A North Broad Pizza Hut lost nearly half its sales under a business curfew. Bass's fix is up for a vote Nov. 12

A Pizza Hut on the 3200 block of North Broad Street saw sales fall 46% after an overnight business curfew took hold in the 8th Council District, the Philadelphia Tribune reported. A bill from Councilmember Cindy Bass would carve out an exception for that stretch of Broad. It could get a final vote at Council's Nov. 12 session.

If you live or run a business in the 8th District, which runs from parts of North Philadelphia through Nicetown, Germantown and Mount Airy, the curfew bars many businesses from operating between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., with fines of $1,000 a day, the Tribune reported. The exception would apply only to one strip of North Broad.

What was said

According to the Tribune:

• Sales at the restaurant fell from $851,000 in January through October 2025 to $457,000 in the same months of 2026. Its operator told the Rules Committee that closure is "inevitable" without relief.
• The operator offered to run delivery-only after 11 p.m., closing the pickup window to walk-up customers and handing prepaid orders only to app drivers.
• Bass said that approach could be "a business model" for operating late at night without loitering.
• Deputy Police Commissioner Frances Healy, chief of staff to Commissioner Kevin Bethel, supported a targeted exemption. She said it would meet a major corridor's economic needs without allowing unrestricted overnight activity in nearby neighborhoods.

What our records add

• The bill. Bill 260710 amends Chapter 9-645 of the city code, the "Eighth District Commercial Business Hour Restriction," to provide "a limited exception to the curfew for a specific area." The Tribune reported that it covers the west side of Broad Street between Allegheny Avenue and Westmoreland Street. Bass is the only sponsor.
• The path. Introduced Sept. 17. Heard by the Committee on Rules on Oct. 27, where it was amended. The amended text is posted on the bill's Legistar record. It got its first reading at the Oct. 29 session and is now on the second reading calendar, which makes it eligible for final passage Nov. 12.
• Exceptions have passed before. Council has written district-by-district curfews since 2024 and has also loosened them. Bill 250805, from Quetcy Lozada and Anthony Phillips, added an exemption for pharmacies and passed 17-0 in December 2025.
• And curfews keep spreading. Jeffery Young Jr.'s 5th District restriction, Bill 250988, passed 16-0 with one member recorded "A" in February. His Bill 260697, which would add two more corridors, gets a Rules hearing Nov. 17 (our story).
• A companion bill. Bass's Bill 260709, which restricts more uses in the Eighth District Overlay, is on the same second-reading calendar.

What's next

Council meets Thursday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m. If the bill passes, it goes to Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, who can sign it, return it unsigned or let it become law without her signature. The Tribune reported that the curfew itself is set to expire at the end of 2030.