Metro Philadelphia

4 days ago | metrophiladelphia.com | Zach Ciavolella

The month of May marks National Burger Month, and there’s no better place for lovers of both beers and brews to celebrate than Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurants. All month long, Iron Hill will offer a signature burger of the day, showing levels of culinary creativity reminiscent of the Burger of the Day at ‘Bob’s Burgers.’“Burger Month is our most popular celebration at Iron Hill,” said Mark Kirke, CEO of Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant in a statement.

6 days ago | metrophiladelphia.com | Zach Ciavolella

WXPN recently announced the lineup for this year’s XPoNential Music Festival. The 32nd annual event will take place from Sept. 19 to 21 at Wiggins Park on the Camden Waterfront. As is their specialty, WXPN has assembled a mixture of both sounds and stature. With a blend of blues, indie rockers, and singer-songwriters; there’s a little something for everyone at this year’s XPoNential Music Festival.

6 days ago | metrophiladelphia.com | Jack Tomczuk

Mayor Cherelle Parker attempted to head off objections to her $2 billion housing plan during a town hall-style meeting Wednesday night, just days before the City Council is set to formally interrogate her administration about the proposal. She told residents and stakeholders gathered at a Southwest Philadelphia charter school that “there’s some people already attempting to poke holes” in the Housing Opportunities Made Easy, or H.O.M.E., Initiative.

1 week ago | metrophiladelphia.com | Zach Ciavolella

Two rare, extinct-in-the-wild trees named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin are on their way to Philadelphia’s Historic District, where they will be planted at Carpenters’ Hall, home of the First Continental Congress. None other than Ben Franklin himself will join the Carpenters’ Company, OLIN, Bartram’s Garden, and the National Park Service to plant the two, six-foot-tall trees in front of Carpenters’ Hall on Saturday, April 25.

1 week ago | metrophiladelphia.com | Jack Tomczuk

City Council President Kenyatta Johnson said Wednesday that SEPTA’s doomsday plan would not go forward “under my watch.”“I’m pretty confident… that we will save SEPTA,” he stated during a budget hearing. “I think 2026 will come; I believe we will be in a good place. You have to speak it into existence.”Members of Council expressed support for the authority amid its fiscal crisis, though a few took issue with some of the ways the authority has allocated its resources in recent years.