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Emily Bloch

Published Sept. 4, 2026

Think you know your news? There’s only one way to find out. Welcome back to our weekly News Quiz — a quick way to see if your reading habits are sinking in and to put your local news knowledge to the test.

Question 1 of 10

Gov. Josh Shapiro announced this week that a local company plans to spend $1.2 billion to expand its manufacturing operations at a facility in Pennsylvania:

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Chobani, the yogurt company, plans to expand its operations at a manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania, which it is buying from Keurig Dr Pepper for $125 million. The company, which bought Philly-founded La Colombe in 2023 for $900 million, plans to convert the 1.5-million-square-foot site into a dairy plant, and expects to add 900 workers over the next five years in the Lehigh Valley.

Question 2 of 10

This eatery has been recently forced to stop its dinner service entirely following a failed health inspection:

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South Philly butcher shop Heavy Metal Sausage Co. indefinitely paused its after-hours Italian dinners last week following a failed health inspection that ordered the shop to remove all indoor seating. Co-owners Patrick Alfiero and Melissa Pellegrino say the resulting loss of revenue could close the business. An inspector with Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health ordered the shop to remove its eight seats and cease all food prep in the basement on Aug. 21.

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Question 3 of 10

What band or artist is releasing a 2016 recording of its performance in Philadelphia on vinyl?

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Pearl Jam is releasing Ten Live, a three-sided vinyl LP that captures live versions of the 13 songs from the band’s 1991 debut album, which includes songs that have long been centerpieces of the band’s repertoire, such as “Even Flow,” “Alive,” and “Jeremy.” The live album recorded April 29, 2016, in the building that is now known as Xfinity Mobile Arena comes out Nov. 27, or Record Store Day Black Friday.

Question 4 of 10

An established local business is opening a tasting room dedicated to this delicacy in Kensington:

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Fishtown Pickles is expanding, opening a larger production facility in Kensington, complete with a 500-square-foot pickle tasting room, where customers can sample varieties, buy pickles by the pound or jar, shop for pickle-themed merchandise, and eventually take classes and production tours. They are aiming for a summer 2027 opening. A pickle tasting room? Think brewery, only with cucumbers. The owners say customers will be able to sample the goods while watching production, calling the concept a “brinery.”

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Question 5 of 10

Before he played Anthony Bourdain in the coming-of-age biopic Tony, Dominic Sessa’s first brush with fame was working in Ocean City, N.J., washing dishes and making:

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Born in Cherry Hill, Sessa grew up in Egg Harbor Township and Ocean City, where he spent four summers working in the kitchen at Cathy’s 14th Street Bakery, which serves thousands of doughnuts a week. When Sessa started as a dishwasher there in 2016, he was 13. By the time he worked his last shift in 2019, he had worked his way up to a full-fledged baker, responsible for opening the shop and preparing batches of Cathy’s famous powdered and cream-filled doughnuts from scratch.

Question 6 of 10

When Gloria Steinem, who died this week at age 92, visited Philadelphia in 1982, she made plenty of stops, including the King of Prussia Mall at the furniture department of this store:

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As Steinem spoke, an entourage pored over her frenetic schedule, which had her popping up in places as disparate as the Women Organized Against Rape offices in Center City and the furniture department in Bloomingdale’s King of Prussia emporium.

Question 7 of 10

A man has been charged with attempted burglary of which famous Philadelphia athlete’s Chester County home?

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Jabir Parker, 24, is accused of attempting to burglarize Saquon Barkley's home in July. Parker allegedly stole nearly $800,000 in jewelry from two other homes.

Question 8 of 10

After 205 years, this famed magazine, which was founded in Philadelphia, will stop printing:

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The Saturday Evening Post, the famed magazine that printed its first issues on Ben Franklin’s Old City printing press and whose Norman Rockwell covers defined the optics of quintessential 20th-century Americana, will print its last issue early next year. The magazine catapulted Rockwell to fame. It was published from the Curtis Building at Sixth and Walnut Streets, from 1910 until 1969, was one of the standouts of 19th-century Philadelphia publisher Cyrus Curtis’ portfolio.

Question 9 of 10

A very stormy night put this performer’s Philadelphia tour stop in jeopardy, with several lengthy delays. But ultimately, they came on for a late but dazzling concert:

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By the time Bruno Mars got around to singing “It Will Rain” at Lincoln Financial Field on Tuesday, the thunderstorm had already passed. That was following a two-hour delay that cut opener Raye’s opening act down to one song.

Question 10 of 10

At Mr. Edison’s, customers can order a _____ covered in caviar for $88.

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The “blackout” crab au gratin stuffed baked potato, which comes covered in caviar at Mr. Edison draws a lot of curiosity. But food writer Kiki Aranita says it’s not worth the hype. Still, she notes, it’s one of several baked potatoes available across Philly right now.

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September 4, 2026
Johnny Doc’s prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump, his lawyer says

Convicted former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty will have his six-year prison term cut short after President Donald Trump agreed to sign a commutation ending the rest of Dougherty’s sentence, according to Dougherty’s lawyer.

George Bochetto said in an interview Thursday night he’s hopeful that Dougherty, the former city power broker known as Johnny Doc, could be freed from a federal penitentiary in Lewisburg as soon as Friday.

Bochetto called Trump’s decision “a magnificent gesture of compassion.” He said Trump had signed the commutation Thursday afternoon.

Records on the Office of Pardon Attorney’s website did not yet reflect a commutation approval as of Thursday night. And the White House press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Outgoing Pardon Attorney Ed Martin shared a news story about Dougherty’s impending release on social media and added: “Mercy granted by the Mercy President, Donald J. Trump.”

Trump had denied Dougherty’s bid for a commutation earlier this year, according to that agency’s website. It was not immediately clear why circumstances changed this week.

For months, Dougherty had been petitioning U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl to be released on house arrest to provide care for his gravely ill wife. But Schmehl had repeatedly denied those efforts, saying in part that Dougherty had failed to demonstrate he was the only person who could serve as an adequate caretaker.

Prosecutors had opposed Dougherty’s request for similar reasons, and said the two years he spent behind bars of his six-year sentence was not enough time to merit release. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday night.

A commutation will keep Dougherty’s conviction intact, but allow him to return home to his wife, Cecilia, who Bochetto said was in “a desperate situation.” Bochetto said the act of clemency would also relieve Dougherty of having to pay about $1.6 million in restitution, and that Dougherty would not be subject to any monitoring or house arrest, saying Dougherty, upon release, would be “a free man.”

Presidents have broad authority to issue pardons and commutations in federal cases, and Trump has shown a willingness to grant them to political allies during his second term in office. But Bochetto said Trump, a Republican, was being particularly gracious in this instance by commuting the sentence of Dougherty, a longtime Democratic stalwart.

“Our criminal justice system needs to have some compassion,” Bochetto said. “There’s absolutely no reason to keep John Dougherty housed in a country club environment facility in Lewisburg when his wife so desperately needs him.”

Bochetto said he’d been in regular communication with White House staff members in seeking to free Dougherty, and that his arguments focused on the same issues he used in the bid to receive compassionate release from Schmehl: That Dougherty’s wife, who has long suffered from a debilitating brain injury, has seen her condition worsen significantly since her husband was imprisoned, and that he is the only person equipped to provide the care she needs.

Dougherty’s prosecution was one of the more significant local criminal cases in recent memory. For years, Dougherty had served as the head of his politically powerful union, Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. And from that perch, he was a certified political kingmaker — an organized labor leader with connections in City Hall and Harrisburg, and a man with the ability to raise funds or impart influence on a variety of issues across the state.

But in 2024, he was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted in separate trials — the first in 2021, after a jury found that he had spent years bribing former Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon, the second in December 2023 over nearly $600,000 he and others embezzled from the union.

Earlier this year, while testifying before Schmehl, Dougherty revealed just how far away he was in prison from his life as a political power player: He told the judge that nearly all of his time now revolved around his wife, including sending her dozens of letters, using all of his allotted monthly phone minutes to call her, and singing her lullabies over the phone.

Ryan Boyer, who replaced Dougherty as chair of the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, said he was happy for Dougherty.

“I don’t think that John should have been arrested for what he did,” Boyer said in an interview Thursday night. “It’s correcting an injustice, and he’ll be welcomed home by a lot of people in the Philadelphia building trades, as well as Philadelphia in general.”

Boyer said he expects Dougherty will be prohibited under the terms of his release from jumping back into labor and politics right away.

“With him having a commutation, I think there will be some prohibitions with him getting back involved with labor,” Boyer said.

But, he added, he doesn’t expect Dougherty to stay away forever.

“John has a sharp mind,” Boyer said. “If I know John the way I know John, he’s not going to sit on his hands.”

City Councilmember Jimmy Harrity said in an interview Thursday night he was happy Dougherty would be able to return home to take care of his wife.

“I’m just happy that he’s going to be able to take care of Celia. I’m just happy for his family,” Harrity said. “I never want to see anybody go to jail, but the bottom line is everybody must pay their dues back. He got in trouble, he went to jail, he did some time.”

As for whether Dougherty’s release would have an influence on Philly politics going forward, Harrity declined to say.

“Oh, I don’t even want to speculate on that,” he said. “I have no idea.”

While some labor leaders cheered the news of Dougherty’s release, one was notably less enthusiastic: Mark Lynch Jr., who succeeded Dougherty as business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98.

“We don’t spend our time focused on that,” Lynch said in a statement Thursday night, referring to Dougherty’s commutation. “Our focus is on the future of IBEW Local 98 and delivering results for our members.”

While Lynch often appears at news conferences and Local 98 is still politically influential, he has taken a more under-the-radar approach than his predecessor.

“Today, our members are working at essentially full employment,” Lynch said in his statement. “We have secured better health, dental and vision benefits while lowering costs to our members. We have negotiated some of the strongest wage increases in the country.”

Another change: Lynch has lowered the amount that electricians pay into the union’s political committee. Dougherty, on the other hand, was able to build Local 98 into a political powerhouse in no small part by convincing his members to increase their contributions.

“We are proud of the direction of the organization, and we intend to keep moving forward,” Lynch said.

September 4, 2026
I spent the night at ground zero on 9/11. I’ve lived the trauma ever since.

I have been faking it for 25 years. Not about the people and issues that matter to me. Not my work or anything like that.

But in the way everyone tells you to “fake it till you make it.” Get up. Go to work. Act like you’re doing fine when you’re not, hope nobody notices, and hope you’ll eventually get better.

When I got to ground zero late on Sept. 11, 2001, nothing felt real. Therapists have since explained that I may have slipped into what they call a dissociative state, and it was frightening.

I hadn’t exactly lost my grip on reality, but I felt detached, like I was living in a movie, feeling uncertain about what was real and what wasn’t.

A New York City firefighter looks out onto the collapsed World Trade Center on the morning after the attack of Sept. 11, 2001. Chronicling the devastation there has haunted the author over the years.

I managed to keep taking pictures, leaning into the parts of myself that were still working, as I have in some ways every day since.

My friend and colleague Chris Brennan, the reporter with whom I had gone to the scene for the Daily News, later wrote about our journey together and the early aftermath.

A harrowing aftermath

The next 18 months were the worst for me, filled with flashbacks, nightmares, extreme insomnia, memory blackouts, mood swings, and broken relationships.

Serendipitously, a psychiatrist wrote to me in early 2003 about acquiring some of my photographs for instructional use. She also sensed what I was going through, and provided the treatment I needed to get the most crippling symptoms under control.

But that wasn’t the end of the story. Far from it.

New York City firefighters sift through the rubble of the World Trade Center on the evening of Sept. 11, 2001.Jim MacMillan

From the outside, what followed looks almost ridiculously good: a career filled with fellowships, faculty appointments, and even a Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for my photographs from the war in Iraq.

I had accompanied U.S. troops on hundreds of combat missions over the course of a year, feeling indestructible following my initial recovery, but then some new and old symptoms emerged, and I needed more care when I got back. I got better again, although I still overreact when startled.

One of my pictures from 9/11 went on to have a remarkable life of its own. The New York Times wrote about the time it toured alongside some of the great artworks of the 20th century. My alma mater, Tufts University, hung it in a gallery next to a Picasso.

Looking back now, it feels painfully obvious that I have also spent the past 25 years stockpiling accomplishments as if to prove I was OK, probably to myself as much as anyone else.

We talk a lot in the news about surviving terrible events and their immediate aftermaths. And we love stories of recovery. But we don’t talk much about the long tail of trauma.

Our traumatic pasts aren’t so easily fooled. There is no unseeing what we have seen.

Rescue workers carry a body from the ruins of the World Trade Center to a temporary morgue at the heavily damaged Dow Jones Building in the early morning after the Sept. 11 attack.

I still have occasional nightmares and persistent phobias that seem obviously related to things I saw at ground zero.

And random reminders can bring me back there in every sense. The smoke and rubble appear behind my eyelids in an instant. I can hear the sounds and taste the dust. My breath deepens, and my skin crawls again.

Giving back

Most of the time I am completely fine. Sometimes I get triggered, and I’ve got my hands full again for a couple of days or a couple of weeks. I had a bad year not so long ago.

Living my best life takes maintenance, just as I imagine countless people quietly manage other long-term health challenges.

Since 2006, I have also spent a lot of time studying and teaching students and journalists about trauma. Giving back has felt both cathartic and critical to maintaining my well-being.

A message is scrawled in ash on a column inside One Financial Center, adjacent to the World Trade Center ruins at ground zero.Jim MacMillan / Staff Photographer

I have spoken previously about covering the Oklahoma City bombing, Hurricane Katrina survivors, violent demonstrations in American cities, and endless gun violence in Philadelphia.

But while journalists and other first responders are frequently invited onto stages for these conversations, most people carrying trauma will never get the spotlight.

Domestic violence and other crimes can alter lives without ever making the news. Trauma can accumulate alongside structural violence, from racism and concentrated poverty to overpolicing and mass incarceration.

Rescued from Lower Manhattan, a family lands in Liberty State Park in New Jersey hours after the attack on the World Trade Center. The trauma from that day lives on for survivors and witnesses.

Communities most vulnerable to trauma are often the least likely to have access to the kind of care that helped me endure.

Too many are left to carry their burden alone, while resources seem perpetually overstretched, and horrifying headlines keep coming at us with relentless frequency.

If nobody is coming to save us, we’ll need to get better at taking care of one another, now more than ever.

I’m no clinician, but I can tell you what I needed: Listen when people tell you about their struggles. Don’t turn up the heat or ask when they’re going to get over it. Ask what they need, ask how you can help, and help them find more support.

A New York City firefighter surveys the wreckage of the collapsed World Trade Center on the evening of Sept. 11, 2001.Jim MacMillan

I recently moved to Ireland, where my grandparents were born, thinking I might have one more chapter to write in my career and that, for once, I might step away from all the trauma.

Instead, every new relationship and opportunity seems to be leading me back to the same work: helping journalists stay safe and healthy while reporting responsibly on survivors.

The distance has also helped me see more clearly what I’ve carried all these years, and what we can’t fake.

Jim MacMillan spent 17 years as a photojournalist at the Daily News. His photographs from ground zero now reside in the Special Collections Research Center at the Charles Library at Temple University, and one was acquired last year by the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. He founded the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting in 2019 and served as its director until June.

September 3, 2026
2026 Volkswagen Tiguan turbo: Well, here’s a surprise

2026 Volkswagen Tiguan SEL R-Line Turbo vs. 2026 Chevrolet Equinox ACTIV AWD: Midsize SUVs flying under the radar.

This week: Volkswagen Tiguan

Price: $45,410 as tested. The fancy paint cost $850 and was the only option, but we’re getting within shouting distance of 50 grand.

What others are saying: “Highs: Rich with features, gutsy turbo engine, interior that punches above its station. Lows: Annoying haptic interfaces, some brake pedal mush, ride could be more compliant,” said Car and Driver.

What Volkswagen is saying: “Say hello to the good life.”

Reality: It’s a pretty good life in the Tiguan, but that could be vacation brain talking.

What’s new: The Tiguan gets a new turbocharged four-cylinder engine that we try for this test; it received updates aplenty when the third generation debuted in 2025.

A long beach vacation weekend with friends in North Carolina was the scene of our test.

Competition: Highlights include the Buick Envision, Ford Escape, Honda CR-V, Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage, Mazda CX-5 and CX-50, Nissan Rogue, Subaru Forester, and Toyota RAV4.

Up to speed: Landing on a Saturday morning in Raleigh for a two-hour drive to the beach, we definitely wanted to get there as fast as North Carolina law enforcement would allow.

The new 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine did its darnedest to get us soaking up some rays as quickly as possible. Horsepower is up 67 from the base four-cylinder to 268; 0-60 mph time falls to 6.7 seconds, the leader of its class, according to Car and Driver. The trim level tested is the only way to get the turbo, which seems patently unfair, but read on.

Shifty: The Tiguan borrows a piece from Volkswagen’s EVs, with a twister stalk for the transmission gear selector. Steering wheel paddles handle shifting if you are inclined to, but I wasn’t; the eight-speed automatic took care of its own needs nicely.

On the road: The Tiguan definitely handled highways proficiently; nothing upset its composure. It was easy to get used to after leaving RDU. We saw a few curves when we ventured off to Burney’s Sweets & More for glazed, cream-filled croissants (always buy these if you’re within 50 miles), and the Tiguan slid through those turns just like a knife gliding into one of our soft, tasty treats.

Once we were at the beach and full of sugary goodness, I did get a chance to corner quickly here and there. Picture it: Mr. Driver’s Seat chauffeuring around four women like an aging, designated-driver, U.S. version of James from Derry Girls, and so their sassiness was turned up to 11. There were comments on many a corner, though with fewer f-bombs than the hit Irish series.

In the weather: On our trip from the airport to the beach, we drove through some heavy downpours, and the Tiguan handled road ponding delightfully. I slow down for bad weather but the sure-footed Tiguan kept us moving faster than almost all the other cars out there. That’s a reassuring feeling from the 20-inch all-season tires.

Back at the airport, the Tiguan also maintained its composure through some flight-canceling torrential storms that delayed our return to Pennsylvania. These kind of storms seemed more suited to a boat, and while being careful, again I led the pack and the slipping was minimal.

The interior of the 2026 Volkswagen Tiguan tested also matched this press photo nicely. See how nice?ANDREW TRAHAN PHOTOGRAPHY LLC

Driver’s Seat: If the horsepower alone isn’t worth the money, the upgraded SEL seating adds a serious bonus for that $5,000 premium. As soon as I sat down my herniated disc felt a great sense of relief, and the massage option helps further subtract the aches and pains. Heating and ventilation were the final piece of the puzzle.

The seats hold you in place nicely as well.

Friends and stuff: Those same friends who complained about Mr. Driver’s Seat’s extreme cornering maneuvers changed their tune when it came to the seat comfort — they all found that to be as delightful as the front. Even the middle-seat passenger felt well accommodated.

Cargo space is 69.8/33.8 cubic feet, depending on the seat position. There is no longer a three-row option as there was in the 2018-2024 model years.

The wide rear doors that are held over from the previous version drew one friend’s attention, noting it would be easy to get dogs in and out.

Play some tunes: The Harman Kardon stereo offered great reproduction of long-forgotten songs from the Psychedelic Furs, REM, and Tom Petty for the group, and we took the inspiration to recall stories of high school days. This system gets an A, but doesn’t uncover a lot of new pieces required for an A+ — unlike our stories, where we uncovered all new dimensions of our past lives.

The system offers only a large volume dial in the console; everything else happens in the huge 15-inch touchscreen, and it works pretty well.

Keeping warm and cool: Here’s a sad change from the 2018 model reviewed — the beloved VW three-dial system has been co-opted by the touchscreen.

The temperature settings sit along the bottom of the touchscreen, and a bigger screen opens for blower controls. Some versions of this arrangement actually function well, but not this one. Sigh.

Fuel economy: The Tiguan averaged 27 mpg in much highway and some beach driving, a great showing, especially for all that oomph.

Where it’s built: Parts are 37% Mexican, 15% U.S. and Canadian.

How it’s built: Consumer Reports predicts the Tiguan reliability to be a 3 out of 5.

Next week: Is the new trim of the Chevrolet Equinox worth a 10% discount over this Tiguan?

September 3, 2026
‘Consumed by anger’: Inside the 1985 psych profile of Raymond Horsch

Federal authorities learned four decades ago that Raymond “R.C.” Horsch — a man whose Olney home is now linked to five dead or missing women — was a manipulative criminal who was “consumed by anger,” according to a psychological profile obtained by The Inquirer.

“He is grandiose, mistrustful, suspicious, and excessively controlling,” the psychologist, Don Seraydarian, wrote in 1985 as part of a federal drug manufacturing case.

At the time of the exam, a wiry, 41-year-old Horsch had just been captured after spending several years on the run in New Zealand to escape criminal charges. Prior to absconding, he had spent the previous decade producing a mobster-backed pornographic film, counterfeiting cash, and running a meth lab.

Ahead of his sentencing on the drug charges in Philadelphia, Horsch’s defense team commissioned the four-hour clinical assessment that concluded he likely suffered from bipolar and paranoid personality disorders. The report was filed along with a motion seeking lenient sentencing, with Seraydarian writing that prison time for Horsch would likely “increase his hostility and sense of alienation.”

“He feels this unfocused rage was the source of his criminal behavior,” Seraydarian wrote.

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The full report, obtained by The Inquirer through a federal records request and not previously reported, is a window into the mind and early childhood of the criminal pornographer at the center of an expanding investigation into a series of missing women.

The Inquirer reported last week that police believe a video recovered from Horsch’s Olney property shows him strangling a woman to death on camera, according to law enforcement sources. Police also said they recovered photos on Horsch’s hard drives that appeared to show two other women who went missing in the 2010s alive — and then dead — inside his Chew Avenue home.

While Horsch was an established pornographer with a criminal record by 1985, he had never been charged with any violent offenses before he died in May 2025, at the age of 82. Still, the psychological report showing insight into Horsch’s unstable mental state was presented to law enforcement decades before he was linked to any disappearances.

Court records show federal prosecutors reviewed the 1985 case file again during Horsch’s 2009 indictment in a separate drug manufacturing case. Seven years later, his ex-wife, Amy McHale, went missing after being last heard from at his Chew Avenue home. Another woman was reportedly last seen at the property in 2022.

It is unclear whether police reviewed Horsch’s psychological profile as part of their ongoing investigation, or in these prior missing persons cases.

Michael Yoder, a retired FBI special agent who spent nearly a decade as a criminal profiler in the Behavioral Analysis Unit, reviewed the exam notes at The Inquirer’s request. He said that it was unusual for such an exam to be conducted for a drug case, but that he saw overwhelming hallmarks of psychopathy in the description of Horsch, and said the report would have been a red flag for criminal profilers.

“If you were to give me this report and I knew nothing about this person, and knew nothing about the crimes he committed, I would say you have a potential serial killer on your hands,” Yoder said.

A clipping from a 1982 news article in New Zealand, where Horsch found work at an ethanol plant under the stolen identity of “Stanley Stokowski.”Custom

The report notes that during the interview, Horsch chain-smoked, dodged questions, and downplayed his crimes. He referred to himself in the third person when discussing his illegal activities, as if they were “events from someone else’s life.”

He ultimately opened up to Seraydarian about his insecurities and resentments, describing himself as a social misfit. Money was not Horsch’s motivation for committing crimes, the psychologist determined.

“He has great concern about ‘losing control’ over himself and invests great quantities of psychic energy in trying to maintain a sense of equilibrium and control,” Seraydarian wrote.

Seraydarian, in an interview this week, confirmed he had written the notes but could recall only that Horsch was “very bright.”

The report also offered insights into Horsch’s childhood.

He described a pleasant early life — raised on a farm in Bucks County by a father he called “strict but fair” and a mother who was a “salt of the earth type.” But when he was 12 or 13, he said, he had a “philosophical split with his family” that affected their relationship. He then began to rebel in high school and was later expelled from two colleges.

The report states that Horsch was an “extremely bright man” with a 140 IQ, and that he was a hard worker who could be rehabilitated as a productive member of society. It detailed an “erratic but prolific” life across the U.S. and New Zealand while he worked as a chemist, computer analyst, and photographer.

“I go from job to job because once I learn something, I want to go to something else,” Horsch explained.

And yet, the report noted, Horsch “has not been able to attain any financial success.”

Horsch told the psychologist that he had never abused drugs or alcohol, in part because “I can’t stand being out of control.” He said he had no fears or phobias, but sometimes stayed awake for several days at a time.

Seraydarian said Horsch was “very protective” of his wife and then-4-year-old son, Eugene. They were the “most important things in his life.” Horsch said he would never commit another crime because “now I’m hurting them as well as myself.”

But his crimes continued.

In the years that followed, Horsch was unabashed about his prolific career as a law breaker and a shock-seeking pornographer. He later sought to use the psychological report to cultivate his desired public image as a highly intelligent villain and psychopath, constructing a mythology around himself that blurred the line between his art and his life.

In 2014, a Wikipedia user named “S.E. Stokowski” — which was Horsch’s alias while on the lam in New Zealand — created a page for the pornographer and made more than 150 edits over the years, according to the page’s public revision history. One entry referenced Horsch’s psychological exam as testament to his supposed intellect and sociopathic tendencies.

As Horsch aged, he cast himself as an empathetic serial killer in his films and writings.

Horsch at an unspecified location in the 1980s.Obtained by The Inquirer

The 1985 psychological profile noted that Horsch’s only real friend or support system at that time was his then-wife, Anna Ferkuniak, who had a “therapeutic and rehabilitative effect” on him. He said his main wishes were to spend time with his family, live in a rural or isolated area so he could “deal with society as little as possible,” and have a better understanding of quantum physics.

Ferkuniak died of a drug overdose in 1989, less than two years after Horsch was released from federal prison.

Horsch later told an interviewer he was full of anger over her death, saying his wife “bailed out and left me with a kid to raise.” Following her death, he moved to the suburbs in Bucks County, co-opened a barbecue restaurant, and raised Eugene as a single father.

There, Horsch pursued a pornographic career that mainly featured sexual violence toward women in addiction. In his photos, films, and self-published novels, he used these women as models for his psychosexual fantasies, often depicting their deaths by drowning, hanging, or strangulation.

Federal and local law enforcement agencies are again assessing Horsch’s life after a June 19 car stop near Independence Hall involving his son, Eugene, turned up a fake ID in the name of a missing woman and led police on an extensive search of the Horsch home in Olney. Eugene Horsch is in federal custody, charged with possessing a gun, which is usually illegal for someone convicted of a felony.

Police continue to sort through the hundreds of thousands of images, videos, and pages of writing on the hard drives recovered from the dilapidated and boarded-up twin where the father and son lived together.

Investigators have so far recovered at least one video that appears to show Raymond Horsch killing a woman inside the property, sources said, as well as “dark and graphic” images of two other missing women — Maribel Fresses and Gabrielle Amarando — alive inside the home, and then dead. Law enforcement sources say the number of missing women connected to the home could grow as the investigation continues.

Police have not publicly confirmed that either Raymond or Eugene Horsch is believed to have killed anyone, and they have not recovered any bodies.

Raymond Horsch long maintained that the often gruesome violence in his films and photographs was staged. As an older man, however, he also professed that he was running out of boundaries to push.

“The problem,” he said in a 2013 interview, ”is I have no fantasies left.”

Inquirer reporters Max Marin and Ryan Briggs will host a Reddit AMA in the r/Philadelphia subreddit on Friday at 1 p.m. You can ask them questions there about the Olney investigation and the life of Raymond Horsch.

September 3, 2026
Bryce Harper is a baseball superstar. But he says his wife, Kayla, has ‘one of the hardest jobs in the world.’

Bryce Harper is one of the most famous athletes in Philadelphia, but his wife, Kayla Harper, has chosen to remain out of the limelight for much of Bryce’s 15-season MLB career.

That is, until Tuesday when the couple appeared on Let’s Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari. In promotion of Bryce’s collaboration with Cavallari’s jewelry and skin care brand, Uncommon James, Kayla and Bryce took to the podcast to discuss their 16-year relationship and what life looks like for a family with a father who’s also a professional athlete.

After meeting at 14 years old, the two started dating when they were 17 before Kayla left to play college soccer at BYU and Ohio State and Bryce left for the minor leagues.

It was their shared experience as athletes that originally drew Bryce to Kayla.

“I think when you’re an athlete or understand the athlete side or want to be great at something, whatever that looks like, it follows you in life as well,” Bryce said.

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At 33 years old, they have four kids — Krew (6), Brooklyn (5), Kamryn (2), and Hayes (10 months) —and Kayla “holds down the fort,” as Bryce said.

“I couldn’t imagine being a stay-at-home mom,” Bryce said, “To do that, pretty much a single parent, doing that, I couldn’t imagine. It’s one of the hardest jobs in the world.”

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With “lots of help and lots of praying,” Kayla takes on the majority of the parenting responsibilities while Bryce is away, with her parents coming out once every fourth week to help.

But when her husband is around, whether it be a Phillies homestand or an off day, prioritizing family dinners is one of the keys to finding balance in their hectic lives, the couple said.

“When we get home, that’s when we’ll have dinner,” Kayla said. “We’ll sit down, and you talk about your day, and just normal family dinner. It’s always been a big importance to us. Sit down as a family, no phones, you have dinner, you talk.”

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For the past few years, Kayla and the kids would try to make as many games as possible, knowing what it means to Bryce to have his kids see him play. But as their kids have gotten older, that’s posed more of a challenge for Kayla, who said this is the first year they haven’t been able to travel much because the kids, mainly Krew as the oldest, have their own commitments with school and practices.

“They’ve got to live, too,” Kayla said. “We sacrifice a lot to be here and support him each year.”

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But even when Bryce is home, there’s a learning curve that comes with having to integrate him into the routines Kayla has established with the children.

The beginning of the offseason is the biggest adjustment when Kayla said she has to tell Bryce, “I have the kids going to the bath at a certain time. I don’t know where you fit in yet, you gotta give me a little time to put you back into this routine.”

Bryce’s boredom during this time, he said, is what led to the TikToks he started posting. But even at home, Kayla said he’s always been a fan of baking.

“It’s like in High School Musical when the athlete starts baking and they’re like, ‘What?’” Bryce said.

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Sometimes, this boredom manifests as creativity for Bryce, who said he’s always thinking of ideas for bats, sleeves, cleats, and anything else he might sport during the season. He told Cavallari that he’s not pandering to Phillies fans with his gear or reactions — it’s simply how he thinks.

“My mind works so different,” Bryce said. “So when I have ideas, I try to put those ideas through. I’ll think about things and my teammates are like, ‘How did you think about that? We’re a year away.’”

For Kayla, the biggest misconception of her husband has more to do with his demeanor.

“That he’s loud and cocky and obnoxious,” Kayla said. “He’s the exact opposite. Like, it always throws people off. He’s so quiet and he’s more of an observer.”

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As for the hardest part about being married to a public-facing figure like Bryce? Kayla got emotional when answering, saying through tears that seeing people attacking his character without knowing him has always posed a challenge for her.

“That’s hard, when you hear so many people’s opinions about your husband and that’s not the person that he is, or the dad that he is, or the friend that he is, or even the baseball player that he is,” Kayla said.

Bryce said it doesn’t bother him much, after being in the spotlight for so long and having dealt with the criticism from a young age. But for Kayla, who said she’s lived “a relatively normal life,” it’s taken time to come to terms with not responding to the remarks.

“It’s hard to keep your mouth shut and pretend like it’s not happening,” Kayla said. “But at the end of the day, I know who he is. He’s got his family. It is what it is.”

September 2, 2026
Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University reach tentative terms on the Academy’s future

After the threat of a possible split, the Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University reached a tentative agreement that will continue their affiliation and maintain Drexel’s financial support of the Academy, multiple sources confirmed Wednesday. It will also give the university control over its major decision-making.

Also on Wednesday, Drexel and the Academy appointed Patricia “Trish” Wellenbach to temporarily lead the Academy, serving as its senior adviser. She is deputy mayor to Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration and previously president and CEO of the Please Touch Museum. Wellenbach is on loan from the city and will not receive any compensation from Drexel or the Academy for her new role.

Drexel holds the reins

The announcement comes one day after Drexel and the Academy said they would close the Academy’s museum effective Sept. 30 and that Academy CEO Scott Cooper would be stepping down immediately. Sept. 27 will be the last day the museum will be open to the public.

Though not part of the new terms, the goal now is to relocate the Academy’s collections and sell its 1876 building at 19th and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, which has numerous deferred maintenance needs, said a source close to the talks between Drexel and the Academy who asked not to be identified.

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The new “nonbinding” terms of the letter of intent maintain Drexel’s financial support of the Academy, modify the governance structure, and preserve the right of the Academy board to de-affiliate from Drexel and find a new partner or partners for its collections should it wish to do so.

The terms cover issues such as selection of an interim leader and a permanent leader of the Academy and budgeting, according to a source close to the talks. While Drexel and the Academy will engage in a collaborative process to find a new leader, the final decision will rest with Drexel, the source said.

Dinosaur Hall at the Academy of Natural Sciences on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026.Allie Ippolito / For The Inquirer

“It’s fair to say all decisions of importance have to be approved by Drexel,” the source said, including the budget, which is about $25 million annually.

Under the affiliation agreement in 2011, Drexel provided substantial financial support to the Academy and covered its deficits. That will continue, and Drexel also will cover the costs of relocation of the collection and other transition expenses, the source said.

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Academy board chair Suzanne Biemiller did not respond to messages seeking comment.

A ‘solid’ but nonbinding resolution

Of the new terms, another Academy board member said:

“I’m hopeful that something positive will come of it. The goal is to find a way to keep the Academy in existence and achieve its mission, so I think it’s a solid resolution,” said the board member, who asked that their name not be used.

Like most letters of intent, the agreement is nonbinding until the two sides come to a complete binding agreement, the source said.

The Inquirer reported in April that Drexel was seeking to totally take over the Academy or end the partnership. The terms signed Tuesday were brokered by former Comcast executive and U.S. Ambassador to Canada David L. Cohen at the behest of Gov. Josh Shapiro.

Sept. 27 is the last day the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will be open to the public.Elizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer

The leaders of Drexel and the Academy signed the terms sheet on Tuesday, Cohen said. But there are significant ongoing issues for the Academy and Drexel to work through, he added.

“They include the responsible move of the collections, and a variety of other transition activities,” he said. “The Academy needs a senior representative, a senior voice in these ongoing discussions both to communicate internally at the Academy and with other stakeholders including Drexel.”

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That will be Wellenbach’s role, he said.

She will have a voice in discussions on finding another location to display some of the collections, now that the museum will be closed, Cohen said.

Patricia Wellenbach, former president and CEO of the Please Touch Museum.Heather Khalifa / Staff Photographer

A temporary leader

Wellenbach will be based at the Academy part of the week while also continuing in her city role. She will lead temporarily while Drexel and the Academy search for an interim leader.

“Ms. Wellenbach has had a distinguished career spanning nonprofit leadership, healthcare, governance and public service,” said the announcement from Drexel president Antonio Merlo and Biemiller.

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Mayor Parker in a statement called the Academy “a critical, longstanding part of Philadelphia’s cultural and educational landscape” and said she was pleased to loan Wellenbach to the effort.

“We are working collaboratively with Gov. Shapiro, Ambassador Cohen, the Academy and toward the outcome we all seek for the City of Philadelphia,” Parker said.

The Academy museum is ending operations after nearly two centuries because of declining visitorship and rising expenses, according to the Academy and Drexel.

“Over time, it became clear that these were not temporary pressures, but fundamental changes in the economics of the Academy’s operational model, costs that have imperiled the Academy’s ability to discharge its overall mission and preserve its legacy,” the two institutions said in a joint statement Tuesday.

Biemiller and others have pledged to not abandon the Academy’s role in educating the broader public about the natural world.

While it was “incumbent upon us to find places and ways” for the museum to continue, she said earlier this week, the exact form it would take has not been determined.

While Drexel has the major decision-making power, the Academy board will continue to be the fiduciary board and decision-maker for the Academy’s endowment, though management of it has been delegated to Drexel’s investment office, according to the source close to talks.

September 2, 2026
6abc lands a Philly native to lead ‘Action News’ after predecessor’s abrupt exit

After more than five months, 6abc finally has a news director.

The station announced Nneka Nwosu, a Philadelphia native serving as the vice president of marketing and local programming at sister-station WLS in Chicago, would take over running the Action News newsroom.

6abc president John Morris announced the move to staff in an email Tuesday, noting that Nwosu is such a big Eagles fan “their 2018 Super Bowl win may have actually sent her into labor with one of her sons.”

“Running the news department at the station I grew up watching is surreal!” Nwosu wrote on LinkedIn, adding she was “thrilled to be coming home.”

Nwosu spent the past four years in Chicago, previously serving as one of the station’s assistant news directors. Prior to that, she spent eight years at Boston ABC affiliate WCVB.

At 6abc, Nwosu is inheriting the city’s most-watched newscast dating back more than 40 years. Her first day in the newsroom will be Oct. 5, and among her first tasks will be overseeing a new chief meteorologist following the retirement of Cecily Tynan, who delivered her final forecast Monday after more than three decades at the station.

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Nwosu is filling the spot vacated by the sudden departure of Tom Davis, who abruptly left in March after more than two decades.

In a note to staff, Chad Matthews, the president of ABC’s eight owned and operated TV stations, wrote Davis “made the decision to leave 6abc” and thanked him “for his years of service to the station.”

Davis could not be reached for comment. He spent 15 years as news director, maintaining the station’s place as the region’s most-watched newscast. He also served as an assistant news director for seven years before that.

In a separate move, Morris also announced Mike Amato had been promoted to the vice president of technology. The Drexel grad has been with the station since 2015, and prior to that he spent nine years at NBC Sports Philadelphia.

6abc still threatened by Trump administration

Nwosu and 6abc also face the threat of being taken off the air by President Donald Trump’s administration.

ABC’s parent company, Disney, is locked in a legal fight as the Federal Communications Commission considers whether to take away the broadcast licenses for the company’s eight owned-and-operated stations in the wake of a Jimmy Kimmel joke involving first lady Melania Trump.

The FCC contends the unusual early review of the licenses stems from an earlier investigation into diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at Disney, citing “the agency’s prohibition on unlawful discrimination.”

It’s unclear if and when the government will take action. The FCC’s final deadline for public comments was Aug. 5, and respondents were overwhelmingly supportive of 6abc and the network’s other local stations.

Trump also recently called on the FCC to punish NBC and Philly native Kristen Welker, the moderator of Meet the Press, over a TV segment in which she said the president had “mixed results” backing candidates this election cycle.

The FCC is also investigating NBC and its parent company, Comcast, over the company’s DEI policies and how it handles its owned and operated affiliates, including NBC10.

Anna Gomez, the only remaining FCC commissioner appointed by a Democrat, wrote “the FCC has no authority to punish journalists this administration doesn’t like.”

September 2, 2026
The Cowboys aren’t any closer to contending. But are they closer to the Eagles?

The only good thing about preseason football is that it eventually ends. Except, this year, the NFL is forcing us to wait until the middle of September until the real games begin. Blame Roger Goodell, or blame the Romans for inventing the Julian Calendar. One thing is for sure: A lot of us will need to find somebody to blame when our significant others find out the Super Bowl is on Valentine’s Day. That, or we should all start casually dropping random comments about the romance inherent in a candlelit breakfast.

The surest sign that summer needs to end is when people start talking themselves into the Cowboys being anything different than what they are every year. In other words, it needed to end two weeks ago, when NFL.com ran a story from longtime analyst Bucky Brooks with a headline that declared: “Cowboys are True Super Bowl Contenders in 2026.”

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Brooks isn’t alone. Consider the following heading that ran in the Dallas Morning News a couple of days ago: “Difficulty of Cowboys’ roster cuts signifies they’re back to being contenders in 2026.”

Apparently, the Eagles’ practice squad got a good one in Jaydon Blue.

There is a long list of reasons to doubt whether the Cowboys are, in fact, a contender. But before we dive further, let’s first remind ourselves of why it matters. For the last several years, the Cowboys have served as a bellwether of sorts for the Eagles.

Jalen Hurts and the Eagles lost in Dallas 33-13, the second of five losses in their last six games to close the 2023 regular season.Heather Khalifa / Staff Photographer

Back in 2023, it was the Cowboys’ 33-13 win over the 10-2 Eagles in Dallas that served as the unofficial pronouncement that things really were going south.

You can say the same of Dallas’ 24-21 win last season, the first of a three-game losing streak that left nobody surprised when the Eagles again failed to get out of wild-card weekend.

Both of those losses were canaries in a coal mine. They also happen to be Jalen Hurts’ only two losses to Dallas since his first year as a starter. Compare them to 2024, when the Eagles won two games over the Cowboys by a combined score of 75-13, both in the midst of a stretch where they won 12 of 13 games. They won the Super Bowl that season, you may remember.

The Cowboys have always played a role in defining the Eagles’ season. I would argue the bulk of the emotional component of the rivalry has its roots back when Dallas was America’s Team and the Eagles were searching for an identity in the wake of the Buddy Ryan Era. James Willis, Mike Mamula, etc. Beating the Cowboys felt awfully good when they were a team full of talkers like Michael Irvin and Deion Sanders and Jimmy Johnson. How many Eagles from those teams do you still see on national television every week?

The dynamic has shifted. The Eagles have two Super Bowl berths in three years, two Super Bowl wins in eight. They have appeared in eight conference championships since the last time the Cowboys appeared in one. It is now Dallas that can look back on a 7-9-1 season and say that at least they helped show that the Eagles weren’t as good as everyone thought they were.

Which brings us to 2026. There are plenty of intriguing story lines confronting these Eagles as they head into another post-Super-Bowl hangover season. Hanging over all of them is one overarching question: Are they still a team that should be expecting to win games against teams like the Cowboys?

That is the litmus test, after all. The longer you look at the Eagles’ schedule, the more you realize that the strength of it depends on how you evaluate the other three teams in the division. The Eagles are 16-8 against NFC East opponents over the last four seasons. Three of those losses have come against the Cowboys, one of them with Gardner Minshew at quarterback.

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The Commanders stink. If the Eagles are anything less than convincing in Week 1, we will know they have problems. The Giants suddenly have an adult in the room in John Harbaugh. But he may be the only one. The first barometer of that we can still pencil in three wins and possibly four right there. If that does not prove to be the case, then it will say something.

Cooper DeJean (right) and the Eagles’ defense will likely have to stop another formidable Cowboys offense in 2026, led by wide receiver CeeDee Lamb.David Maialetti / Staff Photographer

The real question is whether the gap has closed or will soon close between the Eagles and Cowboys. If so, it will be due more to the lowering of the tide than the rising of it. Of the Cowboys’ seven wins last season, six came against teams that won fewer than seven games. The combined record of those teams was 21-64. The lone exception was their win over the Eagles.

Nothing about the Cowboys’ roster or coaching staff suggests they are anything different than what they have been the last five years. Twice they have finished with the NFL’s highest-scoring offense. They have been top five in either points or yards in four of those five years. Three times they have finished with a top seven scoring offense and scoring defense in the same season. Their run defense is better after the midseason addition of defensive tackle Quinnen Williams. But the secondary still stinks. And the pass rush is questionable.

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I suppose it says something that the gap between the Eagles and Cowboys is an open question. How can it not be after a near-loss in Week 1 and then the loss in Week 12?

Put it this way: If the Eagles are the team they should be, then it won’t be a question for long.

September 2, 2026
Strong drinks and small plates set BAR ilu and Grace & Proper apart in Philly’s buzzy bar scene

There are few Spanish bar snacks as satisfying — or so hotly debated — as a properly made tortilla Española.

If you’re lingering in the hot southern cities of Andalusia, where the iconic potato-and-onion omelet is typically served room temperature or cold, the eggs are fully set.

“But from Madrid north to Basque Country, it’s traditionally made to order and served warm and custardy,” says Patrick Iselin, 50, the co-owner of BAR ilu, who spent half his childhood in Spain and now splits time between Philadelphia and the Madrid apartment once owned by his grandmother, Iluminada “Ilu” Prellezo Inchausti.

So it follows that the eponymous new corner bar at Dauphin and Martha Streets — which happen to share the 40th parallel north with Madrid — serves its tortilla Española with a loose and edgy Kensington flair: “runny af,” as noted on the menu. Served as a wedge, with olive oil-fried potato chunks and sweet onion laces bulging from its glossy middle, a warm forkful of this eggy wonder is as transporting as it gets.

Andrew Butler, chef de cuisine at BAR ilu, making the tortilla Espanola.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

The tortilla Espanola at BAR ilu.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

Wash it down with a bracingly crisp glass of La Gitana Manzanilla sherry on draft, plus a fistful of crunchy Marcona almonds, a forkful of tangy boquerones, and a crock of olives warmed with orange zest and herbs, and it’s hard to deny that BAR ilu is an appealing development for this rapidly changing corner of Kensington. It is perhaps also a little dissonant for those who know the neighborhood history. This stylish Euro concept, complete with its undulating circular bar and foam-topped glasses of vermouth, has landed in a space previously occupied by the Old Philadelphia Bar, one of the last unreconstructed dive bars from what co-owner Scott Coudriet calls Kensington’s “pre-hip-storic” days.

Coudriet, who owns Fishtown’s Lloyd Whiskey Bar, is also partnered with Iselin at nearby Cormorant bar. Their other partners in ilu are Salvatore D’Amato and Jason Evenchik, whose Vintage Syndicate hospitality group operates Vintage, Starbolt, Time, Bar, three Garage locations, and the Goat Rittenhouse.

This veteran team is keenly aware of the sensitive dynamics of change at longstanding bars. That’s why Iselin was adamant about keeping prices reasonable for Kensington locals — no more than $14 a plate, and $16 for distinctive cocktails that would easily cost a few dollars more in Center City — while building this tribute to Spain in his adopted city.

The outside of BAR ilu on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Philadelphia.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

The back bar area at BAR ilu on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Philadelphia.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

Iselin wanted to craft this 40-seater with as few clichés as possible (no hanging hams, no toro horns, no sangria), but rather the feel of a modern tapas bar he might frequent in Madrid today. He had no idea he was also tapping into the latest evolutionary trend for the Philadelphia bar.

Twenty years ago, the smoky old taverns of yore were being replaced by the gastropub movement of the early aughts, where local craft beers flowed and house charcuterie and pickle programs anchored ambitious seasonal menus that gave a cool new vibe to the neighborhood restaurant. In some cases, they helped redefine the neighborhoods themselves.

Philly’s bar scene is now officially in its grazing phase, with curated drink menus centered around culinary cocktails, natural wines, and nonalcoholic drinks with food offerings often so limited that a hungry fellow like me might need to order three-quarters of the menu to make a meal. Supérette, the charming French wine bar beside East Passyunk’s Singing Fountain, captured this development perfectly in 2025. Owners Chloé Grigri and Vincent Stipo described these snack-centric bars as a “generational thing” for 30-somethings who want a stylish place to hang for in-between meals with friends without committing to an entire evening.

Co-owners Patrick Iselin and Scott Coudriet of BAR ilu, pose for a portrait together on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Philadelphia.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

The La Gitana Manzanilla Sherry at BAR ilu on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Philadelphia.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

A similar approach is at work through a Japanese lens at Almanac, the cutting-edge Japanese cocktail bar (with Wagyu hot dogs and kombu-cured celery sticks) above the omakase room at Ogawa. The food menu at Chris Kearse’s new cocktail bar in Washington Square West, Known Associates, lists only a dozen items, counting the cool ranch freeze-dried peas. Same with the recently opened Lillian’s Bar in Point Breeze. As Chris Fetfatzes told me about Grace & Proper, the Portuguese-inspired bar with “tasca” nibbles he debuted in 2022, this template — a distinctive drink program bolstered by a small menu that can be produced with limited service and light kitchen investment (i.e. no hood) — makes perfect business sense in the post-COVID era.

Of course, the Spanish have been doing this for centuries with tapas, a light-bite evening repast that reflects their cultural preference for a larger meal earlier in the day. And yes, Amada has been serving tapas here for 20 years, but always alongside a much broader menu with large plates and paellas.

Considering all the new small-plate projects that have come online recently, including Bar Cicci, Ellen Yin’s all-day aperitivo bar, Philadelphians may have finally embraced the concept on its own snacky terms.

The front bar at BAR ilu, 2118 E. Dauphin St.Michael Klein / Staff

The various plates including The Boquerones, Melon with Ham, the Tuna Empanada, Tomato Salad, Almonds, and Olives at BAR ilu on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Philadelphia.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

BAR ilu has a slightly more substantial food menu than most. And part of its appeal is the natural ease with which it blends a Kenzo vibe (see the mismatched thrifter style of its floral-print wallpaper, black tin ceiling, and teal barstools) with an inventive drink program and classic Spanish plates lightly updated by chef Andrew Butler.

Fig leaf oil adds a shade of coconut-vanilla to a familiar pairing of juicy cantaloupe with shaved serrano ham. Smoked olive oil brings a whiff of earthiness to ripe summer tomatoes with cucumbers and piquillo peppers. A juicy burger topped with Manchego cheese, pickled red onions, and aioli firmly anchors the menu with one can’t-miss comfort option that even the least Spanish-inclined customer will embrace.

But the Spanish flavors, both on the plate and in the glasses, are what have me hooked. Aside from the tortilla, there’s a double-crusted Galician-style empanada stuffed with tuna and cooked-down tomate frito. Plump head-on gambas al ajillo take on a flicker of chili oil heat. Crisp spheres of perfectly fried croquetas harbor lusciously creamy béchamel centers flecked with serrano ham or, my favorite, salty flakes of bacalao.

A Tuna Empanada at BAR ilu on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Philadelphia.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

Pat Szoke, culinary director, and Andrew Butler, chef de cuisine, at BAR ilu.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

There were a few misfires. The patatas bravas were pale and lacking crisp. The flattened confit artichoke heart was mushy. The seared mushrooms were oversalted. But these were minor complaints compared to winners like the crusty bocadillo sandwich overstuffed with paprika-fried baby squid drizzled with lemony aioli and more tomate frito. Along with some tiny olives stuffed with briny anchovy, every morsel seemed deliberately calibrated to stoke a thirst.

I especially enjoyed BAR ilu’s creative approach to sherry and vermouth, both in cocktails and poured neat. A crisp Manzanilla, already one of my favorite predinner quaffs in summer, added a bracing dryness to Cynar amaro and gin for Remember the Alimony. Vanilla-scented Licor 43 from Spain pairs with chilled Cafe Bustelo for a carajillo whose pebble ice is dusted with coffee-orange powder, and is now one of my top five coffee cocktails in the city.

The Carajillo at BAR ilu on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Philadelphia.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

The Fire Drill is a refreshing tropical blast of passion fruit swirling in mezcal smoke, with an herbal whiff of Lo-Fi gentian amaro to counter the fruity sweetness. A whole Granny Smith apple is juiced to order for the simple Booze & Juice, paired with the spirit of your choice (make it mezcal).

Meanwhile, unless you order a glass of dark, sweet-tangy Pedro Ximenez to cap your meal, try the Barquero vermut on draft and top it with orange foam, a combo that tastes like flat Coke dolloped with an orange-creamsicle cloud. There is actual dessert here, too: a perfectly fine almond cake with macerated peaches and cream. But that foamed vermouth was satisfyingly herbal, sweet, and mysterious — and one of the best things I drank all summer.

The Vermouth with Orange foam at BAR ilu on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Philadelphia.Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

The Bifana sandwich as served at Grace & Proper in Queen Village Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2023.Tom Gralish / Staff Photographer

Grace & Proper

If BAR ilu represents a modern interpretation of tapas culture in Philly, the vintage vibes at Grace & Proper’s Italian Market space reflect a different take on Iberian bar culture, this one influenced by the Portuguese roots of co-owner Chris Fetfatzes’ family.

Fetfatzes, his wife, Heather Annechiarico, and their Happy Monday Hospitality partner Susan Freeman, who also own Wine Dive and Sonnys Cocktail Joint, leaned into the antique charm of the distressed tin ceiling, tiled floor, and exposed brick walls that were uncovered during renovations of the old pharmacy (and Italian deli) that once occupied this corner space at Eighth and Carpenter. Fetfatzes was hoping to create the cocktail counterpart to Fountain Porter, the 14-year-old craft beer destination in East Passyunk known for its $7 burgers and pickles that, perhaps, helped mark the beginning of the minimalist-nibble bar.

Given Grace & Proper’s compact space, with just 15 barstools and 26 table seats sidled into window banquettes (plus 30 more outside in fair weather), it’s amazing how its 200-bottle collection of amari, vermouths, ports, whiskeys, Madeiras, sherries, agave spirits, and indie Euro wines somehow fits into the tall shelves behind the bar. If you’re a fan of funky Asturian cider, there’s a proper porrón carafe to stream it directly into your mouth from an arm’s length away, ideally while watching Premier League or MLS soccer. Or try the Philly-Portugal Lisbon Wide hybrid, a draft of Super Bock Portuguese lager paired with a shot of ginjinha, a house-made cordial steeped from Morello sour cherries harvested in Northeast Philadelphia.

The Lisbon Wide is Grace & Proper’s Portuguese twist on a Citywide, pairing Super Bock beer with housemade Ginjinha sour cherry liqueur.Craig LaBan / Staff

The Meat & Chips at Grace and Proper on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.Allie Ippolito / Staff Photographer

Grace & Proper doesn’t post a food menu online, but it’s substantial enough to anchor your table for a couple hours of snacking, from an irresistible pile of truffled potato chips feathered with spicy Calabrese salami to soulful onion soup infused with port and lardo, a crock of white bean stew with kale and breadcrumbs, piri piri-spiked Buffalo chicken dip, and sweet-tart-smoky bacon-wrapped prunes with black garlic aioli.

I didn’t care for the overly firm meatballs and their unbalanced blackberry romesco or, for that matter, the presentation of cheeses as crumbled nuggets. But these are all quibbles. Because there is really a single essential reason to visit Grace & Proper: the bifana, a classic sandwich of wine-marinated roast pork on a molete roll from Teixeira’s Bakery in Newark that comes perched over a paprika-orange pool of zesty gravy. Equal parts lemony, garlicky, winey, and scented with bay, that roasted pork essence is so good, the gravy is also offered as a chaser to the Piggy Back shot (oloroso sherry and Armagnac).

All you’ll need after that is a custardy sweet pastel de nata (also baked by Teixera’s, according to G&P’s recipe) and what might well be the best crema-topped shot of espresso at any bar in Philly. Grace & Proper is one of the precious few that actually adds fresh-pulled coffee to its espresso martinis, but I still prefer this coffee solo. I value the energy boost because, in these days of no-commitment sip-and-nibble bars, I’ve still got places to go.

The Pastéis de Nata at Grace and Proper on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.Allie Ippolito / Staff Photographer

Vintage details of the former pharmacy and Italian deli have been preserved to add character to the bar at Grace & Proper.Craig LaBan / Staff

BAR ilu

2118 E. Dauphin St., 267-807-2466, iluphl.com

Menu available 4 to 11 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday through Thursday; 4 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. Bar is open 4 p.m. to midnight Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday; 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.

Plates, $4-$14.

Dining room is wheelchair accessible via a ramp off rear of building off Martha Street. Bathrooms are not accessible.

Not ideal for gluten-free diners, aside from some small snacks.

Menu highlights: croquetas (ham and bacalao); anchovy-stuffed olives; serrano ham and chips; tortilla Española; ham and melon; cheeseburger; gambas al ajillo.

Drinks: Cocktails built around sherry and vermouth are the most distinctive opening move, while straight fortified wines on draft, including La Gitana Manzanilla or Barquero vermut with orange foam, are also highlights. There are also 10 affordable Spanish wines by the glass.

Grace & Proper

941 S. Eighth St., graceandproper.com

Menu served 4 p.m. till midnight Monday, Wednesday, Thursday; noon to midnight Friday through Sunday. Bar is open till 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Plates, $7-$15.

Not wheelchair accessible.

About 40% of the menu is gluten-free or can be modified.

Menu highlights: bifana; bacon-wrapped plums; salami and truffled chips; Porto lardo onion soup; pasteis de nata.

Drinks: The vast 200-bottle collection is a sipper’s delight, from amari to fortified wines, extensive whiskies, and a surprising agave spirits collection. Don’t miss creative cocktails made with the company’s new house-distilled spirits, including a Chartreuse-inspired “Green Monk” or the ginjinha cordial, steeped from Northeast Philly sour cherries, served in the Lisbon Wide as a sidecar to a draft of Super Bock.

September 2, 2026