baked Pumpkin, Apple, or Pecan Mini Pies for dessert. All takeaway orders must be received by Nov. 18. Preferred pick-up times are 11am - 2pm on Thanksgiving. 509 S. 2nd St. | 215.558.2471 | thetwistedtail.com

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ince I never ask of Icepack’s stock reports. Variety reported that “the drop readership, let’s stop a moment in Penn National’s stock price also came after here: How are you? How are you the company missed Q3 earnings expectadoing post-Daylight’s Saving tions. Revenue climbed 34%, to $1.51 billion, Switch? (Who would complain but net profit dropped 65% to $86.1 million (52 about more sunshine? You peocents per share), well below Wall Street averple. I’ve heard you.) Post-Travis age forecasts of EPS of 85 cents. The company Scott ASTROWORLD tragedy. shares opened -4.6% after the earnings report (Makes you think twice about was issued Thursday morning.” Oof. (Then standing-show-only, close-to-theagain, shares of Live Nation Entertainment stage capacity.) Post-Eagles loss to the Charfell 8% in early trading as of Nov. 8 after the gers. (I’ve never witnessed so many Travis Scott debacle, as Live Nation gracious Philly football fans concedwas the promoter for Astroworld).

BY: A.D ing that the opposing team played a Oldestone opening AMOROSI great, and better, game. Is our water The great-and-famed Marsha dosed?) Post-election. (Krasner won, Brown (of Ruth’s Chris Steak House but he’s going to have to contend with fame) is now passing the baton in right-wing judges, so no one wins.)

New Hope for what was her namePost-NoMo money. (Maybe a $1 million sake restaurant in the former historic stone grant can help Philly fight off gun violence.) church that dates back to the 1800s. OldePost-Dana Chanel for allegedly ripping off stone will debut this week from New Hope small, local Black-owned businesses. (Never restaurant veterans Michael Sklar and Wiltrust a Philly Instagram influencer, an oxyfer Naranjo (who also own GreenHouse) with moron for sure, and never try to outrun Pennbusiness partners Gasper and Vincent Ferrsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.) ara (brothers). Wilfer has a long history with Post-Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy sexual Marsha and the building, he was a food runmisconduct allegations and charges of racner there when Marsha Brown’s opened back ism and misogyny. (Portnoy is innocent until in 2003, he later would meet his wife who was proven guilty, but c’mon – are the allegations a server there, and later he became a front any surprise? He’s all but called himself a of house manager, and now he returns years creep and a pig since he started doing busilater from food runner to owner. The connecness. Sometimes, when a person calls him-hertions with Oldestone include some of the origthey-self “bad,” believe them.) inal artwork, dishes and recipes purchased Penn National problems from Marsha Brown’s for a special section of Which reminds me: Wyomissing’s Penn Nathe menu, and the original GM who helped tional Gaming, Inc. the local company with open Marsha Browns, John Madeley. The deinterest in area casinos, online gambling and cor includes chandeliers that were featured in racetracks who picked up a 36% ownership the Keanu Reeves movie “John Wick 3” ( a big stake in Barstool Sports, is freaaaaaaaking deal for cinephiles) plus the 30-foot Redempthe fuck out with the recent Portnoy news tion mural overlooking the dining room, a of alleged “violent and humiliating” sexu1920s jazz age bar, and stained glass and pews al encounters. So much so that stock shares from the original church. Oldestone opens of Penn National Gaming fell over 20% last this Friday at 5:30pm at 15 South Main Street.

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Opa returns Following a surprise Monday, Midtown Village pop-up in its Drury Beer Garden adjacency, Opa’s famed brother-and-sister restaurateurs, George and Vasiliki Tsiouris, will welcome back its beloved mod Greek menu, along with all full operations, this week. The Drury-Opa Pop-up actually lasts until the end of 2021 (maybe longer?) and the Drury Beer Garden will actually continue to offer its own menu items, along with Opa’s separate and large pop-up menu. If that’s Greek to you, that’s the point.

New health commish Day late, dollah short, but still cool: good on Jim Kenney for finally full-time appointing Dr. Cheryl Bettigole as Philly’s health commissioner. She’s been acting in the role of health commissioner since May, when Dr. Thomas Farley had to resign over the unwise, insensitive disposal of human remains from the 1985 MOVE bombing.

Couric donation More celebrity. Sure, why not? When Katie Couric was in town at the top of November at The Met Philadelphia for her new “Going There” book/memoir tour, she “dropped a $25K donation” on Tim Whitaker’s Mighty Writers nonprofit communal kids writing/ reading/literacy outreach program. Per Mighty Writers’ email note as to why this is so cool: “We didn’t reach out to Katie Couric.

We don’t know Katie Couric. We don’t know anybody who knows Katie Couric.” Go, Katie.

Masked Philly: JAWNY In Icepack’s way too-long, way overly complex and continuing saga of asking mask-donning local celebrities what they’ve been up to, beyond the pale, during C-19 – from lockdown to the current reopening, present-day unmasking and re-masking, worrying about Delta variants, freaking out about Fauci’s call for a potential third round of vax shots mere five months after the last, new mask and vax card mandates, ignored or not ignored (I mean why did I wait in line at the Convention Center if you’re not asking to see my card?), and the possibility of mix-andmatching vaccines which is weird, right? – I reached out this week to JAWNY. For the uninitiated, Los Angeles’ JAWNY (formerly known as Johnny Utah) is a singing-songwriting-multi-instrumentalist whose work is a slacker cross (that’s a compliment) between the best of Beck, the Beasties and Sonic Youth, with a new single “Take It Back”

and a fresh EP The Story of Hugo. To back that, JAWNY plays The Foundry on Nov. 10.

Why all this matters to A.D., Icepack and Masked Philly is that JAWNY “lived in West Philly, and worked at 12th and Sansom for a good bit of my life,” mostly in the local restaurant trade, most recently as a fry cook at Hatch & Coop.

So, what did the pandemic break mean for JAWNY? Everything.

“I think my life would have been over, right now, if the COVID slowdown never happened,” he says. “I know that sounds super intense, but I went from a Image | Courtesy of JAWNY cook job to being thrown into the music industry so fast, before ever really being ready for it. I was still learning who I was as a songwriter and producer. I had one song (“Honeypie”) take me all around the world. It was like a fucking movie. Don’t get me wrong. I am grateful for the privilege and opportunity to do it, but it was a lot for somebody that hadn’t ever paid his full dues in music, yet. I was getting burnt out, and on top of that I was more lost than I

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am proud to admit. Coming home from that oversees tour and learning everything was cancelled and all I had was time to figure my shit out and grow as a person and address some things in my head that I had put off for 6 months while flying all around was not only needed but necessary. As terrible as it all was in so many different ways for the world, COVID’s slowdown gave me the opportunity to live inside my head and decide what I want to do, what I want to make. Ultimately, that led me to become fully sober and healthier, and I’m in a much better place now than ever before... in music and in life.”

JAWNY is cool with the mask and the vax.

“I’m wearing a mask while answering you,” he laughs. “I never really saw it as a burden or such a political thing. In April 2020 when I learned that wearing one helps and it makes everyone else around you more comfortable, I just put one on and never stopped wearing one since…. I’m double vaccinated, but I don’t think my opinion really matters. I know there is all that talk about how artists have influence and stuff, but I disagree in this situation.

Don’t do it because my idiot, indie artist-ass said anything about it. I think if somebody does the research and comes to the conclusion that it’s safe, that it is helpful to their community/the world to become vaccinated then they should do it.”

Currently on tour, and in-and-out of Philly, JAWNY is doing the “regular testing, no contact with anybody outside the crew and the workers at the venue/masked up until we go on stage... The whole 9,” routine for The Foundry. And, along with playing “Honeypie,” and songs from For Abby, JAWNY calls The Story of Hugo, “a little project I wanted to throw together to have something to tour and give my fans some music to hold them over until they get this full album.”

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MUSIC IS IN THE AIR

Not ready for holiday tunes? No worries, as live music is gracing the stages across the area. Here are a few shows you’ll want to catch.

Gus Dapperton

Kevin Morby

Morby is playing Union Transfer on Nov. 22 with Hamilton Leithauser. Morby and Leithauser just released a new song together, “Virginia Beach,” ahead of the tour. Morby is touring in support of his new album, “A Night At The Little Los Angeles,” a 4-track demo version of last year’s “Sundowner” (out now on Dead Oceans). utphilly.com

Dapperton released his sophomore album, “Orca,” earlier this year, and recently shared a deluxe version of the album. Now he will be hitting the road and bringing it to the Theatre of Living Arts on Nov. 19. venue.tlaphilly.com

Black Marble

Black Marble, aka Los Angeles-based Chris Stewart, is on the road in support of the new album “Fast Idol,” released Oct. 22 on Sacred Bones. Black Marble will be at Underground Arts on Nov. 13. undergroundarts.org

Morgan James

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Morgan James will perform Nov. 27 at City Winery. A classical music alumna from The Juilliard School who performed in the original companies of four Broadway productions, James, who grew up on Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding and found a mentor in Berry Gordy, Jr., discovered her purest musical passion in classic soul music. citywinery.com

Human Impact

You know when the worst time was to release a debut album? March 2020. Know when Human Impact released their self-titled debut? March 2020, on the day the lockdowns began. The 10-track “Human Impact” was hailed by Rolling Stone (“it sounds as heavy as a sledgehammer”), Metal Hammer (“one of the best albums of 2020”), and the Chicago Reader (“noise rock luminaries converge to explore despair and hope”). Catch Human Impact Nov. 28 at Kung Fu Necktie. kungfunecktie.com

Grex & Sirius Juju

Grex is an art rock/experimental music duo based out of Oakland, California. In biological terms, a “grex” is an entity composed of several smaller organisms. Grex (the band) explores the meeting point between surreal songcraft and the dark outer reaches of experimental music. Catch the concert Dec. 19 at The Rotunda. firemuseumpresents.com

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Royal Boucherie

Old City’s atmospheric and lively neighborhood bar and restaurant has relaunched happy hour service with a menu brimming with brand-new small plates and libations, available for snacking and sipping Tuesday through Friday from 4 – 6pm. Guests can expect $5 draft beer, $6 house wine [Côté Mas Rouge, Cabrials Chardonnay, Morandé Rosé], $10 Craft Cocktails, and an array of small bites courtesy of Executive Chef Matt Buehler. 52 S. 2nd Street | 267.606.6313 | royalboucherie.com

National Happy Hour Day (Nov. 12) is a time for all to relax, unwind and enjoy an after-work get together with delicious drinks and small bites. To celebrate, we’ve rounded up a slew of Philadelphia’s best happy hours.

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Celebrate National Happy Hour Day Jet Wine Bar

Philadelphia’s “global vineyard” recently revamped the fan-favorite happy hour menu with an array of sensational, seasonal offerings such as White Sangria ($6), Fall Spice Red Sangria ($6), a selection of rotating craft beer ($4), Sauvignon Blanc Blend ($6), and Pinot Noir ($6), alongside a stellar line-up of light fare including Soft Pretzel Sticks ($5), Deviled Eggs ($5), and Shrimp Toast ($8). Imbibers are welcome to join in on the happy hour fun Monday through Thursday from 4 – 6pm, and Saturday and Sunday from noon – 2pm. 1525 South St. | 215.735.1116 | jetwinebar.com

Square 1682

The modern American kitchen located at the intersection of 17th and Sansom streets offers Rittenhouse imbibers a chance to unwind after the work day ends with happy hour from 5 – 6pm Tuesday through Friday. An array of refreshing libations includes $5 draft beer, $6 wine by the glass, and $7 craft cocktails such as Classic Daiquiri and Moscow Mule, plus light fare priced at $6 features Cornbread, Truffle Fries, Cheeseburger, Duck Wings, and Burrata Toast. 121 South 17th Street | 215.563.5008 | square1682.com

The Twisted Tail

The popular Southern-inspired restaurant and bar on Headhouse Square offers the crowd-pleasing, one-of-akind Social Hour – perfect for summer sipping in Society Hill. On Monday through Sunday from 4 – 6pm, enjoy a flavorsome happy hour – boasting Half Dozen Blue Point Oysters, Smoked Wings, Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich, and Spicy Salmon Poké, all for just $6 each. For the imbiber, drink specials include $3 select draft beers and $4 house wine at one of the city’s famed happy hours. 509 S. 2nd Street | 215.558.2471 | thetwistedtail.com

Assembly Rooftop Lounge Center City’s rooftop lounge with panoramic views of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway has one killer selection of happy hour offerings fit for the elite imbiber. From 4 – 6pm Tuesday through Saturday, folks are welcome to enjoy a robust menu of small bites, craft cocktails, beer, and wine by the glass while taking in picturesque city views. 1840 Benjamin Franklin Parkway | 215.963.2723 | assemblyrooftop.com.

Forsythia

Old City’s contemporary French bar and restaurant helmed

by Chef Christopher Kearse has recently relaunched happy hour service after more than a year hiatus with one fabulously curated lineup of craft cocktails, small plates, wine, and local brews, available Wednesday through Friday from 5 – 7pm. Imbibers and foodies can enjoy offerings that include Crab Deviled Eggs ($5), Corn & Black Truffle Beignets ($5), Foie Gras Tartine ($8), and Jr. Royale Burger with Cheese ($8), in addition to $5 IPA & Pilsner, $6 White, Orange, Rosé, Red & Sparkling Wine, and $10 Craft Cocktails including the famed RBG&T composed of gin, rose, lemon, and aromatic tonic. 233 Chestnut Street | 215.644.9395 | forsythiaphilly.com Image | Lexy Pierce

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Congratulations on starting out on this journey together. Treat each other as teammates, talk bravely about your feelings and this has the potential to provide an incredible amount of vulnerability, intimacy and hot fun.

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THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY

As the old line goes, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” If you want proof of this, look no further than Philadelphia politics.

District Attorney Larry Krasner recently won reelection despite a myriad of corruption scandals and a sharp rise in Philadelphia’s violent crime rates.

Mirroring the city’s roughly 7:1 Democrat to Republican voter registrations, Krasner declared victory over Republican A. Charles “Chuck” Peruto with a 152,846 to 59,842 tally.

This means only 213,304 votes were cast in a city of 1,585,010 residents.

Speaking from his campaign night party at the swanky Sonesta Hotel in Rittenhouse Square, Krasner said: “This is about a movement,” referring to the wave of progressive prosecutors sharing the same PAC and donor funding who been elected in cities where the nation’s sharpest rise in crime has been recorded. “It is not about us as individuals.”

As of Nov. 5, 466 people had been murdered this year in Philadelphia, the vast majority of whom were people of color killed by people of color. Still, Krasner continues to blame this carnage on the very Philadelphia Police Department and criminal justice system that had kept the annual total of homicides to a mere 277 prior to his 2017 election to office.

Is this because people in the city are apathetic? Dumb? Cynical? Maybe it’s a combination of all three.

At his victory party, Krasner, a wealthy 60-year-old white male from Chestnut Hill said; “In Philadelphia, this is a movement that has been led by Black and brown and broke people, and progressives. And if you’re Black or brown or broke, you better be progressive because there isn’t much of an alternative.”

Unwittingly, Krasner makes a salient point.

There isn’t an alternative in Philadelphia.

Despite a tremendous number of reasons to reject Krasner’s demagoguery and mismanagement of the state’s largest District Attorney’s Office, general elections for municipal elections here are never expected to be an actual contest. For generations, the state and local Republican party has refused to back

their qualified candidates who offer an alternative to “business as usual” in a city that exemplifies machine politics. This was evident in the last District Attorney’s election, when Beth Grossman, a lifetime public servant and former Chief in the District Attorney’s Office who was endorsed by numerous public safety unions and even the left-of-Stalin Philadelphia Inquirer – only received 26% of the vote against Krasner.

This year, a different tactic was taken when Carlos Vega, the state’s first Puerto Rican Chief Homicide Prosecutor took on Krasner in the Democratic primary. Even then, Vega only received 36% of the vote with an abysmally low voter turnout, despite being backed by influential leaders like former Gov. Ed Rendell.

Then, as if it didn’t matter, Peruto, another defense attorney with no prosecutorial experience, ran as the unopposed Republican candidate against Krasner. Despite a flashy

persona and great deal of personal wealth, Peruto didn’t launch much of a campaign, bought no television ads, and failed to get any citywide media. It’s no wonder that Krasner refused to debate Peruto, writing his reelection off as a forgone conclusion.

Peruto, 66, acknowledged his campaign was a longshot and that fundraising was a challenge, resorted to political stunts like renting a school bus painted with “stop murdering us” and towing a massive campaign sign around Krasner’s Center City office, using a microphone and speaker blaring “vote Republican just this once.”

Despite many reports showing Krasner’s office has been incompetent and lenient in prosecuting armed felons, Krasner has not shifted course. Even his political allies, Mayor Jim Kenney and Commissioner Danielle Outlaw have gone public in saying conviction rates for those crimes are too low, leading to released criminals graduating to committing

murders. The conviction rates for illegal gun possession in the DA’s office fell notably under Krasner, from 63% to 49% between 2017 and 2019, the last year before the pandemic delayed trials and threw conviction rates into disarray.

Krasner admits this, and thinks some of that change was good. The office purposefully kept select offenders from conviction by routing them through a diversion program meant to reduce incarceration, then blames the police for giving him “weak cases.” This of course is utter nonsense: public safety is 8dependent on law enforcement interrupting an offender’s cycle of criminality before it graduates to more brazen, violent acts. As criminology shows, you can’t have diversion without prosecution, trial, and conviction. At sentencing, you can assess alternatives only after a risk assessment to the community is conducted. Krasner’s practice of undercharging and simply releasing violent suspects back on the streets is not interrupting this cycle of criminality.

Worse, with a recent reelection to embolden him and zero oversight from Attorney General Shapiro and U.S. Attorney Williams, our streets are about to get even more dangerous. As Philadelphians, we have nobody to blame but ourselves.

President Teddy Roosevelt once said, “A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”

This is more important than ever, considering the concerted efforts by Bay-Area social media companies and left-leaning political groups to highlight the importance of voting.

Of course, voting is important, and the fact that only 10% of our city came out to do it is a disgrace. However, uninformed voting based on identity or false narratives is extremely dangerous. This is proven by the election of Larry Krasner, who claims to be a champion of civil rights, who has presided over a historic rise in murders correlating directly with his tenure as the city’s top law enforcement officer.

As state elections are coming next year and state oversight is on the agenda – we should all do the right thing, get off our collective asses, and vote to save lives.

A. Benjamin Mannes is a decorated former municipal and federal law enforcement officer before being thrust into a legal battle over Washington, D.C.’s unconstitutional firearms prohibition in 2005. Following his 2007 reinstatement to the D.C. police, Mannes served as a consultant and expert witness; and as the director, Office of Investigations with the American Board of Internal Medicine from 2008-2017. He is a regular contributor to Philadelphia Weekly, Broad + Liberty, and other publications, and serves on Lou Barletta’s Public Safety Advisory Board.

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Court of Common Pleas for the County of Philadelphia, October Term, 2021, No. 2397. Notice is hereby given that on October 29, 2021, the petition of Karla Noemi Pena was filed, praying for a decree to change her name to Carla Noemi Pena. The Court has fixed December 9, 2021 at 10:30AM in Room No. 691, City Hall, Phila., PA for hearing. All persons interested may appear and show cause if any they have, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application will be made to the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg, Pa., on or after September 9, 2021, for the purpose of obtaining a charter of a proposed nonprofit corporation to be organized under the 1988 Nonprofit Corporation Law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, effective October 1, 1989, as amended. The name of the corporation is “Association of Mexican Business Owners of Philadelphia”, the purposes for which it is to be organized are: To support Mexican businesses to acquire tools, skills, and representation to promote their advancement in order to foster economic development in their community and the city of Philadelphia.

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