{"id":261140,"date":"2026-08-07T18:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261140\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:16:08","slug":"reading-terminal-markets-outdoor-plaza-has-been-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261140\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Terminal Market&#8217;s Outdoor Plaza Has Been Extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    The Philly landmark introduced the pop-up plaza in June, featuring outdoor seating, live entertainment and more.<\/p>\n<p>Aug 7, 2026 12:00 PM EDT | Updated Aug 7, 2026 12:01 PM EDT<\/p>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Reading Terminal Market&#8217;s outdoor plaza will extend its run for the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia landmark <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/philadelphias-reading-terminal-market-launches-summer-pop-plaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">introduced the pedestrian-friendly pop-up<\/a> in June, hoping to capitalize on a summer of major events in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subscribe\">\n  <a class=\"article-subscribe-link\" href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/subscribe?utm_source=amp&amp;utm_campaign=subscribe&amp;utm_medium=mobile&amp;utm_term=subscribe_in_article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>Its two-month run was set to end Aug. 2. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/readingterminalmarket.org\/event\/the-plaza-at-reading-terminal-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Plaza at Reading Terminal Market<\/a> will now remain open on weekends through Aug. 30.<\/p>\n<p>The 15,000-square-foot lines the 1100 block of Filbert Street with expanded seating, lawn games, live entertainment and small-business vendors.<\/p>\n<p>Through Aug. 30, the plaza will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday to Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Reading Terminal Market&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/readingterminalmarket.org\/event\/ice-cream-festival-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ice Cream Festival<\/a> will take place there from 12-4 p.m. Aug. 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philly landmark introduced the pop-up plaza in June, featuring outdoor seating, live entertainment and more. Aug 7,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-261140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}