Club Risque News Today

The cheesesteak spot and Korean restaurant are closing this month to make room for a new 13-floor life sciences building.

Two men were fatally shot after an argument outside Club Risque in the Wissinoming section of the city early Tuesday morning, police said. The incident increased Philadelphia's record homicide total for the year to 550. No arrests have been made and the incident remains under investigation with homicide detectives,

All is not rosy in restaurant land. Nationally, 90,000 spots have closed permanently or long term. Locally, employment in food-service and accommodation is down by 33%, and the number of businesses behind on their bills rose by 66%. Sales are slowing, labor and food costs are growing, and winter is on the horizon again as the pandemic plows on.