2 Newbold businesses raided for illegal gambling, selling booze without a license, cops say

UPDATE: Philly.com has some more info here. Police swarmed the 1400 blocks of West Passyunk and Snyder avenues yesterday afternoon as they raided two businesses for allegedly selling liquor illegally and running underground card games. Cops seized a large quantity

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Quick Hits: Art as life at Garage; Wharton Lofts’ green roof; Anastasi expansion; Best bread is S. Philly bread

The Garage bar in cheesesteak central, fittingly, will host a performance-art-piece/eating contest June 24-25 called “Cheesesteaks Cheesesteaks Cheesesteaks Cheesesteaks Cheesesteaks Cheesesteaks.” It’s part of the SoLow Festival and being put on by Mike Durkin, the guy who sat in an apartment bathtub last September for

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