Philly Cracking Down On Sidewalk Cafés

You there, innocently sipping your iced latté and skimming your Bio textbook outside Green Line. Does it feel COOL to break the law?

Indeed, alongside gun control, tax collection and parking enforcement, the proliferation of illegal sidewalk cafés is something the city of Philadelphia takes very seriously. When restaurants needlessly (read: without purchasing permits to do so) spill out onto sidewalks, they block the way of people walking, shopping, loitering and going about their economically productive lives.

So consider enjoying that ensalada fresca somewhere besides el aire libre. Your libertad is at stake.