Center City Philadelphia

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Linda K. Harris, Director of Communications
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The Best Part of Summer Returns: Center City District Sips!

PHILADELPHIA (May 11, 2012) – One of the best parts of summer in the city returns this year on Wednesday, June 6! It's the weekly Center City District Sips, and this year it's even bigger and better! Every Wednesday through August 29, more than 85 outstanding bars and restaurants will offer $5 cocktails, $4 wine, $3 beer and half-priced appetizers from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with some establishments even offering a 15% dinner discount after 7 p.m.

Brand new this summer is the easy-access CCD Sips mobile website, m.CenterCityPhila.org, where you’ll find a list of participating bars, their specials and a map of the bars closest to you. And you'll most assuredly want to enter our summer-long contest at CCDSips.com or m.CenterCityPhila.org for a chance to win five $50 gift certificates — an entire week of happy hours! On July 4th, more than half of the participating bars and restaurants will be open and serving up Sips specials, so stop by before the fireworks!

Sponsored by Don Q Rum, Center City District Sips is a great way to relax after work with your friends, or meet new people in new places you haven't yet tried. Mark your calendars and follow us on Twitter @CCDSips for all the latest CCD Sips info, or go to m.CenterCityPhila.org, or the Center City District website at www.centercityphila.org/life/SipsPartic.php.

Tell your friends! Make a date! Center City District Sips is what summer in the city is all about. (You must be at least 21 years old to participate.)

Following is a list of participating bars and restaurants:

10 Arts by Eric Ripert, 1225 Raw Sushi & Sake Lounge, 13 Restaurant at Marriott, 1518 Bar and Grill, Aki Japanese Restaurant, Alfa/Walnut Room, Aqua, Balcony Restaurant, Bar, Bistro St. Tropez, Byblos Restaurant, Caribou Café, Cavanaugh's Rittenhouse, Chima Brazilian Steakhouse, Chops, CoCo's Food & Spirits, Con Murphy's Irish Pub, Crosswalk Café, Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse, Devil's Alley, Fado Irish Pub, Field House Sports Bar, Finn McCools Ale House, Fuji Mountain Japanese Restaurant, Hard Rock Café Philadelphia, Helium Comedy Club, Irish Pub (both locations), Jolly's Dueling Piano Bar, Ladder 15, LaScala's Restaurant & Bar, Le Castagne, Liberty Bar & Grill, Lucky Strike Lanes, M Restaurant at The Morris House Hotel, Mace's Crossing, Maggiano's Little Italy, Marathon 16th & Sansom, Marathon 19th & Market, Max Brenner Chocolate by the Bald Man, Mexican Post, MilkBoy Philadelphia, Mission Grill, Moriarty's, Nineteen 26, Noche, Oh! Shea's Pub, Opa, Palace at the Ben, Perch Pub, Public House Logan Square, Raven Lounge, Ristorante La Buca, Rogues Gallery, Room 12, Rum Bar, Sampan, Sisters Nightclub & Restaurant, Smith's Restaurant & Lounge, Smokin' Betty's, SoleFood Restaurant & Lounge, Spiga, Square 1682, Square Peg, Standing O, T.G.I. Friday's, Table 31Restaurant & Plaza Café, Tavern 17, Tavern on Broad, Tequilas Restaurant, The Bards Irish Restaurant, The Black Sheep, The Boilermaker, The Café at 2011, The Corner, The Elephant & Castle Pub & Restaurant, The Farmers' Cabinet, The Melting Pot, Time, Tir Na Nóg, Tokyo Hibachi and Sushi, Top of the Tower, Vango Restaurant and Skybar, Varalli Restaurant, Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro, Winthorpe & Valentine @ The Westin, WOK Chinese Restaurant, and Wrap Shack Kitchen & Bar.

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The Center City District, a private-sector organization dedicated to making Center City Philadelphia clean, safe and attractive, is committed to maintaining Center City's competitive edge as a regional employment center, a quality place to live, and a premier regional destination for dining, shopping and cultural attractions. Find us at www.centercityphila.org and on Facebook and Twitter.